they beat welsh fire, who remain without a win. southern brave's bowlers excelled to succesfully defend their score of 122—8. welsh fire all out for 108, with sarah bryce the last to be removed off the bowling of anya shrubsole who finished with figures of 3—20. her team—mates lauren bell and georgia adams took two wickets apiece as brave won by 1a runs. the test tour will be an historic occasion. their schedule has been confirmed as the first test to the country in 17 years, they will play three tests starting on the 1st of december. the 1820 series is already in a kind of next month. boxing promoter frank warren expects a world heavyweight unification fight between tyson fury and oleksandr usyk to go ahead. usyk retained his three belts beating anthonyjoshua on saturday whilst fury holds the other, and warren believes he'd be tempted out of retirement for the bout. i think the fight will happen but obviously tyson had a terrible tragedy in his family over the weekend, his cousin was stabbed, so i haven't had a proper chance

nicola carey took three wickets for welsh fire to help secure the victory. welsh fire men are still waiting for their first win as they lost by six wickets to the superchargers. fire were restricted to 114—4 on a very slow pitch, ben duckett top—scoring with 64 and the superchargers chased down the target with nine balls to spare. the superchargers are sixth in the table, keeping alive their hopes of reaching the eliminators. fire are rock bottom with seven defeats from seven. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has lost his appeal against a touchline ban so will be missing from the dugout against leicester at stamford bridge in the premier league tomorrow. he was penalised after clashing with the spurs manager antonio conte almost a fortnight ago. the italian escaped with just a fine after the disciplinary panel found that the german had instigated the flashpoint, something he strongly disagrees with. it is hard to accept as the context that i do not think i started the aggression and started earlier, and i do not think i was the only person involved and we b

welsh fire, played and their chances of _ far. welsh fire, played and their chances of reaching _ far. welsh fire, played and their chances of reaching the - far. welsh fire, played and their| chances of reaching the knockout far. welsh fire, played and their- chances of reaching the knockout are now looking like all but over. reaction to the game over on bbc two right now. seamer ollie robinson has been recalled by england for their second test against south africa at old trafford, starting tomorrow. it means opener zak crawley keeps his place in the side. robinson replaces matthew potts in the 11 for his first test since being dropped by england in the winter over fitness concerns. ben stokes' side trail the three test series 1—0 after an innings defeat in the first test last week. lando norris says it's been a joy to work with daniel ricciardo after it was announced the australian was leaving mclaren at the end of the season — a year before his contract was due to expire. ricciardo has had an underwhelming season and a half

fire. dawid malan's 58 propelled the rockets to 172—4 off their 100 balls at trent bridge. and they never looked like losing, the fire only managing to reach 143—6, finishing their season with eight defeats from eight. and trent rockets kept their women's hundred play—off hopes alive with an emphatic eight—wicket victory over welsh fire. rockets are up to third, but have a nervous wait to see if they make the knockout stages. bit of a nervous moment for them. and that's all you're sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. it was a fine bank holiday monday in wales. perhaps a bit warmer over the next couple of days with a big change in our weather patterns on the way as we head into next weekend. high pressure and that's driving in these north or north easterly winds, bringing in quite a bit of cloud. the cloud thick enough for an occasional light shower, a few mist patches as well and temperatures similar to recent nights. this is how we start off tu

london spirit beat welsh fire by 17 runs in the men's hundred at lord's. dan lawrence hit 43 runs for spirit, as they won their fifth game out of six — they're top of the table. fire, by constrast, have lost all six of their games. earlier, the women's sides were both trying to keep their outside hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive. and, after some brilliant bowling by freya davies, beth mooney hit 61 as london spirit beat welsh fire by eight wickets at lord's, to record their first victory of this year's competition. fire have lost all their games and can't progress. seamer 0llie robinson has been recalled by england for their second test against south africa at old trafford, starting tomorrow. it means opener zak crawley keeps his place in the side. robinson replaces matthew potts in the 11 for his first test since being dropped by england in the winter, over fitness concerns. ben stokes' side trail the three test series 1—0 after an innings defeat in the first test last week. we've got to play better than we did at lord's. we just did not ex

they beat welsh fire, who remain without a win. southern brave's bowlers excelled to succesfully defend their score of 122—8. welsh fire all out for 108, with sarah bryce the last to be removed off the bowling of anya shrubsole who finished with figures of 3—20. her team—mates lauren bell and georgia adams took two wickets apiece as brave won by 1a runs. the men's welsh fire team had a nightmare start to their match against southern brave, losing three wickets in the first seven balls — all off the bowling of george garton. welsh fire recovered to post 129 for 8 as brave go into bat. the metropolitan police could be investigated after it emerged officers had contact with a student nurse on the day she was reported missing. 0wami davies was last seen in south london in earlyjuly. officers have said that a student nurse who's been missing since last month may be sleeping rough.0wami was studying nursing at king's college london and said to have left her home in grays, essex, on 4july and was last seen in croydon on 7july. the

birmingham phoenix women beat welsh fire by 19 runs at sophia gardens. aussie star elise perry top scored for the phoenix with 58 off 31 balls before georgia elwiss took two for 29 with the ball in a comfortable win. and there's plenty more from the hundred on the iplayer. he is coming to the party! just like that, that is beautiful. they have all deserved a pat on the back. what a week the british number two dan evans is having in canada — he's in action in the semi—finals of the canadian open in a few hours' time — facing spain's pablo carreno busta. evans came from a set down in the quarter—finals to beat the american tommy paul — continuing his impressive run of upsets at the tournament, which also includes wins against the seeded andrey rublev and taylor fritz. when i got a head, i really took it to tommy and that has been a sort of my way throughout this week so far. and i went about it in a good way, i was fired up and i thought it was a good battle between me and tommy. i know him pretty well, he is a great guy and it was cool to have a

fire. they were set a target of 108 to win, and knocked that off with 31 balls to spare as they finished on 109 for 1. their captainjames vince starred, with an unbeaten 71 offjust 41 balls. and that's all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. we've had some exceptional weather and statistics show it was the driestjuly on record. there was little sign of any rain here for the rest of the week and into the weekend. but it's not been dryjust into the weekend. but it's not been dry just across the south—east. across the whole of the uk, we had just over 100 mm of rain, whilst during the whole of the summer, we would normally expect to see about 240 mm, so way off that. it has been dry across many parts, but exceptionally so in the south. with this high pressure moving and over the next few days, that will keep our weather fronts at bay and it means that by dry weather persists. this show the accumulations and we do expect some rain from northe

welsh fire finished with just one win in the women's hundred. they were beaten by eight wickets by trent rockets in their final group game. rockets are up to third but have a nervous wait to see if they make the knockouts. what a roller coaster year it is been for golf and for rory mcelroy. another major title proved elusive. he just missing out on a famous win in the open at st andews. off the course, mcilroy has been one of the figureheads against the breakaway liv golf series, leading to big changes on the pga tour in the future and with all this swirling around he managed to produce a stunning victory at the season ending tour championship in atlanta last night, the fed ex cup's first three—time champion. we'll hear from mcilroy in a second but first nick parrott has the story on that memorable comeback. a souvenir from a special day. little did this young fan know he was about to witness history. when rory mcilroy teed off for his final round, he was six shots behind scottie scheffler. catching the world number one was going to be a huge

fire. dawid malan's 58 propelled the rockets to 172—4 off their 100 balls at trent bridge. and they never looked like losing, the fire only managing 143—6, finishing their season with eight defeats from eight. and trent rockets kept their women's hundred play—off hopes alive with an emphatic eight—wicket victory over welsh fire. rockets are up to third, but have a nervous wait to see if they make the knockout stages. bit of a nervous moment for them. and that's all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there. well, it was a fine bank holiday monday in wales. we had plenty of sunshine and, in porthmadog in the northwest, we had temperatures up to 25 degrees. looking at the weather picture for the rest of the uk this week, there will be a lot of drier weather. it is quite breezy, though, at times in the south, perhaps a bit warmer over the next couple of days, but there's a big change in our weather patterns on the way as we head into th

bairstow has been in blistering form and was secheduled to play for welsh fire in the opening match of the competition on wednesday. he says that he's had a hectic few months and wants to take a breather before the test series against south africa. it starts on the 17th of august. that's all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello. another warm and muggy start to the day on wednesday. a little bit more sunshine around, admittedly, but turning fresh across scotland and northern ireland through the day. some outbreaks of rain to begin with turning more showery, though heavy on the odd rumble of thunder, maybe into the far north of england, too. misty, murky repatriated drizzle southwest through towards the west — that pushes towards east anglia southeast. not much rain on it though, and it will break up to sunny spells later. and in fact, a lot more sunshine across the country compared with tuesday afternoon. still very humid heat tangling in the southeast, but elsewhere, warm but not quite as humid as it was then through wednesday warm, bu

london spirit beat welsh fire by 17 runs in the men's hundred at lord's. dan lawrence hit 43 runs for spirit, as they won their fifth game out of six — they're top of the table. fire, by constrast, have lost all six of their games. earlier, the women's sides were both trying to keep their outside hopes of reaching the knockout stages alive. and, after some brilliant bowling by freya davies, beth mooney hit 61 as london spirit beat welsh fire by eight wickets at lord's, to record their first victory of this year's competition. fire have lost all their games and can't progress. seamer 0llie robinson has been recalled by england for their second test against south africa at old trafford, starting tomorrow. it means opener zak crawley keeps his place in the side. robinson replaces matthew potts in the 11 for his first test since being dropped by england in the winter, over fitness concerns. ben stokes' side trail the three test series 1—0 after an innings defeat in the first test last week. we've got to play better than we did at lord's. we just did not ex

manchester originals beat welsh fire by 11 runs in the women's hundred at at old trafford. deandre dottin top scored for the hosts with 67 not out as they ended their innings on 156—2. and dottin claimed two wickets with the ball as welsh fire's reply petered out at 145 for three. originals have won one out of two matches, but fire have lost both their games. the men's fixture is just getting under way. staying with cricket and england test captain ben stokes has said their new style of play has created more excitement around the format. after wins against india and new zealand this summer, england have seen a remarkable turn—around in form. stokes was speaking ahead of england's test match against south africa, which gets under way tomorrow. joe wilson is at lords. well, the rain that has fallen here was refreshing. the two weeks that ben stokes had away from cricket was reenergizing. he made that clear. here we are in 2022 and ben stokes is prioritising test match cricket. with all the formats and competitions which are growing around the world. he will have james and

fire by 39 runs in cardiff. just time for a quick look at the medal table. australia still top of the standings, they've been there right from the start of the games — they've won a huge 61 gold medals so far. 165 in total. but hosts england are doing their best to catch up. 5a golds for england — including that brilliant victory for the women's hockey team. scotland have had a brilliant games, they are seventh in the table, wales are in ninth place. northern ireland up to twelth in the table, thanks to a great day in the boxing ring. lots more to come from the alexander stadium. laura millerwill lots more to come from the alexander stadium. laura miller will later be going for her second medal of the games after getting bronze in the 800 metres and eilish mccolgan runs for scotland in the 5000 metres at 7:45pm, hoping to add a second gold to her birmingham experience. that's all from the very busy birmingham and commonwealth games. next up is the film review. we will have more support throughout the evening

they got their first victory in the women's competition, beating the welsh fire byjust 11 runs in a close finish at old trafford, whilejos buttler helped the men to a dominant win over the same opponents as the originals bowled fire out for 102 for a 47—run win, which is also their first victory of the campaign. and just enough time to let you know, emma raducanu is up against serena williams at the cincinnati open. that one starts around midnight. everything else on the website, of course, but that is all your sport for now. hello there. temperatures have been coming down over the last few days. it's been getting cooler and fresher for england and wales, but we still hold onto some humidity through today where we'll see further thundery showers across the south. but largely dry with some sunshine across the north because of this ridge of high pressure. this weather front continues to generate showers and thunderstorms, though, from south wales, the midlands, southwards. again, some of them could be torrential, with the risk of localised flooding in places. but a fine day to come for sc

and welsh fire have struggled with the bat. chrisjordan has taken two of his side's seven wickets, including this one, ben duckett caught byjames vince. a short time ago, they were 99—7 with just five balls left. that's all the sport for now, but we will have more for you on the bbc news channel a little later on. renee noisy birmingham, back to you. great stuff! jane working hard at the moment, thank you. a hosepipe ban is to be imposed in parts of southern england, after months of dry weather. it means they can't be used to water gardens, allotments or to clean cars. two water companies have announced the restrictions, and others are warning they may follow. from this friday, households in much of hampshire and the isle of wight will be affected. and more than a million homes in kent and sussex will have the ban enforced from next friday, the 12th of august. gareth barlow has the story. this is the result of months of historically low rainfall at arlington reservoir in sussex. the environment agency describes the region as

there are two double headers in the 100 today, welsh fire are playing birmingham phoenix in cardiff and we've had the result of the first match at old trafford. the trent rockets women easily beat the manchester originals thanks in part to this, australian spinner alana king taking the first hatrick in a women's hundred match. she took four wickets on her debut to help bowl the originals out for 76, the rockets winning by 43 runs. the men's teams are now playing. salford red devils beat huddersfield to keep themselves in the hunt for the superleague play—offs. they ran out winners by 33 points to 16 at the aj bell stadium, withjoe burgess capitalising on a mistake to run almost the full length of the field to go over. no changes in the table. salford stay seventh butjust a point behind leeds whilst huddersfield remain in third. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in the next hour. the taliban have been trying to stop women in the afghan capital kabul from protesting on the streets. the taliban fired in the air as dozens of women protested against the restriction of wo

both welsh fire teams are playing birmingham phoenix later this afternoon. i'll have updates for you throughout the afternoon as well. see you then. back to you in london. at least one person has died and dozens more are injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival in spain. other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the medusa festivale in cullera, a beachside town south of valencia. the electronic music event which is held over six days has now been suspended. us democrats have celebrated a major legislative victory for president biden, after congress passed a landmark bill to battle climate change and institute health care reforms — despite complete republican opposition. mr biden said people would now see lower drug and energy costs, and big corporations would finally start to pay their fair share. the $430 billion package — officially known as the inflation reduction act — should enable the us to meet 80% of its carbon emission targets by 2030. the house passed the measure by 13 votes. the sen

there are two double headers in the hundred today, welsh fire are playing birmingham phoenix in cardiff and we've had the result of the first match at old trafford. the trent rockets women easily beat the manchester originals thanks in part to this, australian spinner alana king taking the first hatrick in a women's hundred match. she took four wickets on her debut to help bowl the originals out for 76, the rockets winning by 43 runs. the men's teams are now playing. british number two dan evans is through to the semi—finals salford red devils survived a second half comeback from huddersfield in super league. they ran out winners by 33 points to 16 at the a] bell stadium, withjoe burgess capitalising on an mistake to run almost the full length of the field to go over. no changes in the table. salford stay seventh whilst huddersfield remain in third. there might have been a goal in the premier league... manchester city, ilkay gundogan,1—0 premier league... manchester city, ilkay gundogan, 1—0 for the very latest go to bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. rail passengers

there are two double headers in the hundred today, welsh fire are playing birmingham phoenix in cardiff. the trent rockets women easily beat the manchester 0riginals at old trafford thanks in part to this, australian spinner alana king taking the first hatrick in a women's hundred match. she took four wickets on her debut to help bowl the 0riginals out for 76, the rockets winning by 43 runs. and in the men's game rockets have just beaten 0riginals by eight wickets, ian cockbain hit the winning runs. dawid malan was 98 not out. they've now won three from three. 0riginals have lost three from three. salford red devils beat huddersfield to keep themselves in the hunt for the superleague play—offs. they ran out winners by 33 points to 16 at the aj bell stadium, withjoe burgess capitalising on a mistake to run almost the full length of the field to go over for one of their six tries. salford stay seventh butjust a point behind leeds whilst huddersfield remain in third. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. court documents indicate th

welsh fire women have their first win in this year's competition. they beat northern superchargers by 11 runs at sophia gardens the victory hadn't looked likely with superchargers cruising towards their target of 124. but collapsed with some great bowling at the death. nicola carey took three wickets. the men's teams have just started their match. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has lost his appeal against a touchline ban so will be missing from the dugout against leicester at stamford bridge tomorrow he was penalised after clashing with the spurs manager antonio conte almost a fortnight ago. the italian escaped with just a fine after the disciplinary panel found that the german had instigated the flashpoint, something he strongly disagrees with. what is hard to accept it as the context. i don't think i started the aggression. finally i was the only person involved. he's not band, and one coach has... this is very hard to accept but i have to accept it and put it into context. i can absolutely not understand. after announcing her retirement, ellen whi

manchester originals beat welsh fire by 11 runs in the women's hundred at old trafford. deandre dottin top scored for the hosts with 67 not out as they ended their innings on 156—2. and dottin claimed two wickets with the ball as welsh fire's reply petered out at 145 for three. that's the originals first win of the competition. the men's fixture is ongoing right now — you can follow it on the bbc sport website. that's all the sport for now. later on, if you want to stay up, there's a historic first encounter between emma raducanu and serena williams taking place at the cincinatti open from midnight. she was born the year serena williams was first the world number one. makes you feel old. the former footballer ryan giggs has told he'd never been faithful in relationships. he denies abuses following his former partner and her sister emma in november 2020. our sports correspondent reports. in his glittering football career, ryan giggs had countless important days, many of them in manchester. today, arriving at court for day seven of his trial, it was a different kind of

fire. they were set a target of 108 to win, and knocked that off with 31 balls to spare as they finished on 109 for 1. their captainjames vince starred, with an unbeaten 71 offjust 41 balls. and that's all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. hello there. we've had some exceptional weather through july and statistics came through this week to show that it was the driest on record in some southern and eastern parts of the uk, and there's little sign of any rain here for the rest of the week and into the weekend. but it's notjust been dry across the south and east. across the whole of the uk through the meteorological summer so far — june and july — we've had just over 100 millimetres of rain. whilst during the whole of the summer — so another month, august, added on — we'd normally expect to see about 240 mm, so we're way off that. it has been dry across many parts, but obviously exceptionally so in the south. and with this high pressure mov

bairstow has been in blistering form and was secheduled to play for welsh fire in the opening match of the competition on wednesday. he says that he's had a hectic few months and wants to take a breather before the test series against south africa. it starts on the 17th of august. that's all your sport for now. from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team, bye—bye. the united states does not seek and does not want a crisis. we are prepared to manage what beijing chooses to do. the killing of ayman al—zawahiri, washington says the taliban broke an agreement not to allow foreign militants on afghan soil. the house that was targeted in the drone strike isjust a few minutes away. but the taliban aren't allowing anyone to film nearby, insisting there's nothing to see — one even pointing his gun threateningly towards us. shrinking glacier streams in the himalayas are

defending champions the southern brave men are taking on the welsh fire in southampton in a few minutes' time. 0ur reporter andrew moon is there for us. this competition is somewhat become cricket's culture wars. treated with scepticism by traditionalists but unapologetically a competition to bring in a newerand unapologetically a competition to bring in a newer and younger audience to cricket. tonight, we'll see the defending champions, the southern brave will be with jade fence towards the p 20 blast titles. they will have to wait for the store overseas will miss the first two games. there was fire would be withoutjonny bairstow, ben stokes opting to miss this competition for fears of burn—out. ticket sales have been very good once again and we are hoping for a big cloud here at this evening. hoping for a big crowd here at this evening. it all starts at seven o'clock and you can watch it live on bbc two. here's a quick look at the medal table — australia still way ahead on top of the table. they've had a brilliant games so far, with a huge 42 gold medals. but hosts england are cat

they got their first victory in the women's competition, beating the welsh fire byjust 11 runs in a close finish at old trafford, whilejos buttler helped the men to a dominant win over the same opponents as the originals bowled fire out for 102 for a 47—run win, which is also their first victory of the campaign. and just enough time to let you know emma raducanu is up against serena williams at the cincinnati open. that one starts around midnight. everything else on the website, of course, but that is all your sport for now. hello there. a north—south divide across the country today. northern areas looked largely dry with plenty of sunshine, but again, across england and wales, closer to a thundery low than we're likely to see these thundery showers developing. again, they could be heavy enough to cause some localised flooding, especially from the midlands southwards. you can see that thundery low to the south, a ridge of high pressure building in across the north. this weather system will arrive across northern and western areas on thursday. so again, for large parts of england and w

in the women'shundred, southern brave maintained their 100% record, beating welsh fire, who are without a win. the bowlers excelled... sarah brice the last to go. anya shrubsole finished with 3—20. the braves won by 14 runs. clare connor, the ecb interim chief executive, said the england test tour to pakistan this winter will be historic. england's first test tour to the country in 17 years, they will play three tests in rawalpindi and karachi, starting on december 1st. a t20 series is already on the calendar for next month. boxing promoter frank warren expects a world heavyweight unification fight between tyson fury and alexander use it to go ahead. he beat anthonyjoshua on saturday, and theory holds the other title. i think the fight will happen, but obviously tyson had a terrible tragedy in his family over the weekend, his cousin was stabbed, so i've not had a chance to talk to him, norwould i speak i've not had a chance to talk to him, nor would i speak to him to be honest, it's not the appropriate time. but prior to that tragedy, he was very much up for it, and hopefully we will

now, in the women's100, welsh now, in the women's 100, welsh fire have set out to defend against the braves. sarah bryce was the last to be removed off the bowling of only a shrub soul, who finished three for 20. brave won by 14 runs. and we're not long under way, in the men's match at sophia gardens. the defending men's champions, southern brave against fire. have lost all their four games so far this season, bottom of the standings. brave faring not much better — second from bottom. catch all the action on bbc two and the iplayer. it was also explosive in the boxing at the weekend. frank warren expects a world heavyweight unification fight between tyson fury and 0leksandr usyk to go ahead. warren, who is fury�*s promoter believes he will be tempted out of retirement for the bout. i think the fight will happen, but tyson had a terrible tragedy and his family over the weekend, his cousin was stabbed, so i have not had a chance to talk to him about it, and nor what i because it is not the appropriate time. but prior to that happening, he was very much up for it, and hopefully we w

beth mooney hit 61 as london spirit beat welsh fire by 8 wickets at lord's to record their first victory of this year's women's hundred. fire have lost all their games and can't qualify for the knockout stages. daniel ricciardo will leave mclaren at the end of the season. the team said they and the australian had "mutually agreed" the split. but mclaren admitted they had precipitated the move. formula 2 champion 0scar piastri is expected to replace him and britain's fred wright is up to second overall in the vuelta a espana afterfinishing third on stage 5 in bilbao. first over the line was spain's marc soler. rudy molard claimed the race lead from defending champion primoz roglic. today would normally have been a day of only celebration in ukraine. it's their independence day. but six months on from the start of the russian invasion, there are no public events in the capital kyiv. 0n the sporting front though, a tiny semblance of normality has returned as the ukrainian premier league resumed for the first time since last season was cancelled back in february. adam cottier has more. they

fire to help secure that victory. welsh men are still waiting for their first win as they lost by six wickets to the superchargers. restricted to 114 for four. a slow pitch scoring with 64. superchargers chased down the target with nine balls to spare. six in the table keeping alive there hopes of reaching the eliminators, fire still rock bottom, seven defeats from seven. the chelsea manager has lost his appeal, so he will be missing from the dugout against leicester and the premier league tomorrow. chelsea manager thomas tuchel has lost his appeal against a touchline ban so will be missing from the dugout against leicester at stamford bridge in the premier league tomorrow. he was penalised after clashing with the spurs manager antonio conte almost a fortnight ago. the italian escaped with just a fine after the disciplinary panel found that the german had instigated the flashpoint, something he strongly disagrees with. it is hard to accept as the context that i do not think i started the aggression and started earlier

the hundred women's match, between manchester 0riginals and welsh fire is drawing to it's conclusion — fire chasing 157, at old trafford. updates from that on the bbc sport website. but that's all for now — jane dougall is back with sportsday, at 6.30. more now on the gap between pay growth and inflation reaching it's highest level since records began more than 20 years ago. average wages rose by a.7% between april and june — a far lower rate than increases in the cost of living. the office for national statistics says that means the "real value" of pay fell by 3%. our global trade correspondent dharshini david is here. i suppose for those people who are feeling the pinch, this is no surprise. feeling the pinch, this is no surprise-— feeling the pinch, this is no surrise. , ., ., surprise. absolutely not whatsoever. i heard someone _ surprise. absolutely not whatsoever. i heard someone say _ surprise. absolutely not whatsoever. i heard someone say recently - surprise. absolutely not whatsoever. i heard someone say recently begetl i heard someone say recently beget to the end

southern brave are in action in the hundred today against welsh fire. the women are up first in cardiff. welsh fire are played two lost two whilst the brave are played three won three. you can watching this right now on bbc two. cameron norrie has moved to a career high of ninth in the world rankings following his run to the semi finals of the cincinatti 0pen. he moves up two spots ahead of next week's us open. that's nothing though compared to borna coric. the croatian is up 123 places in the world rankings after beating stefanos tsitsipas in the cincinatti final. coric dropped down the rankings due to a shoulder injury that saw him miss most of last year. he's now inside the world's top 30. that's all the sport for now. meanwhile workers at felixstowe — the uk's biggest container port — are on strike for a second day. nearly two thousand members of the unite union began an eight—day walk—out yesterday, in a dispute over pay. the union described a 7% pay offer from the port operator as "significantly below" the rate of inflation — which is cu

elsewhere, birmingham phoenix beat welsh fire in both the men's and women's games. a brilliant atmosphere and if you have a chance to get down there, even for non— cricket fans, they are attracting a brand—new crowd. traditionalists like the test games but this is pretty good. kate bradbrook reports. and a bucket of something else, yes. it has just gone 6:30am. the national trust's orford ness nature reserve on the suffolk coast is home to barn owls, brown hares and chinese water deer. but it's also home to some cold war secrets. the island which is open to the public for tours, was once used as a secret military test site. mike liggins went to have a look. arriving by ferry at orford ness, it is to be the home for a secret number of establishments, before it was bought by the national trust in 1993. today, orford ness is a place of mystery. my guide, glen pearce, keen to show me a nuclear bomb. so the unique part of our collection, the only national trust property with a nuclear bomb. this model, late 1960s, early 19705, property with a nuclear bomb. this model

southern brave got their defence of the hundred title off to an impressive start, beating welsh fire, by nine wickets. they were chasing 108 to win, and they knocked that off with 31 balls to spare. and phil mickelson and ian poulter are among 11 liv golfers who've filed a lawsuit against the pga tour in the united states, which has suspended all members, who've signed up to the breakaway series. that's all the sport for now. a calm feeling here ahead of the action today with the yoga and deckchairs, i will chill out for a moment and watch some of the bills, one of the sports first under way here, back to you. i think yoga might be finishing. i could try! there is always tomorrow. mps are calling for urgent action to put more money in to what they describe as a "ravaged care system", supporting older and disabled people in england. responding to the report by the levelling up, housing and communities committee, the government insisted it was already putting an extra £5.11 billion into adult social care over the next three years. well, for more insight, let's speak to sophie chester�

welsh fire and london spirit are trying to keep their outside hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the women's hundred alive. neither has won a game so far. london spirit need 120 to win after a decent performance with the ball to peg back a strong start from the fire. lando norris says it's been a joy to work with daniel ricciardo after it was announced the australian was leaving mclaren at the end of the season, a year before his contract was due to expire. ricciardo has had an underwhelming season and a half with the woking—based team, despite winning in italy last year. he said he'd announce his future plans in due course, adding he had no regrets despite being outshone by his younger teammate. he's expected to be replaced by formula two champion and fellow australian oscar piastri. golf's pga tour has announced a raft of measures to boost player earnings, in what appears to be a move to stem the exodus of players to the lucrative saudi funded liv series. following a meeting with the likes of rory mcilroy and tiger woods, the tour has announced more prize money and rewards fo

and all that after bowler george garton took three wickets in the first seven balls, with welsh fire eventually recovering to post 129—8. southern brave eased to the target though, ending fire's hopes of progressing. particularly impressive for garton who has talked about having long covid. , ., ., ,, covid. great to see him back. thank ou ve covid. great to see him back. thank you very much _ covid. great to see him back. thank you very much indeed. _ 6:44am. let's have a look at the weather for the next few days with carol. good morning. the weather certainly is changeable over the next few days. this morning it is a humid start, temperatures already in the mid to high teens and we also have some showery outbreaks of rain in the forecast, as well. today and tomorrow will probably be the warmest days of this week, and temperatures will slip just. we warmest days of this week, and temperatures will slipjust. we have this weather front coming in from the west, moving eastwards, ringing showery outbreaks of rain. no pressure anchored to the north and we are importing all this humid a

bairstow has been in blistering form and was secheduled to play for welsh fire in the opening match of the competition on wednesday. he says that he's had a hectic few month's and wants to take a breather before he test series against south africa. england test capti ben stokes has also already withdrawn from the hundred to manage his workload. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. the leader of al-qaeda has been killed by an american drone strike in the afghan capital kabul. ayman al zawa hiri had been osama bin laden's deputy, and was one of the figures behind the september the 11th attacks. president biden says his death would help bring closure to the families, of the thousands of people killed that day. our afghanistan correspondent, secunder kermani, has sent us this report. one of america's most wanted. ayman al—zawahiri, right—hand man and successor to osama bin laden. this was the drone strike that american officials say killed him as he stood on the balcony at this family home in an upmarket kabul neighbourhood. we can hea

the welsh fire are chasing 123 to beat southern brave for their first win of this year's women's hundred. captain alex hartley impressed with the ball for the cardiff based side. she took one wicket and conceded just 12 runs off her 20 balls. it's live on bbc two. they need 36 runs offjust 15 deliveries, but an eighth wicket has nowjust deliveries, but an eighth wicket has now just fallen, deliveries, but an eighth wicket has nowjust fallen, so it looks like the welsh are going to be struggling to pick up a win from that one. that is all your support for now. definitely going to be watching the manchester united and liverpool game tonight, thank you very much. the former boss of formula one, bernie ecclestone, has indicated a plea of not guilty to a charge of fraud at westminster magistrates�* court. the 91—year—old is accused of failing to declare overseas assets worth around 400 million pounds to the government. 0ur correspondent angus crawford was in court. very brief hearing this morning. a preliminary hearing. he arrived flanked by his lawyer, the diminutive figure of bernie e

manchester originals againt welsh fire, at old trafford — the women are in action now. fire won the toss and chose to bowl first... so the originals are a3—1. both sides lost opening game on saturday. that's all the sport for now. a court has been hearing how the former manchester united footballer, ryan giggs, told police his "head clashed" with his then girlfriend, during a row over a mobile phone, but the blow wasn't deliberate. he's accused of controlling behaviour and assualt, towards kate greville and her younger sister. he denies all of the charges. matt graveling is at manchester crown court. this morning, a jury heard more details from ryan giggs about his relationship with kate greville, and also what he says happened on the 1st of november, in which he was alleged to have assaulted kate greville and her younger sister emma. on that night, he was arrested by police and in the following weeks he gave a couple of preprepared statements in which he said "kate "and i got into an argument which resulted in a tussle "over my phone. "she caught me in the face, caus

lord's is the venue for the hundred double header today between london spirit and welsh fire. first up, it's the women. the men play later. both sides have lost all three of their matches . freya davies claimed two consecutive wickets for spirit. those of tammy beaumont, and annabelle sutherland. fire finished their 100 balls on 119—9. spirit are about to begin their reply. after 16 balls, they require another 98 to win. you can watch this one right now over on bbc two. golf's pga tour has announced a series of changes to improve player earnings in what they describe as a strengthened partnership with the players. the tour has taken a hit, with a host of top players leaving to join the saudi—funded liv golf series — with this announcement seen as a way to protect itself against the exodus. but following consultation with the golfers including rory mcilroy and tiger woods and the game's bosses, the top players on the pga tour will commit to 20 events from next season, with increased prize money and rewards for the best 20. it will also guarantee income of half a million d

welsh fire women have their first win in this year�*s hundred, beating northern superchargers by 11 runs in cardiff. victory hadn�*t looked likely, with superchargers cruising towards their target of 124. but they collapsed with some great bowling late on. nicola carey took three wickets. superchargers later beat fire in the men�*s match. emma raducanu looked to be having trouble with a wrist in practice ahead of the defence of her us open title next week. she twice headed off court with her physio. the world number 11 faces alize cornet in the first round on tuesday and says that she is taking things one match at a time. i think king about this more than me. —— i think you are thinking about it more than me, i�*m just taking is one match at a time like every single player, they are very capable in the draw. ijust focusing on my own trajectory, like i said last year, i will do things my way. manchester united will look to build on their victory over liverpool when they travel to southampton for the premier league lunchtime kick—off. united beat liverpool 2—1 at old trafford

he was scheduled to play for welsh fire in the hundred competition, starting on wednesday, but he says he's had a hectic few months and needs a breather, before the test series against south africa. back here at the commonwealth games, this is the rear end of the town hall which is where a lot of the broadcasts come from, that is the square through there, the crowd will be gathering later today to watch the action and listen to music. so much action today for the crowds to watch, including the athletics, the men's and women's finals in the 100 metres, the final event for katarina johnson—thompson and holly mills in the heptathlon, and this could be a great story. ken eilish mccolgan follow in the footsteps of her mum liz and when the 10,000 metres and the gold medal in that? she has got the gold medal in that? she has got the quickest time in the world this year. monumental data look forward to in the beautiful city of monuments. look around, the town hall, the big clock, this beautiful church type monument, it is a bit noisy here because they are getting on with theirjobs this morni

the trent rockets are through to the knockout stages of the men's hundred after a 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. dancing or sleeping

staying with cricket, london spirit beat welsh fire by 17 runs in the men's hundred at lord's. dan lawrence hit 43 runs for spirit as they won their fifth match out of six. they're top of the table. fire, by contrast, have lost all six of their match. spirit also beat fire in the women's competition earlier. leeds rhinos consolidated fifth spot in super league with a last gasp home win over third placed huddersfield giants. they were 14—12 down with just a few minutes remaining before blake austin picked up his 4th try of the year. man of the match rhyse martin added a late penalty that saw the rhinos win18—14. and emma raducanu will find out later today who the defence of her us open title will start against. the final grand slam of the year begins on monday. last night in new york though some of the biggest names in the sport gathered for a tennis plays for peace exhibition in support of ukrainian humanitarian relief. this is rafa nadal pairing up with the world number one iga swiatek, who says nadal is her hero, playing against coco gauff. and she's alongsidejohn mcenroe

as an air field near a public beach in crimea, welsh, the defense ministry, since the site was not fired upon, huge plumes of smoke within, over the area immediately after the explosions, ambulance crews and medical flights were rushed to the scene. the head of crimea is also that to monitor the situation imposed in the area where the explosions are up . it is a popular tourist destination. we reached out to local journalists, alexi coney on k, for updates recently me. and let me do some what we know at the moment. one person has died and several wounded following the detonation of ammunition and never heard the air field. i spoke to people who came from the ditches near the explosion. they said they didn't see any aircraft like fight jets coming in for an attack, nor did they sport any sail trails. all was quite today. in fact, there were no flights from the air field at all, which is quite unusual as the noise from the plains of undisturbed people's rest, crowds festival waited from the seen mass towards the city of the f. by the 30th. now they're slowly returning. oh, the syrians can

southern brave got their defence of the hundred title off to an impressive start, beating welsh fire by nine wickets. they were chasing 108 to win, and they knocked that off with 31 balls to spare. and phil mickelson and ian poulter are among 11 liv golfers who've filed a lawsuit against the pga tour in the united states, which has suspended all members who've signed up to the breakaway series. that's it for now but back here in victoria — that's it for now but back here in victoria square, for a lot of people who come — victoria square, for a lot of people who come it's not about seeing the sport. _ who come it's not about seeing the sport. it's — who come it's not about seeing the sport, it's the beginning and brings people _ sport, it's the beginning and brings people together, like the icebreaker but so _ people together, like the icebreaker but so many people coming to watch the entertainment, and the music and i the entertainment, and the music and i wandered _ the entertainment, and the music and i wandered around and you meet people _ i wandered around and you meet peop

east and west. beta worked ah, philosophy stuff. welsh. on that, on our shop. for young our la klugman from ah, the most powerful building in the city for me is the holiday. yet more hotels are buildings that function as normal hotels, but often in the context of real instability to ah ah, fe route, once a jewel in the mediterranean. but been torn apart by war. this is the sea front of the lebanese capital today, around 3 decades after the end of the civil war. on one side, lebanese right wing parties, backed by the united states, aiming to expel armed palestinian groups from lebanon. on the other left wing parties allow with the p aloe and backed by the soviet union, who so the right wing christians as an extension of israeli and american influence in lebanon, only 2 weeks off to bay root erupt in the south vietnamese capital saigon fell to the communists ending over 19 years of conflict in viet nam televisions. first war now came lebanon, all maze of repulses and wool. photographers moved from southeast asia to the middle east and began to occupy bay route. h

east and west. beta worked ah, philosophy stuff. welsh, on the, on our shock for young. oh la, flog me from ah, the most powerful building in the city for me is the holiday yet more hotels are buildings that function as normal hotels, but often in the context of real instability to ah ah ah fe route, once a jewel in the mediterranean, but then told upon by war, this is the sea front of the lebanese capital today, around 3 decades after the end of the civil war. the devastating conflict lasted for 15 years. this street was the green line, dividing bay route into east and west. dominating the front line was this concrete skeleton. what was once the holiday inn? it's wolves still pattered by the scars of wool, a grotesque witness to the years of separation, killing, and destruction. ah, my name is tom young, i am a painter and architectural activist from england. and i've lived in by route for about 8 years. i'm particularly inspired by the memories and the feelings, the emotions that are embedded in the walls of the buildings and by the most powerful building in the city f

and rescue services and welsh water and the police have been extremely busy recently with grassland fires which have been accidentally set, so just great care if you are out and about in the countryside enjoying yourself in the countryside enjoying yourself in this summer holiday period. fin in this summer holiday period. on water in this summer holiday period. 0n water conservation, one thing is an inevitable part of the conversation and that is water leakages. how do you feel about those? i’ge and that is water leakages. how do you feel about those?— you feel about those? i've got a view, you feel about those? i've got a view. but _ you feel about those? i've got a view. but you — you feel about those? i've got a view, but you need _ you feel about those? i've got a view, but you need to _ you feel about those? i've got a view, but you need to ask- you feel about those? i've got a | view, but you need to ask welsh water and the water companies. i can see it is a massive challenge of requiring huge investment and it's become quite noticeable that probably more investment is