that sealed at least second for wigan and a semi—final spot.s month—long break. it's the belgian grand prix on sunday, practice at spa today. the two title rivals max verstappen and charles leclerc were first and second fastest in the last session but will start from the back of the grid after engine and gearbox penalties. verstappen leads the championship by 80 points with nine races left. jesus herrada won a thrilling stage seven of the vuelta a espana. the spaniard timed his sprint to perfection and held off italy's samuele battistella to win the second stage of his career. belgium's remco evenepoel retained his 21—second lead over france's rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. and that's all the sport for now. hello. we ended the week that some fairly quiet weather and that is how it will continue into the weekend. for many others it is the august bank holiday weekend. plenty of sunny spells on offer, a few showers but it will become breezy, particularly by monday. really quite cool on the no

elaine dunkley, bbc news in wigan.he scottish qualifications authority are to go on strike in a row over pay. the unite union says the action on september the 8th, 15th and 16th could lead to 22,000 exam appeals being "severely delayed". the government is facing further calls to to more to help families and businesses with rising energy bills. the british chambers of commerce wants covid—style emergency grants for companies. and british gas says it will donate 10% of its profits to help poorer customers with a new hardship fund. tomorrow, the new domestic energy price cap for england, scotland and wales will be announced. here's our economics correspondent, andy verity. mixing, kneading and baking bread is an energy intensive business, which makes this small independent bakery in sudbury, suffolk, even more vulnerable to the price shock millions of small businesses are now facing. the government's collecting much more tax on the energy they use, charging vat at 20% on their soaring energy bills. yet most support has be

elaine dunkley, bbc news, in wigan.d target of the attack. mark kameen is detective chief superintendent at merseyside police. poor 0livia was murdered brutally in her own home on the 22nd august. 0ur officers continue to carry out extensive inquiries, and i can confirm there are a number of very positive lines of inquiry that we are pursuing. in my previous appeal, i asked for the man responsible for this brutal, callous, thoughtless attack to surrender himself to the police. unfortunately, that individual has failed to do that. but my message to him remains the same. we will not rest until we find you, and we will find you. again, as i've said, with the appeals around both sam and ashley, i cannot stress enough the importance of community engagement in solving each of these crimes. we have had a wealth of information and engagement, and i am incredibly grateful for that. i can confirm that the 35—year—old man who was the target of this attack remains in hospital, seeking treatment. i can also confirm that merseyside p

that sealed at least second for wigan and a semi—final spot.om the back of the grid after engine and gearbox penalties. verstappen leads the championship by 80 points with nine races left. jesus herrada won a thrilling stage seven of the vuelta a espana. the spaniard timed his sprint to perfection and held off italy's samuele battistella to win the second stage of his career. belgium's remco evenepoel retained his 21—second lead over france's rudy molard in the general classification whilst primoz roglic remains fourth overall. and that's all the sport for now. hello. the weather is quite out there right now. not looking bad at all for this weekend. of course, for many of us, it is the august bank holiday weekend. perhaps a few showers here and there, but that is pretty much it. let's have a look at the forecast. early hours of saturday, plenty of clear weather. just a few showers here and there, perhaps across northern parts of england and the temperatures will range from around 15 celsius in london to a fresh 8 degrees there in glasgow. lots

second—placed wigan were also resting players in defeat to hull kr, while huddersfield crept past warringtonore. with castleford tigers and salford red devils separated byjust points differential on this bank will monday, a win for either would be a big dip towards a playoff spot. and it was the away side that came racing out of the blocks. two tries in two minutes. there was more delight to come for the away fans. jack orman bulldozing his way over the line. 20 without reply. the tigers shell—shocked, but they managed to half the deficit before the break. darrell with the sec. of castleford's tries. with temperatures rising, it was salford that kept her cool in the second half. scott wright put the finishing stuff is on a battling move. and it was one—way traffic for the red devils. four more tries to put the icing on the cake — the half—century appoints with counsel for not allowing on results of flare to determine their face. allowing on results of flare to determine theirface. rich allowing on results of flare to determine their face. rich and aldo rosario, bbc news. reginaldo rosario, b

wigan were also surprisingly beaten by hull kr, huddersfield crept past warrington, whilst salford securedd. reginaldo rosario reports. with the tigers in salford red devil suffering by points differential on this bank holiday monday. a win for either would be a big step towards a playoff spot. it was the wayside that came racing out of the blocks. to try to do minutes, the second from seal given salford a 14—0 lead. there was more delight for the away fans bulldozing the way over the line. 20 went on reply. the tigers shell—shocked but they managed to have the deficit before the break. the second of castle forge tries. with temperatures rising, with the salford who kept their cool in the second half scott wright putting the finishing touches on a dazzling move. and it was one—way traffic for the red devils. or more tries to put the red devils. or more tries to put the icing on the cake. i have century point sent salford into the playoffs with castle ford now relying on results elsewhere to determine their fate. catalan dragons are currently beating leads 28-6. dragons are currently beatin

they could still secure a home semifinal if they manage to leapfrog wigan warriors into second in the down across the uk and it's in the southeast of england we start with that clad in patchy rain. it'll soon move through, then we have some sunshine, the cloud will tend to build a bit, and as the wind picks up in scotland and as the wind picks up in scotland and northern ireland, here we will see most of the blustery showers, the odd shower for england and wales, most places dry with warm sunshine. temperature similar to what we had on thursday, could make 20 celsius in eastern scotland in eastern northern ireland, low to mid 205 across england and wales. heading into the weekend, and we've got low pressure to the north of uk. these weather fronts moving around the base of that low to bring some cloud and rain to start the weekend in scotland and northern ireland. that will be moving away, followed by some sunshine and a few showers in the northwest. this narrow band of rain may get stuck across northern england, i—2 across england and wales, but again, some warm spells of sunshine. o

coventry city have had to postpone their championship match against wigan on tuesday because their pitchponed or moved because of the state of the playing surface at the coventry building society arena. 65 games of rugby sevens were played there during the commonwealth games. in a statement, coventry city chief executive dave boddy said... that is something that is disputed by the wasp�*s landlord. there have been more medals for great britain at the multi—sport european championships in munich. four of them gold in the rowing, the men's eight, the women's quadruple sculls and the men's and women's fours all made it onto the top of the podium in the rowing. the women's four held off ireland with romania finishing third. that was the first gold of the day and the first for britain at the europeans since it was revived in 2007. the womens four team just missed out on a medal, finished 4th in tokyo. " let's get "let's get to the front of the pack this year." the atmosphere is really, really positive. and i think that has just helped us improve this year and just not waste the first year and

yes, welcome to this church of england high school here in wigan.ave been the first major exams they have taken. forthe the first major exams they have taken. for the class of 2022 it's been an extraordinaryjourney, with remote learning, lock downs and huge levels of disruption and a huge amount of pressure. the first students to be taking exams since the start of the pandemic. we have lots of parents and we will be speaking to them about what it was like living with students taking gcses. how are you today? quite nervous stuck _ gcses. how are you today? quite nervous stuck in _ gcses. how are you today? quite nervous stuck in up _ gcses. how are you today? quite nervous stuck in up to _ gcses. how are you today? quite nervous stuck in up to the - gcses. how are you today? quite nervous stuck in up to the point l nervous stuck in up to the point where _ nervous stuck in up to the point where you — nervous stuck in up to the point where you walked into the first exam. — where you walked into the first exam, there has been quite a lot of destruction

second placed wigan were also resting players in defeat to hull kr, while huddersfield crept past warringtonould be a big step towards a playoff spot. it was the wayside that came racing out of the blocks. to try to do minutes, the second from seal given salford a 14—0 lead. there was more delight for the away fans bulldozing over the line. the tigers shell—shocked but they managed to have the deficit before the break. the second of castle forge tries. with temperatures rising, it was salford who kept their cool in the second half scott wright putting the finishing touches on a dazzling move. and it was one—way traffic for the red devils. four more tries to put the icing on the cake. i half century point sent salford into the playoffs with castle ford now relying on results elsewhere to determine their fate. catalans dragons secured a top four finish in with a 32—18 win over leeds rhinos. meaning that leeds and castleford will battle it out for the final play—off position on saturday. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. the conservative lea

is we are going to give money, hold on, we are going to give money to royal tunbridge wells, not to wiganhold on, we are doing all of that. but where have i been in the last couple of days, i can give you two examples. i was in the isle of wight. and they've been asking for on the isle of wight for a long time? recognition that actually providing public services in an island economy is different and they want that to be recognised. i've started working with them on that as a local government minister. where was i last night? in darlington. now, darlington is not a big city, but darlington and teesside is still a place i want to make sure that government investment is coming. now, we've got a lot to get through... but it's not a big city and that's what i was talking about and there'll be lots of people watching this who don't live in big cities and they will agree with what i'm saying and say, "i live in a town, i live in a rural area and it's right we get investment, too." there's a lot of priorities you identified and i want to give you the chance to go through those emergencies, so let

watford's defeat to qpr means they are overtaken by the millers and by burnley, who won 5—1 at wigan.rd after hammering livingston 5—0. also wins for kilmarnock and st mirren. celtic play tomorrow, and could go back top again if they can beat dundee united. some top games across the european leagues today as well. the pick of them perhaps in italy. juventus went head—to—head with title rivals roma. jose mourinho's side were a goal behind afterjust two minutes. dusan vlahovic scoring a wonderful free—kick forjuve. but roma found an equaliser with 20 minutes remaining. tammy abraham with the header. i—i it finished in turin. england have levelled the series against south africa with a huge victory in the second test at old trafford. they were on top going into day three, and pressed home that advantage taking all ten south african wickets for just 179. our correspondentjoe wilson was watching the action. trumpeter plays jerusalem. every new day of play for england's test cricketers is greeted by supporters like this. every new dawn whether false or true. at old trafford there was a glor

second—placed wigan were also resting players in defeat to hull kr, while huddersfield crept past warringtonat came racing out of the blocks. two tries in two minutes. the second giving salford of 14—0 lead. there was more delight to come for the away fans. jack orman bulldozing his way over the line. 20 without reply. the tigers shell—shocked, but they managed to half the deficit before the break. darrell with the second of castleford's tries. with temperatures rising, it was salford that kept their cool in the second half. scott wright put the finishing stuff is on a battling move. and it was one—way traffic for the red devils. —— a dazzling move. four more tries to put the icing on the cake — the half—century reginaldo rosario, bbc news. catalans dragons secured a top four finish in with a 32—18 win over leeds rhinos. meaning that leeds and castleford will battle it out for the final play—off position on saturday. west ham have confirmed the club record signing of brazilian international lucas paqueta from lyon. the 25—year—old joins for a fee that could rise up to £50 million and has sig

they could still secure a home semifinal if they manage to leapfrog wigan warriors into second in thehat cloud and patchy rain is heading towards the south east at the moment, it will keep the tempers up here by the end of the night. but clearer skies will follow to the north, those numbers dropping away to 11—12 celsius. and you may get a view of the northern lights in scotland, maybe the far north of england and northern ireland. some early rain here in the south—east corner of england and cloud — that soon moves away, sunshine comes through. cloud will tend to build up a bit and, as the wind picks up in scotland and northern ireland, will blow in some blustery showers. here, the odd showers possible across england and wales, but on the whole it looks dry, some sunshine. temperatures similar to what we had on thursday — could make 20 celsius in eastern scotland and eastern parts of northern ireland, low—to—mid—20s across england and wales. now we still have an area of low pressure to the north of the uk — around the base of that, this weather front is pushing in from the atlantic, a

every year there is a pie festival in england in the city of wigan for more than 20 years they have beenting championships in the past, in order to win it was necessary to eat as much as possible in a certain time, but recently forget about health, the rules decided to change the one who wins the fastest wins eat a small twelve-centimeter pie. by the way, what in general bears to our organism. what kind of pastries to discuss this, i invited our permanent expert, doctor of medical sciences, a nutritionist, to one of the moscow cafes bakers. god bozhev, alla vladimirovna but that's all there is, in general, food for a person who cares about health. you can, like any food, but you need to eat it as little as possible, and the nuances are important here, because there are hearty pies , there are sweet ones, open from the top crust. and there are also foreign, but very popular ones. for example, georgian khachapuri and french quiche. lady gaga for the role of harley quinn will receive $ 10 million , and her partner, phoenix phoenix, who will return to the role of the joker, exactly twice as

our education correspondent, elaine dunkley, is at a school in wigan. welcome to wigan.was even harder. i couldn�*t... i didn�*t really know what to do. it was alljumbled up in my head. it put a lot of stress on me but when we came to school and the restriction started to lessen a bit, i got to get back on the hang of it and it really helped me a lot and teachers, with their support, even more. i am glad the exams went ahead. i got to show my full potential until am through my grades and i have put in all my effort and everything, so i�*m really proud and pleased. everything, so i'm really proud and leased. ., . , ., everything, so i'm really proud and leased. ., . ., ., everything, so i'm really proud and pleased-_ i i everything, so i'm really proud and i pleased-_ i am pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy — pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with _ pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with my _ pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with my results. - pleased. how have you got on? i am really happy with my results. i - reall

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super league, st helens have clinched the league leaders' shield despite losing to wakefield after wigana 29—win over welsh fire. dawid malan's 58 propelled the rockets to 172 for four off their 100 balls at trent bridge. and they never looked like losing, the fire only managed to reach 143 for six, finishing their season with eight defeats from eight. earlier, rockets beat fire in the women's match to keep their knockout hopes alive. finally, you're never too old to show off some nifty dance moves — as proven by a couple who showed off their skills before tossing the ceremonial pitch for the miami marlins—la dodgers game. the couple, who are both in their 70s, are well known in the united states for appearing on america's got talent a few years ago, and certainly proved that they've still got it last night. i think that's what i'm going to have to do at a round about midnight tonight having had one hour of sleep last night, watching emma raducanu, it keeps you going. last night, watching emma raducanu, it keeps you going-— it keeps you going. dancing or sleeping? _ it keeps you going. d