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wigan�*s win was their 10th consecutive victory over salford.ench open starting today. britain's jack draper was involved in a thriller, but he was beaten in five sets by dutch qualifierjesper dejong. with the rest of the action from today, here's imran sidat. the start of an iconic sporting summer in paris with all eyes on roland garris for the next two weeks with a one man is carlos alvarez, the spaniard is the favourite to win the spaniard is the favourite to win the title in the men's draw and he was never troubled by jj wolfe with some trade mark brilliance in the first set. the wimbledon champion never really looked back, dropping just four games in the entire match to lay down in early marker to the rest of the field. bigger challenges lie ahead but alcaraz will certainly fancy his chances in the french capital in this showing. naomi 0saka is back at the tournament after becoming a motherfor the is back at the tournament after becoming a mother for the four—time grand side winner showed signs and are best form as she cruised in the best s

two games in super league today with wigan up to third — wigan warriors have gone top of super leagueatalan dragons also won today, they beat leeds rhinos 26—0 to move up to fourth. it's 75 years since the first badminton horse trials, the most famous and prestigious three day event in the world. this year's competition has been as tough as ever, but there are five brits still in the top ten and as it's an olympic year there's a little extra tension. lizzie greenwood—hughes has been there with two of great britain's best placed riders. welcome to badminton, the wimbledon of the sporting event. i don't know what your knowledge of sporting events are like, but i can tell you it is a horse triathlon. the first part is the triage, a kind of precision course of movements, were there to perform precision movements and they are marked accordingly. they lowest penalty score is what you want. the second part of this horse triathlon is the cross country, there really tough endurance phase, but they have to be brave, courageous and strong and they have to gallop around, over 32 fences, four mile

in rugby league, wigan are through to the challenge cup final. beating them 38—6. they ran in sevent tries to hull kr's one. so they'll be heading to wembley where they'll face either hudddersfield giants or warrington wolves who play their semi—final tomorrow. and in the women's challenge cup, holders st helens reached their fourth successive final with an impressive 32—2 win over york valkyrie. they will now face the winners of tomorrow's second semi between wigan and leeds. we've had the final day of the regular season in the rugby union premiership. northampton saints finished top despite defeat to bath who finished second. sale and saracens are the other two sides to reach the play—offs. ben croucher reports. welcome to the day where rugby meets maths. for playoff spots, five teams up for grabs in four different games and only one set of eyes and ears to take it all in. stay with me. in the partnership timing is everything. four straight wins have provided the win between sales resurgent is harrison's up—to—date two. hope other summaries rel

leeds rhinos beat wigan 34—20 in their women's challenge cup semi—final.r the break. they'll play rivals st helens for the trophy who've beaten them in the last two finals. england's women completed a 3—0 t20 series win over pakistan at headingley. the player of the match was england's danni wyatt who scored 87 off 48 balls, making the most of being dropped three times. she was closing in on a century before holing out. england set pakistan 177 for victory and though the tourists made a solid start and only lost four wickets, they were always going to fall short — england won by 3a runs. the two sides will now play three one—dayers. to the boxing, great drama last night. tyson fury was sure that he'd won the fight, but it's 0lexander usyk who is the heavyweight division's first undisputed a—belt world champion. it was an enthralling fight, the ukrainian taking the contest on points, but the judges were split, both fighters had their moments but this was what gave usyk the edge, in the ninth round, landing a flurry of punches, and fury needed a standing cou

it seems an unkind thing to say, but apparently it's wigan. obese. and of course, isuppose medically obese. and of course, i suppose that puts additional stress on the nhs locally and even on the labour force. >> well, joining us now is the former presenter of fat families, steve miller. what do you make of it, steve, 40% of the population in wigan is considered medically obese. >> well we, over the last few years we've had largely luton because that was the fattest. at one point we had hefty hull that was one of the recent fattest. and now we've got wobble, wobble , wigan and i think there's a number of causes. first of all for that, the first one is definitely the environment. i would imagine that the environment in wigan probably has lots of takeaways, a lots of fast food outlets and one of the things they love in wigan is something called the barm pie. now the barm pie is a meat filled pastry put into a bread and butter bun. so you can imagine it's not overly healthy. so i think the environment is the first reason. the second reason is def

warrington will play 20—time winners wigan in the final at wembley onjune 8th.level at half—time but ruby enright scored a try in each half for leeds who ran away with the match after the break. they'll play rivals st helens for the trophy who've beaten them in the last two finals. revenge on the cards there. england's women completed a 3—0 t20 series win over pakistan at headingley. the player of the match was england's danni wyatt who scored 87 off 48 balls, making the most of being dropped three times. she was closing in on a century before holing out. england set pakistan 177 for victory and though the tourists made a solid start and only lost four wickets, they were always going to fall short, england won by 3a runs. the two sides will now play three one—dayers. tyson fury was sure that he'd won last night's superfight in saudi arabia but it's 0lexander usyk who is the heavyweight division's first undisputed four—belt world champion. it was an enthralling fight, the ukrainian taking the contest on points, but the judges were split. it's fury�*s first profes

wigan warriors moved level on points with st helens and warrington at the top of super league with victoryominant performance that saw them score four tries — with bevan french's burst for the line, in the rainy conditions sealing victory near the end. elsewhere, hull kr hammered london broncos 64—14. the second major of the tennis calendar is underway, with the french open starting today. britain's jack draper was involved in a thriller, but he was beaten in five sets by dutch qualifierjesper dejong. with the rest of the action from today, here's imran sidat. the start of an iconic sporting summer in paris with all eyes on roland garris for the next two weeks with a one—man hoping to go is alcaraz. the spaniard is favourite to land a title in the men's draw and he was never troubled by lucky loserjj both with some trademark brilliance to the first set. the wimbledon champion never really looked back, dropping just four games in the entire match to lay down in early marker to the rest of the field. bigger challenges lie ahead but alcaraz will certainly fancy his chances in the french capit

out by the counter—terrorism policing north west group. 0perations were carried out at addresses in wiganf terrorist acts, and bilel saadaoui is charged with failing to disclose information about an act of terrorism. all three will appear at westminster magistrates' court on tuesday. downing street has watered down planned police powers, to deal with so called "nuisance" rough sleepers, after opposition from tory mps. campaigners were concerned that the criminaljustice bill had been drafted so widely, it could lead to rough sleepers being arrested orfined due to the way they smelled. one of europe's most wanted people smugglers, has been arrested in northern iraq. it comes just days after the bbc tracked down, and confronted barzan majeed known as the scorpion, who's been on the run for more than a year. sue mitchell was behind that bbc investigation and has this report. by his own admission, barzan majeed has smuggled as many as 10,000 people across the english channel. the boat crossings are incredibly dangerous. our investigation began when one of his boats failed at sea. many adults a

they'll face wigan or leeds who play at 12:30. they'll host third—placed sale in the play—offs, while northampton take on saracens. sale finished their season in style — they beat saracens away for the first time in 20 years to confirm their spot. to golf day, and moving day at valhalla did not disappoint with major changes on the leader board at the us pga championship. irishman shane lowry made the biggest leap, with a major record—equalling 62. he had nine birdies in a flawless third round. the former open champion is 13—under par, two shots behind the leaders xander schauffele and collin morikawa. lowry clearly enjoyed playing alongside his ryder cup team—mate justin rose, who shot a 64 to finish the day — one shot behind lowry, along with robert macintyre. that along with robert macintyre. deserves a hug. to fr 110w. max verstappen is on pole for the emilia romagna grand prix later. it's his eighth pole position in a row, and that matches the all—time record set by ayrton senna. the championship leader beat mclaren's oscar pi

wigan warriors could join warrington wolves and at the top of the table when they play salford red devilsming to an end? max verstappen was expected to retain his world title with ease this year. he's already failed to win two races, and today in monaco, he failed to claim pole for the first time this season. starting from the front where it matters most will be charles leclerc. nick parrott reports. the most glamourous date on the formula i calendar is one of the toughest. monaco's narrow, twisty streets are the last place you want to get caught in traffic. that's what's happened to former winners aston martin's fernando alonso and red bull's sergio perez in the first session of qualifying. they'll start from 16th and 18th. in practice, max verstappen had complained his red bull was bouncing like a kangaroo. the world champion equalled ayrton senna's record of eight consecutive poles last time out at imola, but his hopes of bettering it ended at the first corner of his final run, leaving him sixth. this car is slippery! there was no catching charles leclerc, but then he was born in monac

. addresses in bolton and wigan. the suspects, aged 35, 36 and 51, were arrested at separate locations accused of commissioning, preparing and instigating acts of terrorism. greater manchester police say though they don't believe there is any wider threat to the pubuc is any wider threat to the public linked to tonight's arrests. in other news, a couple who committed serial dine and dash offences racking up large bills for food and drink before leaving without paying, have today admitted five joint charges of fraud. 41 year old bernard mcdonnell and his wife anne, who's 39, avoided bills worth nearly £1,200 during their eating sprees over a period of eight months. the first venue they fled from in swansea , says they fled from in swansea, says it's delighted the justice has finally caught up with the couple after that restaurant lost £300. the pair , from port lost £300. the pair, from port talbot, will be sentenced later this month . lord david cameron this month. lord david cameron says the uk has sent an unequivoc

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it was fantastic and obviously my first game back in the premier league, but that was at wigan and, wigan was a great reception i've got there. but before that i, when i thought i'd finished my first game, when i'd finished my first game, when i was the first game of the season at everton, arsenal, i thought that was, i thought that was me done. i thought i would neven was me done. i thought i would never, ever, ever referee again. and my, my doctor. said to me that if you survived, you would neven that if you survived, you would never, ever get back on, on the field of play at the highest level . and i thought that was my level. and i thought that was my inspiration to get to get to get back on the field. and after that everton arsenal game, i thought that was me. i thought that was me gone, but then obviously when i came back into the premier league, i refereed at everton in a friendly goodison park. what a fantastic crowd there. fantastic supporters at goodison park. yeah, they know the game of football. you always have the referee well there because they they know they're referees and

arrested on suspicion of planning terrorism offences. 0fficers carried out raids across bolton and wigannd 51, are in custody and are being questioned by detectives. the arrests were part of an ongoing investigation. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has been criticised by some of his mps for allowing natalie elphicke to defect from the conservatives to his party. the mp for dover says rishi sunak has failed on his pledge to stop the boats, but had previously accused labour of having no plan to deal with illegal immigration. a court in mexico has ruled that there are grounds to prosecute a man accused of murdering three foreign surfers. the decision to prosecute jesus gerard comes after a hearing held for him in ensenada, baja california where the victims�* bodies were found last friday. australian brothers callum and jake robinson and their american friend jack carter had been on holiday when they were killed. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. dozens of people remain trapped beneath a building that collapsed in the south african city of george. emergency services

it happened to us back in 2013 when we played wigan.pellegrino was coming in and so that ensued. it can disrail. it's not the best preparation, i would say. i know from our perspective when it happened to us, it wasn't great and it undermined a final if i'm being honest. it undermined all the preparations that had gone into the game. can you give me a score prediction? i'm going to say 3—1 to city. we will see! applying make—up, eating fast food and using a laptop computer — these are just some of the activities drivers have been filmed doing while on the motorway. they were caught by warwickshire police officers in an unmarked lorry — and the footage was released by national highways ahead of a safety campaign. laura tra nt reports. we've got customers for you. car nearside, a lady is putting her makeup on while she's trying to drive. footage released by national highways has revealed just some of the reckless behaviour of drivers behind the wheel. so he is driving with no hands on the steering wheel. so van to the nearside, bloke is h

colette smith, bbc news, in wigan.g so far, with the prime minister saying that the fall in the price cap is another sign the economy has turned a corner. keir starmer, launching the scottish labour general election campaign from glasgow, said a labour government would keep energy prices down across the uk. here's helen catt. for keir starmer, a trip to glasgow to launch labour's campaign in scotland. this is for you because this is an election about change and scotland's voice is vital, absolutely vital. though he was clear that his promise of change isn't at any cost. what i have decided is that against the economic damage that has been done we have to be clear that we will only make commitments during the election that we know we can fulfil. in scotland labour is hoping to take seats from the snp. we have got six weeks to lay out why voters can trust the snp to stand up for them at westminster and today i am saying voters can trust us to stand up for rural scotland. at the very opposite end of the country the lib de

and in the women's challenge cup, leeds rhinos beat wigan by 3a points to 20 to set up a meeting withy done it — after being called one of the best golfers not to have a major — xander schauffele has won the us pga championship. he led after the first round and holed a nervy six—foot birdie putt at the 18th to finish one shot ahead of bryson dechambeau and viktor hovland on 21 under and get his hands on the trophy at valhalla in kentucky. he phoned his dad afterwards, who was in hawaii, and had to cut that phone call short because both of them were getting too emotional and them were getting too emotional and the tears were coming. it's a huge win for him because he's been questioned about his ability to finish and get over the line and he finally did it yesterday. we love that bit of emotion at the end. thank you. a lot of emotion this weekend. jurgen klopp, we were all crying. the nation was in tears. carol is at the chelsea flower show this morning with the weather. it's one of their favourite weeks of the year, i know. good morning. certainly is, good morning, both of you. do you

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wigan are second, only behind st helens on points difference.ernoon with the match balanced at four all. kyren wilson is also level with david gilbert in the other semifinal. they'll resume at ten o'clock this morning with the score tied at four frames all. in golf, england's matt wallace leads the way, at the byron nelson, pga tour event in texas, after the opening round. but all eyes were on another englishman — 16—year—old kris kim, who we heard from yesterday on the programme. just a week before his gcses back home, he stunned his seniors, by chipping in an eagle, on the 18th. he finished the day on three under par, just five shots behind wallace, and ahead of players like robert macintyre, who played for europe at the ryder cup. age is no barrier. if you've got the talent and you're confident enough. only yesterday you were saying watch out for him. the ryder cup is the second time you've mentioned it around his name, as well, it's great to see. back next week for his exams. an eagle is a what? two under par, so if you are supposed to get t

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wigan warriors will aim to keep pace with the super league leaders later as they take on salford red elsewhere today, london broncos will take on hull kr. for the first time this season max verstappen won't be starting a formula 1 race from pole after a tough qualifying in monaco. the world champion's hopes ended when his red bull hit the wall at the first corner of his final run, leaving him sixth. ferrari's charles leclerc will be hoping he can win his home race for the first time after claiming the third monaco pole of his career, ahead of oscar piastri and carlos sainz. lando norris in fourth. some sad news to bring you next. pga tour golfer grayson murray has died at the age of 30. he withdrew from the charles schwab challenge event in texas on friday through illness and was a two—time winner on the tour, including at the sony 0pen injanuary. no cause of death has yet been given. tadej pogacar will ride into rome later to be crowned champion of cycling's first grand tour of the year, the giro d'italia. the slovenian claimed his sixth stage win on the penultimate day finishing mo

colletta smith, bbc news, in wigan.klog of cases in criminal courts in england and wales cannot be achieved, the national spending watchdog has concluded. the national audit office says the unprecedented delays in bringing cases to trial are hurting victims and risking cases collapsing. ministers had hoped to reduce the backlog of more than 67,000 to 53,000 by next march. more than two—thirds of beer and wine served in uk pubs and bars is short—measured, according to trading standards. in a snapshot survey, the average glass of wine contained 5% less than it should, whilst the average beer was short by li%. the findings comes as the price of alcohol is at an all—time high. four people have died and many more injured after a two—storey building collapsed in palma on the spanish island of majorca last night. emergency services are trying to reach people trapped in the rubble. the foreign office says there are no reports of british nationals being involved. 0ur reporter simonjones has more. searching through the night for

it happened to us back in 2013 when we played wigan.l if i'm being honest. it undermined all the preparations that had gone into the game. can you give me a score prediction? i'm going to say 3—1 to city. irate me a score prediction? i'm going to say 3-1 to city-— there was an extraordinary moment in parliament this week when the conservative mp craig mackinlay returned to the commons with four prosthetic limbs after losing them to sepsis last year. alex lewis from hampshire went through a similar ordeal ten years ago, also losing four limbs to sepsis. he's been speaking to linzi kinghorn about his rehabilitation. ever since i lost my limbs, it's always been how do i prove to my son that i can still live an amazing life, do some great things. alex is a quadruple amputee after having contracted strep a in 2013. dr geoff watson was one of the team who saved his life. he�*d come in having collapsed on a sunday afternoon, having been a bit unwell for a few days, and my colleagues had admitted him to the icu severely septic. so i came in on

wigan warriors are top on points difference thanks to a 48—6 win away at huddersfield giants.at leeds 26—0 to go fourth. a superb round for rory mcilroy means he's just one shot off the lead at the wells fargo championship in north carolina. he's a three—time champion at the tournament and was four shots behind leader xander schauffele after the second round, but a bogey—free 4—under par—67 leaves him right in contention ahead of today's final round. english 17—year—old phoebe gill has recorded the second fastest time in history for an under—18 female athlete after running an astonishing 800 metres in belfast. in sweltering conditions, gill, from st albans, set a new european record, finishing nearly two seconds quicker than the previous record, which had lasted for 45 years, and shaving close to four seconds off her personal best. it puts her in joint second place in this year's world 800m rankings. the huge strength of british 800 metres running, though, means the teenager still faces a very tough task in securing a place at this summer's olympics. an incredible talent for t

i grew up in manchester, not close to wigan. to visit these cotton mills. we don't learn about where the cotton came from like these. these raw materials that were that were taken up by slaves, then contribute to the industrialisation of the british economy. and so, yes , there are economy. and so, yes, there are a few very, very wealthy individuals who get very, very wealthy as well . but a large wealthy as well. but a large part of what allows the uk to become a very wealthy country, is the slave trade and the colonialism as well. >> one more question for you , >> one more question for you, fahmi, if we can agree then that a small minority , a tiny a small minority, a tiny minority of wealthy families benefited , and yet the taxpayer benefited, and yet the taxpayer as a whole footed those reparation bills , doesn't it reparation bills, doesn't it knock the notion of further reparations into a cocked hat? why should, millions of people who had no link to slavery whatsoever be expected to foot any future bill? >> well, i mean, d

to take his tally for the season to 11 in 12 matches as saints added a further five to jump above wigan stage, along with the podium places, as tomorrow's final stage to rome is pretty much a ceremonial affair. barring an accident or misfortune worse than what he suffered yesterday geraint thomas will be hopeful of finishing at least third, with the runner�*s up spot within his reach. slovenia's tadej pogacar has a lead of more than 7.5 minutes and has as good as won the race. there are a lot of guys who are going to be attacking. it will be interesting. about 18 or 19 k. a big, big climb. you do that twice. yeah, one last push. andrea spendolini—sirieix won the women's ten metres platform event at the british diving championships. the victory confirms her place in the individual event at the paris 0lympics this year. spendolini—sirieix said she was "elated" with her performance afterwards. she won gold in this event at both the commonweath games and european championships two years ago. back here at wembley, look at the size of these flags they are placing on every cto, the attention t

kr are one of six sides all on m points now with wigan warriors the leaders on points difference.opening stage finished in turin, with ineos grenadiers riderjhonatan narvaez beating max shackmann and the race favourite pogacar in a sprint finish. last year's runner up, geraint thomas, was tenth. and england's matt wallace is two shots off the lead going into the final round of the cj cup byron nelson in texas after a third—round 67 put him on 17—under. 16—year—old amateur kris kim is continuing to impress after becoming the youngest player to make the cut on the pga tour since 2015. this was very nearly a hole—in—one on the ltth for the english teenager. just missing. he's on 8—under after a third round of 70 — his proud parents overjoyed with his performance so far. living there best lives, i would say. pga tour debuts, trying to revise his gcses but slightly distracted about what's happening at the moment. you could see the relief for his mum and dad, all of that time on the weekend taking him to golf courses paying off. incredible. thank you. it's just after half six. it's been

officers carried out raids across bolton and wigan.are in custody and are being questioned by detectives. the arrests are part of an ongoing investigation. russia's annual victory day military parade will take place in moscow's red square later this morning. the event marks victory over nazi germany, which cost the lives of around 27 million soviet citizens. in recent years, president putin has used the event to justify the invasion of ukraine. a landslide has forced work to stop at a wind farm site in shetland. the energy company sse confirmed the peat slip happened in an area of hillside on tuesday afternoon. no—one was injured, but an investigation is under way to assess the extent of the damage. student maintenance in england covers just over half of the minimum income a university student needs to live on, according to new research. the higher education policy institute says it leaves parents needing to pay out up to £14,000 a year. here's our education editor, branwen jeffreys. rent is the biggest living cost forstudents, but foo

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wigan are level on points with super league leaders st helens and warrington after a hard—fought win1—14 at london broncos. charles leclerc says his ultimate dream has come true — after winning his home grand prix in monaco. the track is where he grew up and his father, who died from cancer before watching him compete in f1, was at the front of his mind during the race he says. leclerc had started on pole twice before and failed to win, but this was third time lucky. he had to wait a little longer to secure victory after a huge crash on the opening lap between sergio perez and kevin magnussen. both drivers walked away unscathed but took no further part in the race, neither did nico hulkenberg. when it finally resumed, leclerc pulled away from his rivals to take the chequered flag and close the gap on max verstappen in the driver's championship to 31 points. drivers' championship to 31 points. 0scar piastri was second, carlos sainz third. britons lando norris, george russell and lewis hamilton were fourth, fifth and seventh respectively. i did not expect the race to be so difficult to

colletta smith, bbc news, wigan. let�*s catch up with the weather now. hello.er systems. this one creeping in from the east is going to bring more cloud and perhaps some showery rain across east anglia and then maybe fringing into other eastern counties of england. another weather system pushing in from the west, that will bring rain into the south—west of england by the end of the afternoon. in between, a slice of sunshine with just one or two showers and temperatures in northern scotland and also south—east england could get up to 20 or 21 degrees. on saturday evening this little weather system will continue to bring rain across some parts of northern and eastern england, into southern scotland. this one bringing rain into wales and northern ireland. as these two different weather systems just continue to rotate across the uk on sunday, what we really end up with is a day of sunny spells and showers, but some of those showers will be really heavy, slow moving, could dump a lot of rain in a short space of time and there could be some thunder and lightning thro

this is the picture in wigan bursting.d fog. a slightly murky start to tuesday. looks like a reasonably promising day tomorrow. the fog and cloud will linger for a time across parts of scotland and perhaps south—east england as well. there will be showers babbling out. they will be hit and miss across parts of england and wales. we are losing their risk of thunderstorms by tomorrow. 19, 20 in the sunny spells. into the middle of the week, into wednesday, high pressure is squeezing away most of their showers. a lot of dry weather. light winds and sunshine. more cloud working in full scotland and northern ireland. later in a day when more working from the west. temperatures 19, 20, 21 in central parts of england and wales. here is the high pressure. at the time a cfu weather fronts around the northern side of the high pressure. more cloud and showery spells of rain at times towards the end of the week. further south across england and wales commit lots of sunshine in the outlook. you will be pleased to hear that things will

the win sees warrington leapfrog wigan at the top of the table, albeit having played two games more.ton. they'll play three t20s before three one—dayers. vital preparation and game time for the squad ahead of the t20 world cup in bangladesh in september. for us, it's... after the series, we'll be reflecting on what worked and what didn't and what we can take forward going then into the new zealand series. and i think as long as we keep doing that, we'lljust keep developing our game ready for the world cup. glenn irwin has equalled the record in the north west 200 superbikes race, with his ninth victory in a row. he won a thrilling duel with davey todd, hundredths of a second separating them throughout, as they raced between the hedges and stone walls of the nine—mile triangle circuit. irwin has two more chances to beat the premier class record, currently held by michael rutter and the latejoey dunlop, when the riders take to the grid again on saturday. both those riders obliterating the bmp both those riders obliterating the lamp record, the benchmark over 125 mph. can you imagine wh

in rugby league, we have a repeat of last year's challenge cup semi—final between hull kr and wigan tothe boxing. it is going to be quite an occasion and we - about the boxing. it is going to be quite an occasion and we will i about the boxing. it is going to be quite an occasion and we will chat| quite an occasion and we will chat more. i was a little distracted just a moment ago because i am seeing pictures of a dog festival. the festival season is approaching, and this year, our furry friends are getting involved — with events tailored to man's best friend fast becoming a big business. this weekend, one of those events, �*goodwoof�*, will be hosted in chichester — where up to 10—thousand dogs and their owners are expected to embark on races, competitions, and even a dj set at the "ministry of hound". fiona lamdin is there for us. who have you got with you? this is my ten-year-old — who have you got with you? this is my ten-year-old whippet _ who have you got with you? this is my ten-year-old whippet and i who have you got with you? this is my ten-year-old whippet and we i who have y

it was the moment a teenager from wigan became an athletics star.olympics. but i have a lot of experience now. i've been doing this a long time and, yeah, i think i'm just as excited this time around as i was then. some of sport's biggest rivalries have come on the track. the women's 800 metres is no different and hodgkinson is now looking to change a reoccurring theme. olympic silver, world silver, commonwealth games silver. what would that elusive gold medal mean to you? i think it would be very emotional. i think, you know, when you spend three years just trying to find those little tiny 1%s, like, i train so much harder than i did three years ago. and you just hope that it's enough. i've always looked at other athletes and thought, how do they maintain every single yea,r come out and medal year, come out and medal and medal and medal? it gets harder, but that's just part of the job and i enjoy the pressure, to be honest. i think it's a privilege. and of standing on top of the podium isn't incentive enough, world athletics will award prize money