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hello, this is bbc news. i m shaun ley. the headlines. the family of former british soldier jordan gatley say he s been killed fighting for the ukrainian armed forces in the eastern city of severodonetsk. ministers order a review into whether a 5 pence cut in fuel duty is being passed on quickly enough to drivers. it s horrendous. i don t know how people are going to survive. i rely on my car all the time, and it s a huge cost to everybody. it comes as a leading business group tells the bbc they believe households in the uk will go into recession this year. disability campaigners are taking legal action against the government for not backing a recommendation from the grenfell tower inquiry to give vulnerable residents of high rise buildings personal fire evacuation plans. voting ends in most of france in an election to decide whether emmanuel macron can continue governing with a majority in the national assembly. and queen elizabeth the second becomes the world s seco ....
hello and welcome along to sportsday. i m s era sarah mulkerrins. joe root hits 150 as they back to back against new zealand. dan evans rounds off a perfect week. and linn grant becomes the first female winner on the dp world tour after victory in scandinavia. welcome along to sportsday. day three was all about england s batters as they dominated play at trent bridge. starting the day on 90 for one, they were looking at a hefty first endings told her a 553. play ended with a root in on 163. in the foothills of new zealand s vast first innings total, england had to bat, so why not enjoy it? alex lees made his highest score for england, but 67 felt like a disappointment, such was the context. this was a day of opportunity, and lees knew it. both teams dropped several catches. this was a tough one but it was joe root, and therefore to be regretted by new zealand. 0llie pope was guiding his way to 100. england backing his talent, giving him responsibility, and this is h ....
Apologies again for the technical problems which affected the start of the programme. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello youre watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury, the headlines tonight. Down and out defending champion andy murray crashes out of queens in the first round. No such misfortune Forjoanna Konta though, shes flying the flag for Great Britain in the last 16 in birmingham. And there was defeat for odds on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. We start with a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens beaten by world number 90 Jordan Thompson of australia. Thompson was only playing because murrays original opponent aljaz bedene pulled out injured this morning. Adam wild reports on a remarkable t ....
Apologies again for the technical problems which affected the start of the programme. Now on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Hello youre watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury, the headlines tonight. Down and out defending champion andy murray crashes out of queens in the first round. No such misfortune Forjoanna Konta though, shes flying the flag for Great Britain in the last 16 in birmingham. And there was defeat for odds on favourite churchill in the big race on day one of royal ascot. We start with a huge shock in tennis, where defending champion andy murray is out of the aegon championships at queens beaten by world number 90 Jordan Thompson of australia. Thompson was only playing because murrays original opponent aljaz bedene pulled out injured this morning. Adam wild reports on a remarkable t ....
Tennis now, and there were two britons in finals action today, all in the build up to wimbledon in a couple of weeks. we ll start with dan evans, as the world number 35 has won the nottingham open, on the atp s challenger tour. he beat australian joe thompson in straight sets, as austin halewood now reports. dan evans has always been fond of the green grass of home. growing upjust an hour from nottingham, the british number two won the title here in 2019 and reached at this year s final without dropping a set. right from the start, he forced himself ahead with an early break of australian jordan thompson. but thompson is in pretty good form himself. he won nine straight matches coming into this, and the australian quickly it back with the break of his own. but evans has been here before. the briton won his first atp tour title last year, and he s not fazed by a bit of resistance. he got himself back in front. much to the australian s ....