katarina johnson-thompson rests the lead away from thiam! bit gutted about the highjump. i think i probably needed more height. but a solid day. she has pushed thiam at every ru n solid day. she has pushed thiam at every run andjump solid day. she has pushed thiam at every run and jump so far and will need the run of life in the last two events to beat the seemingly unbeatable belgium. a lot of comparisons have been made between johnson—thompson and jessica ennis—hill. looking for good omens, ennis—hill. looking for good omens, ennis—hill won first back in the stadium into those new name. she has just run a personal best and all she needs to do is stay with within catching distance of thiam and hope to run really fast later and then claim gold in the final event. studio: ade, thank you very much indeed. england's bowlers have have taken full advantage of the overcast conditions in the second test at lord's. they won the toss and put india in to bat and jimmy anderson took two quick wickets before rain stopped play as patrick gearey reports. take ta ke two. take tw

with victory in the long jump, can katarina johnson—thompson find herform in the javelin to move closer to gold at the european championships? parts of australia are trying to cope with the worst drought in living memory. a warm, dry winter has left many outback farmers in new south wales struggling to survive, and little rain is expected in the months ahead. our correspondent, phil mercer, sent this report from gunnedah, about 260 miles north of sydney. it's been two years since decent rains fell here, but this farming family is determined to beat the drought. keeping its beef herd alive is exhausting and expensive. crops have failed and the monthly food bill is £25,000. a daily grind

katarina johnson—thompson currently leads the heptathlon with three events to go. 87 points, ahead of the reigning world and olympic champion. she has already won gold world indoors, bolder the commonwealth games, good chance of her another gold medal here. ade, thank you very much. let's bring you up—to—date with some of the other action. the swimmers are back in the pool. and so are the divers. jack laugher won gold in the 3 metre springboard. collecting his second gold in the championships, after victory in the 1 metre event. it follows up the gold that he won in the same event, in the same pool, at the commonwealth games in glasgow four years ago. i couldn't really get ahead of the russians, and they really couldn't get ahead of me either, and neither of us were letting each other go. i have wa nted of us were letting each other go. i have wanted this for a long time, especially after 2016 finishing second to a russian, i wanted to come here and prove myself, and to see that score and see me in first place, i wanted to cry. it is an amazing feeling, but i've still got

katarina johnson—thompson led the heptathlete. jamelia and mitchell blake got in for 200 metre gold. and john watson is watching the homecoming of the latest british tour de france winner. yes, the crowds have just started to move away but they welcomed home their hero, the tour de france champion geraint thomas. hello, good evening. as you can tell, it will be a pretty busy sportsday. we'll also have news from the opening round of us pga championship, but we begin with the end of this summer's transfer window in english football. clubs here have voted to end the transfer period before the season starts and ahead of their european counterparts. so how will that affect things? our reporterjo currie is outside stamford bridge. it's been pretty busy there today, one big—name outgoing and a couple of new signings. yes, chelsea last night became the first club to pay £71 million for a goalkeeper, for spain's goalkeeper who is 23 years old, he has been brought in because another player has moved to defending champions real madrid. ea

it means katarina johnson—thompson may well have to settle for it the silver medal. time for a look at the weather... here's tomasz schafernaker. really changeable. today and that is how it will stay over the weekend and some of us have had quite a day—to—day. thunder and lightning, downpours as well. the good news is if you are going out this evening you do not want the storms and downpours, they are clearing away. the storm clouds you can see on the satellite image are moving out into the north sea and behind it the skies are appearing and we are in, after what has been a very showery day, a beautiful evening. clear blue skies on the way for many of us and the starry night and a chilly one. yesterday i was saying it was going to be cold, this coming night might be even colder. in most major towns and cities, temperatures down into single figures. in rural spots it will be colder. saturday morning is chilly but lots of sunshine. it will be a beautiful day before the low pressure upsets the weather. by the time we get to lunchtime, i think it is cloudy with some

three more events today will see katarina johnson—thompson to european glory. the transfer window has now closed for english clubs and the big movers on deadline day were everton, who paid barcelona over £27 million for yerry mina, the colombian defender who starred at the world cup, scoring three goals. but it was a record—breaking transfer window for tottenham hotspur for all the wrong reasons. they become the first premier league team to go through a transfer window without making a single new signing. so the squads are sorted, now it's time for the football to get under way. manchester united welcome leicester city in the first premier league game of the new season at old trafford tonight. right on cue, thanks, tracey. this is the new premier league ball. does it look any different to you? it is called the merlin. every year the ball changes. what is so special about this? it has only format tunnels. balls used to have 30 to stitch together. this has four, and thejoin is stitch together. this has four, and the join is around the stitch together. this has

this is a great effort from katarina johnson—thompson. she gave it everything to reach a new personal best and a well earned silver. commentator: meghan beesley in lane one's got a chance for the bronze medal... the women's 400 metre hurdles had all the ingredients for a surprise but no one expected it to come from lane one. britain's meghan beesley with a sensational bronze. commentator: what about this cheeky little look? watch this, this kids 17... and britain's jake wightman took bronze in the 1500 metres, behind 17—year—old jakob ingebrigtsen, who beat his two brothers to their former european title. quite the sporting dynasty. natalie pirks, bbc news. cricket now, and it's been a fine day for england's bowlers in the second test at lords. despite rain interrupting play, the hosts bowled out india in theirfirst innings forjust 107 runs. there were five wickets forjames anderson — his first from only the fifth ball of the match. the premier league season kicked off tonight in spectacular fashion at old trafford, with manchester

silver for katarina johnson—thompson as she was beaten by the belgian 0lympic as she was beaten by the belgian olympic champion. katarina johnson—thompson said a new personal best on her way to silver and said the championships were real turning point in her career. the european championships, against the very best in the world, against the world and 0lympic champions, the silver and bronze medallists from last year, one of the all—time greats in my opinion so i'm glad i could hold my own. i'm happy with my performance. a surprise muddle the meghan beesley in the women's 400 metres hurdles, she ran very well from lane one to get the bronze, her bust of individual performance at a senior championships. glasgow is the other venue for these european championships and more success in the pool the great britain. jack laughter laughter and his partner taking medals, it is his third of the games after two goals earlier this week. in the last major fear gary woodland set a new lowest 36 holes score at the us pga championship to lead before a thunderstorm interrupted play. the american shot

katarina johnson—thompson had to settle for silver in the heptathlon. she had to finish 30 point 05 seconds. she went out hard and really left it all on the track, but did not do enough to get the gold. the context issues scored the highest total of her career, a point celek they would have guaranteed a medal in healy picks and world championships, angie seth that bodes well for the future. —— in the olympics. i can win. i am not intimidated i past performances. i feel like when you get out there it is anybody‘s to win. i feel like when you get out there it is anybody's to win. if the medals were expected from katarina johnson—thompson and matthew hudson—smith, we had two surprises, meghan beesley got a bronze medal in the women's 400 metre hurdles, jake wightman also claimed a bronze medal in the final event of the evening, the 1500 metres. he said it was special to celebrate it with his family, having also won a medal at the commonwealth games. he dedicated the commonwealth games. he dedicated the bronze medal to his grandfather. it was one

katarina johnson—thompson throws down her challenge in the heptathlon, just the 800 metres to go. at lord's, the heavens opened but there was enough time for india to lose three wickets. that's all at 6:30pm, but now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news, and taking us through this week's releases is jason sullivan. what have you got for us? this week, we go to beirut in 1982. it's mad men in the middle east, wherejohn hamm tries to negotiate the release of a hostage in the negotiator. and there's a big goldfish, an angry one coming up. there it is, jason statham getting his teeth into the meg, and a prehistoric shark is on the loose. can he save us from it? and we take a rare cinematic trip to paraguay for a film called the heiresses. it's about late flowering freedom found amongst older women. so let's start with the negotiator. this has been billed as sort of bond or bourne meets mad men, in beirut. that's right, bourne is a particularly good example, because it's written by tony gilroy, the scriptwriter who wrote the first four bourne

katarina johnson—thompson, meanwhile, says she's proved to herself that she can compete at the highest level after her silver medal in the heptathalon. she's been speaking to ade adedoyin. coming back into the stadium and sing it empty was like a wow moment. it's amazing stadium and i adore this place. but so far, my performances, i am very pleased with. i think with time, i will be more happy. an important three years coming up and to do what you did must give you confidence. definitely. it was a world—class field, although it wasjust definitely. it was a world—class field, although it was just europe. and those scores, with such long days and tough time schedules, is impressive. i am glad i was able to show that. but i do want a better pb andi show that. but i do want a better pb and i want to push and push until i reach my potential. when you compete in events like this, do you learn something about yourself? when you look back, do you learn about yourself in terms of the challenges yourself in terms of the challenges you face and the way you overcome that? definitely. i learned

we will start with the european championships and the athletics in berlin, where katarina johnson—thompson holds the overnight lead going into the second day of the hat at the one. johnson stormed home to take first place ahead of the world champion. there was a silver medal in the men's 200 metres at fort mitchell blake, running a season 's best time as the world champion took victory. let's bring you up—to—date with some of the other action on day eight. in glasgow, the swimmers back in the pool and the divers were back in action. jack law won gold in the three metres springboard, his second gold. he follows up the gold with the same event in the same pool four years ago. i couldn't get ahead of the russians and they could get ahead of me. neither of us were letting each other go. for me i have been watching —— wanting this for a long time since 2016. are wanted to prove myself and to see that score in first place i wanted to cry. it is an amazing feeling but i still have one more competition, stay focused i feel amazing. adam peaty secured his fourth gold of the championships al

johnson—thompson currently is leading the heptahlon after two events fourth after the opening sprint hurdles. she went to top of the standings in the hithump. it is one of her strongest events and she managed a season's best of1 metre 91 centimetres. she's 51 points ahead of world and olympic champion nafi thiam. the belgian was ten centimetres off her personal best. the shot putt and 200 metres are coming up this evening. one of the final events of the championships is the men's cycling road race in glasgow on sunday. but after taking medical advice, mark cavendish has withdrawn from the british team. the former world champion on the road and the most successful sprinter in the history of the tour de france failed to finish last month's tour, and the team say that the exertions of competition after a combination of injuries and illness has taken it's toll. he'll be replaced by mark christian. we're still waiting for play in the second test between england and india. it hasn't stopped raining. that will be especially frustrating for 20—year—old ollie pope, who is set win his firs

johnson—thompson takes the lead in the heptathlon. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a court has heard claims that the england cricketer ben stokes ‘could have killed' another man during an alleged fight. the all—rounder — who was arrested outside a nightclub in the city last september — has just started giving evidence in his defence. stokes, and one other man, deny a charge of affray. charges were today dropped against a third defendant. our correspondent, jon kay, is following the case at bristol crown court. yes, four days into this trial, the prosecution case has all been heard. and in the last few moments, the judge has decided that the case against one of these men, ryan hale, should be dropped. he has heard the evidence against ryan hale and the judge decided there is no case to a nswer judge decided there is no case to answer and the jury should find him not guilty. so he will leave cut in the next few minutes. that is why the next few minutes. that is why the cameras, the journalist waiting to hear f

katarina johnson—thompson throws down her challenge in the heptathlon, just the 800 metres to go. at lord's, the heavens opened but there was enough time for india to lose three wickets. that's all at 6:30pm, but now it's time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news, and taking us through this week's releases is jason sullivan. what have you got for us? this week, we go to beirut in 1982. it's mad men in the middle east, wherejohn hamm tries to negotiate the release of a hostage in the negotiator. and there's a big goldfish, an angry one coming up.

the heptathlon started today , great britain's katarina johnson—thompson is the commonwealth champion, but this is going to be a much tougher competition becasue one of her opponents is nafi thiam, the belgian who is world and olympic champion, kjt was fourth after the opening sprint hurdles, she went to top of the standings in the hithump. it is one of her strongest events and she managed a season's best of 1 metre 91 centimetres. she's 51 points ahead of world and olympic champion nafi thiam. the shot putt and 200 metres are coming up this evening one of the final events of the championships is the men's cycling road race in glasgow on sunday. but after taking medical advice mark cavendish has withdrawn from the british team. the former world champion on the road and the most successful sprinter in the history of the tour de france failed to finish last month's tour, and the team say that the exertions of competition after a combination of injuries and illness has taken it's toll. he'll be replaced by mark christian . a .abig . a big blow for the championships, he was one of their s

the commonwealth champion katarina johnson—thompson has started in the heptathlon at the european championships in berlin. she lies fourth after the first discipline, the 100 metre hurdles. shejust she just cleared her first height in the highjump as she just cleared her first height in the high jump as well. the second test between england and india was due to start at 11, but it's raining at lord's. england are one up in the series and will give batsman ollie pope his first cap. it's transfer deadline day, the window shuts at 5 this afternoon , jose mourinho says he's not confident that manchester united will make any more signings lets talk more about the state of the pound. it has fallen further against the dollar following the tumble that saw its slip below 1.29 dollars for the first time in more than a year. why has this been happening? has been a long story, we have seen fluctuations over the past year or so. more recently we are seeing investors selling the pound because they want to protect themselves against exposure to what they consider could be a hard brexit. that is where the unce

katarina johnson thompson has w011 over. katarina johnson thompson has won the long jump to extend her lead in the heptathlon. there are two elements are still to go today, javelin which is her weakest event and 800 metres this evening. ian poulter and justin rose are three shots off the pace after the opening round of the final golf major of the season, the us—pga championship in missouri. leading the way is the american gary wooodland. i'll be back with more on those stories at 11.30am. a conservative peer says he's been sent dozens of abusive emails since he criticised borisjohnson for his comments about women who wear the burqa. lord sheikh, who founded the conservative muslim forum, claims to have received "vile" islamophobic messages after calling for mrjohnson to be sacked on newsnight. the actor rowan atkinson has written to the times in support of the former foreign secretary who is now facing a possible investigation into breaches of the conservative party code of conduct. joining me now from westminster is our p

the commonwealth champion katarina johnson—thompson has started in the heptathlon. she lies fourth after the first discipline, the 100 metre hurdles. the second test between england and india is due to start at 11, but it's raining at lord's. england are 1—0 in the series and will give batsman 0llie pope his first cap. it's transfer deadline day in england. the window closes at 5pm. chelsea signed the spaniard kepa arrizaballega late last night for £71 million, making him the world's most expensive goalkeeper. and the 19—year—old australian daniel arzani has joined manchester city from their partner club melbourne city. he was the youngest player at the world cup. he's expected to go on loan to celtic to help his development. that's all the sport for now. now, footballerjermaine pennant played for england under 21s and enjoyed a top—flight career including spells at arsenal, liverpool and stoke. but he grabbed almost as many headlines off the pitch as on it. he was once convicted of drink—driving and was known for his party lifestyle. now in a new book, j

britain's katarina johnson—thompson came close to a gold in the heptathlon yesterday. she held the lead after five events but lost it to a huge javelin throw by the seemingly unstoppable belgian, nafi thiam. and shejoins us now. congratulations on your silver medal win yesterday. how are you feeling? yeah, iam win yesterday. how are you feeling? yeah, i am super tired. i didn't get much sleep. but i'm glad to be back in the stadium and reflecting on a good performance. you had a pretty tough competitor who you are up against in the form of nafi thiam. how do you go into an event like that knowing that the competition is so strong? yeah, i speak highly of her. she has scored over 7000 points. she is unbeatable at the minute. but i feel like everybody on the track can be beaten and i feel like i pushed her right to the end. i was happy with my performance and i was happy with my performance and i was happy with my performance and i was happy to show that i can compete against her.|j i was happy to show that i can compete against her. i watched some of the events last mon

we start at the european championships were katarina johnson thompson is three events away from a first european outdoor title in the heptathlon. she is in a battle with world champion nafi thiam. she took the lead after a strong 200 metres. the long jump, gels and eight 800 metres still to come. they were two more golds in swimming last night for ben proud and the medley relay team, giving adam peaty his fourth title at these games. and everton were busy late in the transfer window with barcelona defender gary mina among their signings. he scored half of colombia's six goals in russia. justin rose is three shots off the lead after the opening round of the us pga championship in misery. leading the way is american gary woodland. more on that coming up at ten o'clock. thank you. more now on our breaking story this morning. the department store, house of fraser, has announced its going into administration, putting up to 17,000 jobs at risk. it's the latest big name shop which has struggled to survive on the high street. our business correspondent, ben thompson, is here. not really unexpec

meanbwhile katarina johnson thompson is on the hunt for gold in the heptathlon — depsite scoring a personal best in the javelin it wasn't enough to beat her nearest rival — the world and olympic champion naffi thiam. she'll finish the heptathlon tonight with the 800—metres. new figures show the recent warm weather has given the uk economy a boost — with growth of 0.4% in the second quarter of the year. economists say both retail sales and construction were helped by the sunshine and high temperatures. it's an improvement on the first three months of the year, where growth slumped amid the cold weather brought in by the beast from the east. here's joe lynam. robert runs a crop spraying business. he has trouble getting staff into to work in the winter because of the beast from the east. since then a weak pound and good products mean his exports have boomed we have been able to expand on the site. we are making the site fit for purpose for going forward, we see whatever happens with brexit, we see whatever happens with brexit, we export 40% of product, round the world, to many different