the most important legacy for geraint thomas is not the fa ct legacy for geraint thomas is not the fact that there is a little kid who might win the tour de france himself, but if every little kid goes out on their bike, and mum, and dad, and we live in a cycle friendly country, that is the true legacy of the success. more from you in just a moment, geraint is on his way, we are counting down to the moment he comes round the corner, he will ride on the street behind me on his bike down st mary‘s streets in the heart of the capital, kate morgan is there with some possible future champions. yes! riders gathering. no more excited than these three young riders. down same area speak to the castle. hayden and max are joining us, hayden, tell me about the moment you found out you would write the first ever welshman to win the tour de france through cardiff?” first ever welshman to win the tour de france through cardiff? i didn't really think my mother and father we re really think my mother and father were telling the truth. i got a lot of feedback people saying well done, andl of feedback

thomas's career, and preparations are well under way as the capital, the home crowd and geraint thomas and self gets ready to celebrate his crowning achievement. never before has the welsh capital prepared to celebrate a cycling victory like this. only rugby and football have ever brought cardiff to a standstill in the past. roads will be closed, and crowds will gather as the country celebrates an accolade donned by only three other brits — geraint thomas, the first welshman to win the tour de france. today's homecoming will begin in cardiff bay, geraint thomas will then come to the city centre, where he, along with dozens of young cyclists from across wales, will ride down this street, all the way down to the castle. there, he'll meet the home crowd and truly celebrate what's been his crowning achievement. one of the young cyclists that'll be riding alongside the champion this afternoon will be 12—year—old elliw hunt from rhostryfan in north wales. i was so happy, i couldn't believe it. me and my dad went straight out to go on the bike when we knew that i'd be chosen. elliw will

first of all, of warm welcome to geraint thomas will stop welcome home, geraint thomas. thank you. i think i can speak for everyone here today that is what geraint thomas has achieved is remarkable. his dedication... we are going to leave the special coverage finau but we are very much keeping an eye on and here —— and here on cardiff. what a glorious sight that has been for the last hour or so! thousands and thousands of people on the streets of cardiff to welcome a proper sporting hero. only the third written to win the tour de france and the first welshman, hence that rapturous reception. —— the third writ on. we will be talking to some in his first cycled with geraint thomas a long time ago. you will have much more from cardiff over the course of the hour. we will leave the celebrations for now. we will be back from cardiff in a little while. you are watching bbc news. i am jane hill. we start with the continuing trial at bristol crown court. the england cricketer ben stokes has begun giving evidence in his trial for affray in bristol. he has denied being drunk when arr

and john, a special day for geraint thomas? yes, hundreds have turned out here to welcome him home, he wasjoined by young riders from cycling teams across the country to ride from the welsh assembly through the city centre to cardiff castle. it is a city where his love of cycling was harnessed, he is a proud welshman, we saw that when he was draped in the welsh flag atop the podium winning the tour de france, and he was draped in it again as he stood on the stage behind me. a little relieved that people have turned out to see him. just to walk out now with this is bonkers, isn't it? thanks a lot that people have come, i was thanks a lot that people have come, iwasa thanks a lot that people have come, i was a bit worried it mightjust be my wife and my dog but the support has been insane, whether on the side of the road or on twitter orjust back home, all i can say is thanks. and john, this celebration, seeing these young riders, this is what tea m these young riders, this is what team sky needed after a difficult year. it's not

huge crowds lined the streets of cardiff, to welcome home the winner of the tour de france, geraint thomas. the 32 year—old is the first welshman, and only the third briton, to win the race. he said he was overwhelmed by the numbers who'd turned out, to celebrate his victory. it's been a good day for great britain at the european championships which are taking place in glasgow and berlin. adam peaty won his fourth gold in the pool, as part of the 4 by 100m medley relay team, and there were more medals in diving and athletics, as natalie pirks reports. cometh the hour, cometh the man. adam peaty made it four golds in four tonight, but this time he needed some help from his friends. it is gold to great britain! peaty‘s breaststroke leg in the four by 100 metres medley relay helped britain reel in the russians. confidence is clearly high. i knew if i was on about 50, he was going down anyway, so all i had to do was hold my ground. and get back to these boys. things were going rather well in the diving, too. jack laugher‘s final work in the three metre springboard final earned him his se

will rememberfor years this is a day that geraint thomas will remember for years to come. but he is such a well decorated athlete with two 0lympic he is such a well decorated athlete with two olympic gold medal, a commonwealth games gold and three triple world championship, but of course, last month's tour de france victory will be the pinnacle of his illustrious career and wales celebrated that in emphatic style. never before has the welsh capital celebrated a cycling victory like this. thousands gathered across cardiff as the country celebrates the first welsh man to win the tour de france. as he rides through the city centre, he is accompanied by youngsters from cycling clubs across the whole of wales and the hope is that his success will inspire the next generation. journey's end at cardiff's iconic castle. thomas thanking the crowd for their overwhelming support. it is incredible. i want to thank everyone for coming out. the support has been insane, so, thanks a lot. his which with was where the march to victory began. he and his tea mate battle throughout. triumphant

and there is a whole country awaiting the return of its hero, itjoan thomas. —— geraint thomas. and will be taking a look at the papers. stay with us for that. —— we will be. hello, welcome to bbc news. the england cricket ben stokes says he was defending himself and others during a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year. he was giving evidence for the first time in his trial on the charge of a free. he claimed to havejoined trial on the charge of a free. he claimed to have joined the fray after hearing, phobic abuse being at screens at two men. ben stokes and a fellow defendant and affray. charges against the third man were denied today. sorry. do you mind just loosening the right one on my wrist? handcuffed in the back of a police car. this was the moment ben stokes was arrested in september last year. it was shot on a police body camera, following the alleged incident in the clifton area of bristol. just yards from the vehicle, where the england cricketer was being detained, another man lay injured on the ground. right. the reason... i'll explain to you why you've

india start their five match series against england and could geraint thomas be on the move from team sky? england are desperate to turn their poor form away but all the buildup has affected adil rashid, despite signing a white ball only contract and not playing a test matches since 2016, he has been picked to play ahead of moeen ali. they both are in different things to the team, the amount of righthanders with what we think is going to be in the's team, he gives us a very attacking options. very excited about that, he has a huge amount of confidence at the minute and seems in a the place with his game. he has matured since he last played test cricket and i feel this is a really good side and gives us the best chance of winning in these conditions. andy murray is backin in these conditions. andy murray is back in action in the washington open on monday as his return from hip surgery continues. he will take on kyle edmund in the second round, he knocked him out of the east ginch at month. murray is back to winning ways after he battled past mckenzie mcdonald. in almost a half hours, t

it will be called the geraint thomas national velodrome of wales. the tour de france winner says it's a huge honour, and he hopes it will help inspire the next generation of welsh cyclists. time for a look at the weather, here's stav da naos hello there. thank you very much. it was a chilly start to this morning, temperatures down to four or 5 degrees in some places. but temperatures rising particularly in the east of the country where we are seeing the best of the sunshine. further north, a different story. cloud building, wind increasing and outbreaks of rain from the west courtesy of another weather system. it will remain wet and windy across many north and western areas. sunnierfurther south many north and western areas. sunnier further south and east. many north and western areas. sunnierfurther south and east. you can see the windy weather with the squeeze in the ice bars here. with a ridge of high pressure, things getting drier with lighter winds across the south—east. the showers continue to the north—west. the eastern side of the countr

just two days after becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france, geraint thomas has already crossed another finish line as the winner. he joined the likes of peter sagan and tour runner—up tom dumoulin at a criterium in the netherlands, his first since becoming tour champion. what a weekend is having. england captain dylan hartley will return to the england set—up this weekend as he continues his comeback from concussion. hartley hasn‘t played since march, missing the end of the regular season and thejune series defeat in south africa. double commonwealth games gold medallist becky downie is out of the british gymnastics team for the european championships after sustaining an injury in training. she‘ll be replaced in the squad by taeja james. in the women‘s hockey world cup, england now know they will face australia in the semi—finals if they can get through their quarter—final against the favourites the netherlands tomorrow. it was a close one for the aussies against argentina. the match finishing 0—0 at the queen elizabeth olmypic park in london, only for a

and a whole country welcomes their hero of the tour de france as geraint thomas returns home to wales. and coming up, the link between regular exercise and improved mental health, and why you might not need to do as much as you might think. hello and welcome to bbc news if you've just joined hello and welcome to bbc news if you'vejustjoined us. the england cricketer ben stokes says he was defending himself and others during a fight outside a nightclub in bristol last year. taking the stand for the first time in his trial on a charge of affray, he told the jury he intervened after hearing homophobic abuse being shouted at two men. earlier there were claims the cricketer "could have killed" a man during the incident. stokes and one other defendent deny affray, while charges against a third man have been dropped. jon kay reports from bristol crown court. sorry. do you mind just loosening the right one on my wrist? handcuffed in the back of a police car, this is the moment and stokes was arrested in september last year. it was shot on a police body camera, following the alleged incident i

geraint thomas has received a welcome fit for a champion on the streets of cardiff, after his triumphant victory in the tour de france. the team sky rider stepped out of chris froome's shadow last month to achieve a sixth win in seven years for british cyclists. our correspondent tomos morgan is in cardiff. never before has the welsh capital celebrated a cycling victory like this. thousands gathered across cardiff as the country celebrates the first welshman to win the tour de france. as he rides through the city centre, he's accompanied by youngsters from cycling clubs across the whole of wales and the hope is that his success will inspire the next generation. journey's end at cardiff's iconic castle. thomas thanking the crowd for their overwhelming support. it is incredible. i want to thank everyone for coming out. the support has been insane, so, thanks a lot. his win on alpe d'huez was where the march to victory began. he and his team—mate chris froome battle throughout. triumphant thomas, the winner of cycling's most prestigious race. proud to say he's a cardiff boy and i cried fo

last month, he made history by becoming the first welshman to win the tour de france — now geraint thomas is to have that remarkable achievement further recognised.

tour de france champion geraint thomas has called for helmets to be made compulsory for all cyclists in the uk. speaking to the sunday times, he said he always wears a helmet and feels that others should do the same. last year, the government said it would consider changing the law to force helmet usage, but some cycling organisations have opposed the move. that's it. the next news on bbc one is at 6:35pm. bye for now. hello. you're watching bbc news with ben brown. let's return to the pope's visit to ireland. a little earlier my colleague, annita mcveigh, spoke to marie collins, a clerical abuse survivor and campaigner. a colleague is in dublin. she was one of eight abuse survivors who met pope francis yesterday. she told us what happened. the meeting was eight survivors representing different areas where abuse had occurred in institutions and schools, etc. the meeting went on much longer than was expected. pope francis gave as much time as was needed. everyone was very frank and very clear to him, in what had happened to them and what had happened in the institutions that they were

yes, we did not mention, actually, it is geraint thomas, tour de france champion, saying we should wear helmets. but not making cycling scary is the point, and beasley, it doesn't protect you in all instances. clearly, i think it is sensible to wear one you can, but i think we should be encouraging and normalising cycling, and they think enforcing helmets doesn't do that. let's turn to the express. it is ppi, still dying on! —— still going on! so, lloyds bank, earlier this month, had to put aside another £500 million, and i looked at how much had been spent at the time, set aside for ppi, and it was around 32 billion, but now, we will find there is even more billion, but now, we will find there is even more money, billion, but now, we will find there is even more money, because you billion, but now, we will find there is even more money, because you can claim it for people who have died or relatives who have died. what do you mean? so, apparently this has always been the case. if somebody has died and you are the executor, whether they actually it? if you are a will and you are nam

huge crowds lined the streets of cardiff, to welcome home the winner of the tour de france, geraint thomas. the 32 year—old is the first welshman, and only the third briton, to win the race. he said he was overwhelmed by the numbers who'd turned out, to celebrate his victory. it's been a good day for great britain at the european championships which are taking place in glasgow and berlin. adam peaty won his fourth gold in the pool, as part of the 4 by 100m medley relay team, and there were more medals in diving and athletics, as natalie pirks reports. cometh the hour, cometh the man. adam peaty made it four golds in four tonight, but this time he needed some help from his friends. it is gold to great britain! peaty‘s breaststroke leg in the four by 100 metres medley relay helped britain reel in the russians. confidence is clearly high.

thomas himself. fantastic, thank you very much, tomos morgan, enjoy it, wonderful celebrations in cardiff coming up a little bit later. let's have a look at the weather prospects with tomasz you know, they are asking me if summer you know, they are asking me if summer has gone, but we have got weeks of that still left. it has just turned to what it is supposed to be like across our part of the world, a bit of a mixed bag, sunshine and showers on the way over the coming days. let's have a look at the satellite image, pretty busy gci’oss at the satellite image, pretty busy across the north atlantic, lots of weather systems spiralling around, some heading in our direction, quite a bit of cloud across central and eastern parts of the uk in the last 12 hours or so. a dip in thejet stream, i want to show you the larger scale, that tends to drag down cold airfrom larger scale, that tends to drag down cold air from the north, and the heatwave has been shunted towards scandinavia, more eastern parts of euro

and team sky riders geraint thomas and chris froome have confirmed that they will take part in the tour of britain. thomas says he knew he wanted to be involved in the race as soon as he'd won the tour de france. the tour of britain starts in wales on september 2nd. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website — including the news that carlos seinz has just been announced as fernando alonso‘s replacement at mclaren. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. hundreds of thousands of a—level students have been receiving their results across england, wales and northern ireland. official figures show the proportion of entries awarded either a or a—star grades is the highest since 2012 and boys have outperformed girls for the second year running. earlier i spoke to seeta bhardwa, who's the student content editor at times higher education and carl cullinane, head of research and policy at the sutton trust. they gave their advice to students receiving their results. if you don't receive your grades on results day, it's not the end of the world. there are

geraint thomas returns home, writing to the streets of cardiff in that yellow jersey. home, writing to the streets of cardiff in that yellowjersey. —— face veils. hello and welcome back to our lookahead at what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow morning. wheaterjoan bringing us tomorrow morning. wheater joan ba kewell, bringing us tomorrow morning. wheaterjoan bakewell, the late pm broadcast, and john stapleton. welcome back. we will give you an update on the papers. the row over boris johnson's burka comments update on the papers. the row over borisjohnson‘s burka comments make the front page of the guardian, the former foreign secretary facing an investigation. the telegraph says the conservative party chairman is accused of "kneecapping" borisjohnson, after those burka comments. the number of people waiting more than a week for a doctor's appointment has doubled. the express says the eu is about to offer the uk access to its single market without the condition of free movement of eu citizens. banks are not passing on higher interest rates to savers, that's according to th

geraint thomas has received a welcome fit for a champion on the streets of cardiff, after his triumphant victory in this year's tour de france race. the team sky rider stepped out of chris froome's shadow last month to achieve a sixth win in seven years for british cyclists. our correspondent tomos morgan has been following the celebrations. never before has the welsh capital celebrated a cycling victory like this. thousands gathered across cardiff as the country celebrates the first welshman to win the tour de france. as he rides through the city centre, he's accompanied by youngsters from cycling clubs across the whole of wales and the hope is that his success will inspire the next generation. journey's end at cardiff's iconic castle. thomas thanking the crowd for their overwhelming support. it is incredible. i want to thank everyone for coming out. the support has been insane, so, thanks a lot. his win on alpe d'huez was where the march to victory began. he and his team—mate chris froome battled throughout, thomas thanking him from the podium. triumphant thomas, the winner of cyclin

thousands of people turned out in cardiff to give tour de france winner geraint thomas a hero's welcome home. he's the first welshman, and only the third briton, to win the gruelling cycle race. he said he was "blown away" by the support. when asked by fans what he was planning to do next, he replied "have some beers." great scenes. and good news as well, in the next few days he says he hopes to finalise his new contract with team sky, which was going to expire at the end of the year. see he can enjoy the break. there was some discussion about which position he can play. yes, he will be the queen be now. yesterday all those people turned up on their bikes, it was a nice moment. everybody was so pleased when he won, absolutely brilliant. somebody else is looking good, katarina johnson—thompson, showers in the heptathlon at the european championships. she has posted her first —— european championships. she has posted herfirst —— her european championships. she has posted her first —— her best ever first—day score and she leaves the best female athlete in the world, the oly

it will be called the geraint thomas national velodrome of wales. the tour de france winner says it's a huge honour, and he hopes it will help inspire the next generation of welsh cyclists. time for a look at the weather. if it cool start this morning, certainly for the time of year but we saw plenty of sunshine across central and south—eastern areas of the country before the rain moved into the north and west. the rain will peter out tonight, largely dry and not as chilly as last night. the west, south—westerly winds and warm and humid aircoming west, south—westerly winds and warm and humid air coming off the near atla ntic and humid air coming off the near atlantic as we move through friday night and into the weekend. looks like most of the rain across central areas will tends to peter out overnight, a largely dry one with lengthy clear spells and more clout across western areas. still breezy but not as chilly as last night, temperatures around 12—16d. a warm start to saturday, certainly. we are under the influence of high pressure for mos

and team sky riders geraint thomas and chris froome have confirmed that they will take part in the tour of britain. thomas says he knew he wanted to be involved in the race as soon as he'd won the tour de france. the tour of britain starts in wales on september second. that's all the sport for now. we will see you again in the next bar. the us president donald trump has revoked the security clearance of the former director of the cia, john brennan. mr brennan has regularly been critical of the president, and the white house claims mr brennan has been using his access to sensitive information to undermine him. mr brennan says it's part of a broader effort by president trump to suppress freedom of speech and punish his critics. peter bowes reports. good afternoon. the announcement came out of the blue at a previously unscheduled media briefing at the white house. historically, top officials keep their security credentials once they have left the job in case they are called upon to advise the current administration. but donald trump says john brennan will no longer have access to classifie

an interesting debate from geraint thomas, who has called for all cyclist to wear a helmet. i am sure some people feel strongly about that.|j helmet. i am sure some people feel strongly about that. i feel for many, cycling should be a sort of thing where you jump off a bike and just go to the shops. but even on the back of him saying it i think there has been quite a reaction on social media, but he says it should be compulsory. personally think. most cycling accidents happen entirely my own fault at slow speeds of. you come in with a leg to raise. —— grady ‘s. — gaze. also we are talking about wasps later because scientists want us to help in a survey that as well. the recent heatwave has seen many of us choosing to holiday at home this summer and seaside towns have been reaping the benefits. the welsh coast has drawn plenty of tourists because of regeneration that was funded by the eu. but with the prospect of that money being withdrawn because of brexit, what could the future hold? tomos morgan has been to find out. when i first came here it had a bit ofa when i f