boleto. here's what's on the programme tonight. a crucial night for klopp in europe as liverpool aim for qualification for the champions league. we'll get the views of former liverpool defender mark lawrenson ahead of tonight's game against hoffenheim. what's the future of the summer transfer window? premier league and football league clubs will discuss closing it before the season starts. and coming up england at edgbaston preparing for the first day night test match. and trying to get to grips with the pink ball. good evening, plenty to come on the programme tonight but we're going to start with the champions league and liverpool's qualifier against hoffenheim. the first leg kicks off in just over an hour's time in germany. we're going to hear the thoughts of mark lawrenson in a minute but first let's hear from the liverpool manager and captain about tonight's match. they are strong, we are strong and thatis they are strong, we are strong and that is how it should be. in both we have the big game to go into the group stages and that makes it exciting. it is a big test but also a big op

programme. coming up... a four goal thrashing over arsenal, liverpool make it look easy. we are alive at headingley with reaction to england's second innings. they have had a difficult day against a much improved west indies. lewis hamilton, takes the belgian grand prix cutting sebastien vettel‘s lead by seven points. welcome to the programme. news of cricket and formula one to come, but we'll liverpool put on a fantastic performance. with all the action, here is adam wild. at anfield you're never too far from a reminder of history. if we have learned anything it is that this fixture down the yea rs has often it is that this fixture down the years has often provided goals and drama. with such promise, it is no surprise that there were plenty of early chances. perhaps few expected them to fall almost exclusively the way of liverpool. such was the dominance in the first—half, roberto firmino‘s opener was no more than they deserved. they could and should have had more by the time sadio mane expertly guided them to wait a second. as impressive as liverpool were, arsenal at times looked

thrashing over arsenal — liverpool make it look easy at anfield. we're live at headingley with reaction to england's second innings — they've had a difficult day against a much—improved west indies. and another win for lewis hamilton — the brit takes the belgian gran prix at spa — he cuts sebastien vettel‘s lead to 7 points. and floyd mayweather extends his perfect career work word to 50 unbeaten fights by stopping conor mcgregor in the tenth round in one of the richest boxing bouts in history. hello welcome to sportsday — cricket and formula one to come but first we'll start with today's premier league action at anfield where liverpool put on a fantastic performance to thrash arsenal a—nil. with all the action from that match here's adam wild. at anfield you're never too far from a reminder of history. if we have learned anything it is that this fixture has so often provided goals and drama. with such promise it is no surprise that there were plenty of early chances, but perhaps few expected them to fall almost exclusively the way of liverpool. such was their dom

set sail from the docks of liverpool. as 12 racing yachts prepare to castaway on their 40,000 mile round—the—world adventure in the clipper world yacht race. and coming up. a look at the us—mexican border and the stories from the people who live their life in the borderlands. that's in life in the shadow of the wall at 10:30. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a memorial service in honour of the victims of the barcelona terror attack is taking place this morning at the city's famous sagrada familia church. king felipe and queen letizia of spain are attending the mass and on saturday, the royal couple visited some of the dozens of people injured when a van was driven into pedestrians in las ramblas, killing 13. tonight the city's football team will wear black armbands and shirts bearing the words "we are all barcelona" as well as holding a minute's silence before they play their first game of the season at their home stadium. while the city mourns, a manhunt is still under way for moroccan—born younes abouyaaqoub, the 22—year—old believed to be the van driver who esca

oxlaide chamberlain‘s 35 million switch from arsenal to liverpool that remains the biggest deal. and britain's chris froome manages to finish stage 12 of the vuleta a espana, despite a crash, but at what cost? thanks forjoining us. let's start with arsenal, the club taking centre stage, on transfer deadline. first they sold alex oxlaide chamberlain, to liverpool for 35 million pounds. then it seemed another striker, alexis sanchez would got to manchester city, but only if they could get in a big name to appease the fans. but it seems that's been the sticking point. olly fosterjoins us from the emirates with the latest, and it seems sanchez will return from duty with chile an arsenal player. yes, most probably. in ten days‘ time against bournemouth here, we expect to see alexis sanchez. it is another record—breaking transfer window, and we expected a couple of blockbuster moves this evening revolving around the emirates. the first being that deal for alexis sanchez to move to manchester city, but are sending a wanted a marquee player coming in. —— arsene wenger. there wasn't t

: liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next week's second leg of their champions league play—off against hoffenheim. maria sharapova will play at a grand slam for the first time since her drugs ban ended as she's given a wild card for this month's us open. and england and edgbaston preparing for their first day and night test match and trying to get to grips with the pink ball. —— pink ball. hello and welcome to the programme. let's start with the champions league this evening. five—time european cup winners liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next wednesday's second leg at home against hoffenheim. it will continue living liverpool? jurgen klopp has two deal with this tonight. so me and eight —— suddenly they. alexandr other was not the obvious choice to step up, but he was magnificent on his debut. the road to victory is never smooth, and liverpool should have had more goals, both before and after half—time. although they would get a second, thanks to james milner‘s deflected close, but they left it open for their opponents. not a perfect night to liverpool, but still pl

tonight: liverpool win the first leg of their champions league play off in germany. maria sharapova is back — she's been given a wildcard pass to the us open. coming up, england at edgbaston preparing for their first day/ night test match and trying to get to grips with a pink ball. hello, welcome to the programme. let's start with the champions league this evening because liverpool take a 2—1 win and those important away goals over hoffenheim in germany. well, with all the details, here's tim hauge. forget the smiles. it's philippe coutinho leaving liverpool? everyone wa nts to coutinho leaving liverpool? everyone wants to know, and jurgen klopp would have to deal with all of that tonight in the qualifier. it was tricky from the off. a penalty, and the goalkeeper saved an awful attempt. then the non—obvious choice stepped up. the road to victory is never smooth, and liverpool should have that more goals both before and after half—time. although they would get a second thanks to james milner‘s defecting —— defected ci’oss. milner‘s defecting —— defected cross. not

england squad. liverpool will be in tomorrow's draw for the champions league group stage after seeing off hoffenheim in the playoff. and the tour de france vuelta a espana double is still on for chris froome as he extends his lead in spain. wayne rooney has closed the curtain on his 1a year england career. their record goalscorer has today decided to retire from international duty at the age of 31 despite being set for a recall. the everton striker was asked by england boss gareth southgate to be involved for the world cup qualifiers against malta and slovakia but rooney says it's the right time to bow out. and what an international career it was. 53 goals in 119 appearances. there is no question here is one of the all—time great england players, record goal—scorer. people argue that tournament wise it has never happened for him, apart from when he burst onto the scene in portugal, he was so burst onto the scene in portugal, he was so good. you have to remember that the vast majority of his career, he has only really been the one world—class england player so he has been at a ti

chancellor, george osborne, says a northern powerhouse rail network connecting liverpool to hull, must be established. jon kay has been speaking to passengers travelling between liverpool and manchester to gauge opinions. this train will be calling at manchester victoria, huddersfield... heading across northern england tonight, the 17.10 service from liverpool. on time, but, for some, it's just too slow. yeah, it's terrible, it's absolutely terrible. rona has spent six hours today commuting between yorkshire and merseyside and it's only 70 miles each way. it's a really long day. so for me, i left home at 6:30am this morning and i'll get home at 7:30pm tonight, so that's a very long day. so for my productivity, it impacts me tomorrow because i'm just shattered. while she is recovering, tomorrow the north of england's politicians and business leaders will be holding a summit to discuss building a high—speed link across the region. it could cut the journey from manchester to leeds from 48 minutes to 26, and the 90 minute journey from liverpool to leeds to just one hour. just the section

older savers. and ready to set sail from the docks of liverpool. as 12 racing yachts prepare to castaway on their 40,000—mile round—the—world adventure in the clipper world yacht race. and our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9.35. this morning's reviewers are ben chi, economics and business editor of the independent and the education editor of the sunday times, sian griffiths. good morning and welcome to bbc news. in the past few minutes, a memorial service in honour of the victims of the barcelona terror attack has got under way at the city's famous sagrada familia church. tonight the city's football team will wear black armbands and shirts bearing the words, "we are all barcelona". the hunt for the driver of the van, thought to be a 22—year—old moroccan, younes abouyaaqoub, is continuing. 0ur correspondent, gavin lee, is in barcelona with the latest. bring us up to date on the investigation. well, to give you a sense of what's going on here from moment, because we have king felipe and queen letizia who've arrived and the prime minister, they are first insi

lacazette to arsenal. today, the done deal so far is alex oxlade—chamberlain leaving arsenal for liverpool, the england international, an early deal worth £35 million. what's still to come in the next 9.5 hours, well, alexis sanchez also of arsenal is the key name on every body's blips because he isa name on every body's blips because he is a target for manchester city. he wants to go. manchester city wanting. it's whether arsenal will let him go and find a replacement. nine and a half hours to go, £1.2 billion already spent. david ornstein in salford, thanks. worth every penny, nick miller with the weather. there's more rain around today. we are squeezing out rain before the month is done. today is the last month is done. today is the last month of what meteorologists call summer, so month of what meteorologists call summer, so provisional statistics show some overall has been wetter than average. it's been a cool august. but then again, june was quite warm. they are a bit offset. overall it wood looks like summer will turn out to be slightly warmer than average but more mediocre than m

alone. and around the world in much more than 80 days. 12 racing yachts set sail from liverpool on their 40,000 mile round the world trip in the clipper world yacht race. and coming up: a look at the us mexican border and the stories from the people who live their life in the borderlands that's in life in the shadow of the wall at liz30pm. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. spanish police say a 12—strong terror cell that carried out two attacks in the country, killing 1a, had collected 120 gas canisters and was planning to use them in vehicle attacks. police have also confirmed today that seven—year—old british born julian cadman was killed in the barcelona terror attack — he was in the country on holiday with his mother, who is still being treated in hospital. as relatives mourn the dead, the hunt continues for this man younes abouyaaquob, who police believe may have been the driver of the van that hit dozens of people on barcelona's las ramblas. wyre davies reports. the pyrenean mountain town of ripoll, where eight of those involved or connected with the attacks in b

racing yachts set sail from liverpool on their 40,000 mile round the world trip in the clipper world yacht race. and coming up, a look at all things technology in india, that's in click at 12:30. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. police in spain investigating the terror attacks that claimed 1a lives have said they've seized more than 120 gas canisters which the extremists had planned to use as bombs. they were found at a house where an explosion took place the day before a van drove into crowds on las ramblas in barcelona. the father of two of the attackers has told the bbc he blames the imam at their local mosque for their radicalisation. 0ur correspondent wyre davies reports from the town of rippol, where most of the men had been living. the mountain town of rippol, were eight of those involved or connected with with the attacks in barcelona and cambrils came from. in this town ofjust 10,000 people, investigators are asking if this man, abdelbaki es satty, imam of the local mosque, was involved in directing those attacks. one theory being looked into is that the imam was kill

programme: liverpool are into the group stages of the champions league. they won convincingly over hoffenheim. and the victory means five english sides will compete in the groups for the first time. wayne rooney calls time on his england football career, announcing his retirement from the national team. he departs as the country's record goalscorer. and the fight of the year edges closer. we hearfrom both mayweather and mcgregor as they square up for theirfinal press conference in las vegas. welcome to the programme. liverpool are through to the group stage of the uefa champions league. jurgen klopp‘s side got the better of hoffenheim at anfield. liverpool were 2—1 up from the first leg in germany, and early goals from emre can and mohamed salah in the first 20 minutes extended their overall lead. can then scored his second of the match to make it 3—0 on the night, before mark uth pulled one backjust before half—time. mid—way through the second—half, liverpool's roberto firmino scored against his former club. there was a late consolation for hoffenheim, but the english

set sail from liverpool on their 40,000 mile round the world trip in the clipper world yacht race. the final sprint, the final chapter, the final win for mo farah. and farewell from farah in his final uk track race — more in sportsday in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. it's been confirmed that a seven—year—old boy who'd been missing since the barcelona attack on thursday is among the dead. julian cadman, who held joint british and australian nationality, became separated from his mother when a van was driven into the crowds on las ramblas. his family said they would remember his smiles and hold his memory dear to their hearts. 1a people were killed in that attack and a second one in nearby cambrils. today the police revealed that extremists had planned to detonate three huge gas bombs. 0urfirst report is from james reynolds. this morning, barcelona's sagrada familia basilica — monumental, unfinished — gave the city a place in which to mourn all the victims. renato was one of the first in the queue. it is... enormous sadness. it is

this morning on its 12 month tour of the globe. we'll be live in liverpool meeting some of the crews setting sailfor south america. and matt has the weather. good morning. dry sunday with sunny spells but some rain clouds gathering from the south—west later on. i will the details on that and some potentially warm weather in 15 minutes. thanks very much. good morning. first, our main story. a british paramedic, stabbed repeatedly during a terror attack in finland, has described how he tried in vain to save the life of one of the victims. speaking from his hospital bed, hassan zubier has told the bbc he wouldn't hesitate to do the same again, but insists he is no hero. two women died and eight other people were wounded in the city of turku on friday. simonjones has this report. the market square that became the scene of a terror attack. hassan zubier was on holiday in turku. he tried to protect his girlfriend and help those who had been injured, kicking the attacker. speaking from his hospital bed, he said despite his efforts, one of the women died in his arms. i'm nota hero, i'mjust

liverpool for us now. they're off, they have gone? i'm afraid they have gone. they have sailed up river on the mersey to go around the boy and then out river that way together quite. about a month's journey away, the longest first leg of one of these races they have ever had. just under half of the people have never sailed on oceangoing yachts before. that is kind of the point, that people who wa nt kind of the point, that people who want a challenge can get some training and go on these boats which, of course, are skippered by professional sailors. they will then face everything the seven seas can throw at them along with the confines of living with 21 other people on a yacht or maybe most of the year, going around the world, maybe just a few legs of the journey. the can decide what they wa nt to journey. the can decide what they want to do. i have with me and former crewmember, stephen 0'connor. you were in the last race and you did thejourney you were in the last race and you did the journey after recovering from the —— retiring from the london fire brigade. why do you want to do

hugh woozencroft. here are our main headlines this evening: off to the reds — liverpool agree a £40 million deal to sign alex oxlade—chamberlain from arsenal. seeing red! an angry and frustrated nick kyrios is dumped out in the first round of the us open. and staying in red — chris froome holds on to the leader's jersey at the vuelta a espana, and increases his lead in the process. good evening. we're just over a day away from the end of football's summer transfer window and clubs are trying to wrap up some late deals. alex oxlade chamberlain looks set for a move to merseyside after liverpool agreed a fee of a0 million pounds with arsenal. his medical will take place tomorrow before he flies out to malta with his england team—mates. our sport reporter david ornstein has more. alex oxlade—chamberlain had actually been the subject of an agreed deal between arsenal and chelsea. £40 million was the fee that was settled on but he rejected it, being of the understanding that he would leave arsenal, where he plays right wingback, to play the same position at chelsea, and he said,

sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next week's second leg of their champions league play—off against hoffenheim. real madrid prepare to face barcelona in the second leg of the spanish super cup minus cristiano ronaldo. and maria sharapova will play at a grand slam for the first time since her drugs ban ended as she's given a wild card for this month's us open. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with footballing news from the champions league play—off round. five—time european cup winners liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next wednesday's second leg at home against hoffenheim. the german's were the better of the two teams early on as they created chances but missed a penalty when simon mignolet hardly had to move to make the save. liverpool then struck with trent alexander—arnold's wonderful free kick and a first goal for the local product who's been at the club since he was six. james milner‘s deflected curling shot saw his side score a second vital away goal. jurgen klopp wasn't

and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: liverpool are into the group stages of the champions league. they won convincingly over hoffenheim. and the victory means five english sides will compete in the groups for the first time. wayne rooney calls time on his england football career, announcing his retirement from the national team. he departs as the country's record goalscorer. and the fight of the year edges closer. we hearfrom both mayweather and mcgregor as they square up for theirfinal press conference in las vegas. welcome to the programme. liverpool are through to the group stage of the uefa champions league. jurgen klopp's side got the better of hoffenheim at anfield. liverpool were 2—1 up from the first leg in germany, and early goals from emre can and mohamed salah in the first 20 minutes extended their overall lead. can then scored his second of the match to make it 3—0

—time european cup winners liverpool will take a 2—1 lead into next wednesday's second leg at home against hoffenheim. the german's were the better of the two teams early on as they created chances but missed a penalty when simon mignolet hardly had to move to make the save. liverpool then struck with trent alexander—arnold's wonderful free kick and a first goal for the local product who's been at the club since he was six. james milner‘s deflected curling shot saw his side score a second vital away goal. jurgen klopp wasn't completely happy after his side conceded a late consolation but he'll take it heading back to anfield. if somebody would have told me we would win tonight, i would take each result eight, seven, so i am happy about the result. no, i am not only happy about how they scored but i think they deserved to go over the line, 90 minutes, with all the effo rts line, 90 minutes, with all the efforts they did. the real madrid coach zinedine zidane has been talking of his anger at a five—game ban handed to cristiano ronaldo for pushing a referee following his sending

hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool hammer arsenal 4—0 in the english premier league, moving up to second in the table. lewis hamilton wins the belgian grand prix reducing sebastian vettel‘s championship lead to seven points. and dustinjohnson wins the first of the season ending fed ex cup play off events, the northern trust open, in a play—off againstjordan speith. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news and in the english premier league liverpool produced a dazzling attacking display at anfield to beat arsenal 4—0. two goals in either half forjurgen klopp's side moves them second in the table, two points adrift of leaders manchester united. first—half efforts from roberto firmino and sadio mane put the home side in a strong position at half time at a ground that hasn't been kind to arsenal in recent years. mohammad salah compounded the gunners woes when he struck a third and daniel sturridge added a fourth. but more importantly for klopp, perhaps, is that liverpool have kept fo

. we will talk about liverpool in a moment, but we will talk about everton. really it is all about wayne rooney. 4900 really it is all about wayne rooney. a900 days since he last scored for edison —— everton at goodison park. jordan pickford played well, good save at the end. it is all about wayne rooney. good game as well. he started the move. brilliant football by everton and a really good head up by everton and a really good head up by wayne rooney. 199 premier league goals. ronald koeman will be delighted. on a personal note, i absolutely delighted to score the winning goal at goodison, it is a special home for me. a lot of relief and emotion coming out. it was an important goal just before half—time. obviously delighted in the end that it's turned out to be the winning goal. you know, all appreciation. i felt that was the right move for me to make. coming back, i felt at home as soon as i set foot on the ground the first day. i've been looking forward to this day for a long time. thankfully it's been a good day, a good result for us. obviously topped off by the winning g

the internet, so time off—line is vital. liverpool's newest music festival, hope & glory, has been cancelled. there was chaos yesterday as thousands of fans were made to wait hours when the venue became overcrowded. police were called in to help after long waits and poor access to toilets and food and drink facilities. steve saul reports. it was the first time the hope & glory festival was staged in liverpool, with artists including james, the fratellis, razorlight and charlotte church all on the bill. those who were at the event yesterday described how quickly it descended into chaos. it felt shambolic. it was... there was a massive queue for the toilets, the bands that were coming on, it was two hours in between bands, they were late, every band was late. you were queueing for an hour to get to the toilet, queueing for an hour to get a drink. oversubscribed. i said it early on, they oversubscribed by at least a thousand people in there. in places, it wasjust unacceptable, because you couldn't get through from different areas, and in terms of the sound and stage show, and in terms

the england international. arsenal want any deal to be sorted as quickly as possible. liverpool have confirmed a deal for rb leipzig's naby kayta tojoin the club next summer. they'll pay 48 million pound release clause that allows the him to move to anfield next year. liverpool have also rejected a 25 million bid from crystal palace for defender mamadou sakho today. and stoke have signed defender kevin wimmer from tottenham for 18 million pounds on a five—year—deal. the austrian becomes stoke's seventh arrival this summer. well this summer's transfer window has seen all kinds of records broken. republic of ireland assistant manager roy keane believes the fees demanded by what he describes as "average" players are mind—boggling. this is his assessment of what some of his former team—mates would be worth in today's market. it is mind—boggling. mind—boggling for the figures for these players, it is not their fault obviously. it is the market, the market value of players is mind—boggling, the figures for players especially for the average players. the time to be a professio

woozencroft. the main headlines this evening... liverpool and arsenal agree a fee to take alex oxlade—chamberlain to anfield. chris froome is also staying in red — he's extended his lead at the vuelta a espana. and is a saliva test the key to properly assessing concussion in rugby union? good evening, plenty to come as you can see, but it's that time again... we're quickly approaching the end of the summer transfer window tomorrow evening. our sports reporter david ornstein is here to help us as clubs anxious try to wrap up some late business. plenty going on with arsenal. it has been a difficult window for them. we would love to talk about players coming in. it seems like some are going out. alex oxlade—chamberlain? some are going out. alex oxlade-chamberlain? he is set to sign for liverpool in a deal worth up sign for liverpool in a deal worth up to £40 million. we know that chelsea had agreed a fee with arsenal of £40 million but 0xlade—chamberlain comes down the move because he did not want to play in the same addition he has played at at arsenal, right wingback. liverpo

see man united tops, real madrid tops and hopefully some liverpool tops, and i am here to find out a bit more about why that is the case. this is our lyari centre, in lyari, a centre of excellence, where we have approximately 100 kids that come across to train four or five times a week. we give them free football coaching, we give them life skills, sessions on top of it. so i have been asked to have a game with these kids, who look pretty good. because i am wearing a liverpool top, everybody thinks i play for liverpool. a huge crowd has gathered. yeah, look forward to me embarrassing myself in front of everybody. here we go. after eyeing up the opposition, we began. sand and heat, it is not a good combination. soon, though, we were losing by two goals. me and my new friend michelle realised it was our moment and, after generously being awarded a free kick, i curled it into the corner. then two penalties later, we had won the game. after celebrating with my team, adequately named benjamin's liverpool warriors, i spoke to michelle about football here. she runs the local women's team an

very delighted with the players. liverpool had had a blemish free preseason — until tonight. they suffered their first defeat, losing in the final of the audi cup to atletico madrid. kady baray put the spanish side ahead in the first half before liverpool got back on level terms. divok origi winning a penalty — and roberto firmino scoring it...the game finished in a draw and went to penalties. jordan henderson missing for liverpool. felipe luis, once briefly of chelsea, scored the winning spot kick... england's women are one win away from their first majorfinal since 2009. they face hosts the netherlands in the semi—finals of euro 2017 and beat them on their way to the final eight years ago. manager mark sampson is full of admiration for his players and predicting big things. i have been around some good sports people, these players now work as ha rd people, these players now work as hard as anyone i've ever worked with or seen. they are absolutely obsessed with being the best they can be. now they have those two skills in the abundance and the sky is the limit for the group.

friday night. before you go and must ask you about philippe coutinho. liverpool don't wa nt to philippe coutinho. liverpool don't want to sell him but he's put in a tra nsfer want to sell him but he's put in a transfer request and barcelona want. what's the latest. this is turning into quite a saga. 0n what's the latest. this is turning into quite a saga. on wednesday liverpool rejected a bid of £90 million for philippe coutinho from barcelona. although now it has emerged that the player has handed ina emerged that the player has handed in a transfer request. bad news imaging just hours after liverpool issued a statement, —— that news emerging. just after the club said he wasn't for sale and they wouldn't consider any offers. liverpool have rejected that a transfer request. they insist he is not for sale but you suspect that that saga will run and run. andy, thank you very much, enjoy the opening match of the season enjoy the opening match of the season at the emirates stadium. let's take a look at how last season's promoted teams are faring ahead of their return to the to

human and a villain to some, a euro to others. —— a year road. liverpool midfielder philippe coutinho has been left out of the squad for tomorrow's champions league qualifier at hoffenheim. he put in a transfer request last week, just days after the club had rejected a £90 million bid from barcelona. he missed saturday's premier league match against watford with a back injury. another brazilian does appear to be on his way to barcelona. after cashing in on neymar‘s £200 million transfer to paris saint germain, barcelona have spent some of it on the former tottenham midfielder paulinho. he's set to join them from chinese super league champions guangzhou evergrande, in a deal worth £36 million. he'll have a medical in spain on thursday. diego costa has been fined by chelsea after failing to return to pre—season training last month. the striker said he'd been told by antonio conte that he wasn't part of his plans for the new season. in a recent interview, costa threatened to sit out the remaining two years of his contract, unpaid if necessary, if chelsea would not allow him to mov

business with your family. in sport, there's a dream european debut for liverpool's teenage defender trent alexander boult, as this free kick for his boyhood club helps put his side on the brink of qualifying for the group stage of the champions league. what makes boys and girls different? pretty lipstick, dresses, love hearts. we'll meet the doctor who says stripping away gender stereotypes can change the way our children think. and carol has the weather. good morning. wet and windy in the west. that weather slowly moving east through the course of the day. in central, southern and eastern england, it should stay dry with some pleasant spells and stay dry in the sunshine. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the largest warship ever built for the royal navy will arrive at its new home in portsmouth for the first time this morning. hms queen elizabeth cost three billion pounds and weighs 65,000 tonnes but will be without aircraft until flying trials are conducted in american next year. 0ur south of england correspondent duncan kennedy reports. there has never been

liverpool ina well. if you are going to liverpool in a short while to cheer off the yachts in the round the world clipper race, we will have more sunshine than at the moment. strong winds on the way as we go to the atlantic. back to us. this evening and overnight. rain in wales, the midlands, endorsing the northern ireland. some heavy rain. mist the in the south humid air. northern england and scotland, another cool like to come. the best of the morning brightness. sunniest here. lots of cloud across central and southern england and wales and northern ireland. heaviest in northern ireland. heaviest in northern ireland. heaviest in northern ireland. there will be quite a bit of cloud in the south. where it breaks through, humid so be the best of the sunshine. temperatures in the finals of scotla nd temperatures in the finals of scotland in the mid—teens. heavy rain in parts of central and northern scotland. dry for much of the day. elsewhere, cloud will break up the day. elsewhere, cloud will break up in places that the widely in the 20s. will have more details on hurricane gert later

tonight. another player whose future is undecided is philippe coutinho of liverpool. liverpool are keen to keep him, but it has gone quiet from barcelona. and it liverpool have stood firm and it looks like they will until the 11th pm deadline. but the window for barcelona doesn't shut for another 24 hours, so they could get him later. but i think liverpool will resist all temptation to sell coutinho. we don't think there has beena coutinho. we don't think there has been a fourth bid. but they have got alex oxlade—chamberlain. he has been posting on social media as a liverpool player. yes, we saw that coming. he turned down a move to chelsea despite arsenal are agreeing a fee with them. liverpool became his preferred option. he was going to be given the central role there, whereas at chelsea, he had played as right wingback, which he wanted to leave. arsenal, the same reason. liverpool have got him the £35 million. he has undergone a medical and they seem happy. arsenal seemed pleased with the fee. so alex oxlade—chamberlain is the biggest deal of the day so far. players are ar

story. liverpool have a greed of the £440 top story. liverpool have a greed of the {a40 million for alex oxlade—chamberlain from arsenal. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. it is by from me for now. i will see you later. hello, you're watching bbc news. just wanted to bring you some latest pictures concerning the impact of all that flooding in the states. these are the latest pictures from port arthur in texas, believe. very much need of the other border with louisiana. you can see the sense of people having to get around now, either by wading through the water a lot of time or by boat. people being rescued. in the back ground, you can see a woman waving a white towel, trying to attract attention. people very much concerned by the rising water and sense that they now need to evacuate their homes, which often can only be done by boat. some people chanting at and of course people chanting at and of course people with small children and elderly residents particularly concerned. the emergency services doing their best to reach everybo

osborne, says a northern powerhouse rail network connecting liverpool to hull must be planned for. our north of england correspondent, fiona trott, reports. life beyond westminster. leeds is the uk‘s largest legal and financial centre outside london. but could it be better connected to boost northern businesses? hi dan, are you all right? this online gambling company is one of leeds‘ biggest employers. 50% of the people we spoke to said the commute was just too difficult, even a0 or 50 miles away, so improving transport links, particularly rail, would really help our business. today the former chancellor says a high—speed link between liverpool and hull is the answer. well, if the government is serious about building a northern powerhouse, it needs to commit to high—speed links between the northern cities, so we bring those cities together and then the whole of the north will be stronger than the individual parts. the government has recognised the problem. it launched the northern powerhouse project just three years ago and is determined to improve transport across the north, a

the 20th anniversary of her death. in sport liverpool and arsenal have opened talks about alex 0xlade—chamberlain, liverpool looking to sign him after he refused a move to chelsea. concerns for the health and workload of men's tennis players according to david hagerty, afterfive top players missed the us open through injury. the head of the final and decisive test against the west indies, the ecb have announced 0tis gibson is tojoin and join indies, the ecb have announced 0tis gibson is to join and join the south africa setup as bowling coach. more on those stories in ten minutes. prince william and prince harry are due to visit a memorial garden for their mother this afternoon, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. the white garden in the grounds of kensington palace is dedicated to the life and work of diana, princess of wales. the princes will also meet representatives of charities she supported. 0ur correspondent richard lister is at kensington palace. tell us a bit more about the visit. this was a visit organised so the princess could pay tribute to their mother's li

round the world yacht race will set off from albert dock in liverpool. 12 teams will spend a year sailing the globe in a 40,000 nautical mile race, featuring 700 participants over eight stages. 0ur correspondent andy gill is at the albert dock in liverpool for us now. andy, not long now! not long at all. you can see the yachts lining up on the start shortly. the first leg takes them from liverpool all the way across the atlantic to uruguay, a journey ofa the atlantic to uruguay, a journey of a month or possibly more. many of the crew have no experience of oceangoing yachting. the race director here is mark like. you have just given the ten minute warning, what does that mean the crews will be doing on—board? what does that mean the crews will be doing on-board? they are doing final checks now, very close to the race start. they are checking the lines are rigged ready and setting position. they are raring to go. yourjob is race director. what does that mean? i manage all be on the water operations all around the world. i manage the skippers and the boats and i'm lucky enough to f

the country from west to east. jon kay has been speaking to passengers, travelling between liverpool and manchester, to gauge opinions. this train will be calling at manchester victoria, huddersfield... heading across northern england tonight, the 17.10 service from liverpool. on time, but for some it's just too slow. yeah, it's terrible, it's absolutely terrible. rona has spent six hours today commuting between yorkshire and merseyside and it's only 70 miles each way. it's a really long day. so for me, i left home at 6:30am this morning and i'll get home at 7:30pm tonight, so that's a very long day. so for my productivity, it impacts me tomorrow because i'm just shattered. while she is recovering, tomorrow the north of england's politicians and business leaders will be holding a summit to discuss building a high—speed link across the region. it could cut the journey from manchester to leeds from 48 minutes to 26, and the 90 minute journey from liverpool to leeds to just one hour. just the section between manchester and leeds across the pennines can cost up to £7 billion, so do ra

. liverpool have not started their new season but are already in a battle to keep hold of star player philippe coutinho. he responded to the club responding saying they will not sell him to barcelona by handing in a tra nsfer him to barcelona by handing in a transfer request. it's turning into quite a saga, on wednesday liverpool rejected and £90 million bid for coutinho from barcelona but it has emerged coutinho has handed in a tra nsfer emerged coutinho has handed in a transfer request. that news emerging just hours after liverpool issued a statement insisting he was not for sale and they would not be considering any offers. liverpool i can tell you have rejected the tra nsfer can tell you have rejected the transfer request, they insist he is not for sale but she suspected that sagais not for sale but she suspected that saga is going to run and run. brighton will be back in the top division for the first time in 3a yea rs division for the first time in 3a years and the formidable opener on saturday at home to big spending manchester city. for us some great exa m ples of manchester

. just over an hour until kick—off at anfield, where liverpool are hoping to reach the main draw for the champions league. and england's women will defend their title against new zealand after seeing off france in world cup semifinal. it's all about giving the fans what they want to see, i have been around they want to see, i have been around the sport for so many years and this is the last one. good evening. only one place to start, it's the end of an era for england, their record goal—scorer, wayne rooney, has today decided to retire from international duty at the age of 31 despite being set for a recall. the everton striker was asked by england boss gareth southgate to be involved for the world cup qualifiers against malta and slovakia but rooney says it's the right time to bow out. and what an international career it was. top of the pile in terms of goals, 53 in 119 appearences, four more than sir bobby charlton and, as you can see, in esteemed company. the closest current england player to rooney is danny welbeck all the way back on 011111. let's go live to our reporterjohn watson

chamberlain will play for liverpool next season after turning down a move to chelsea despite arsenal agreeing to sell him for £40 million. for only the second time in us open history be defending champion is out in the opening round. angelique herber lost to a japanese teenager. the series is time one all after the west indies pulled off a shock when against england at headingley. kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of scottish labour, after less than two years in the post. the lothians msp insists she is leaving the party in a much better state than how she found it. she's also rejected the idea her departure has anything to do with her previous criticism ofjeremy corbyn. 0ur correspondent andrew blackjoins us now from glasgow kezia dugdale does indeed leave labourmp kezia dugdale does indeed leave labour mp better state than when she arrived so why is she leaving? what she said as she has put a of ha rd what she said as she has put a of hard work into the job and she has given it her best shot and it is time to pass the battle on to someone time to pass the battle on to someone else, as s

its aftermath. 96 liverpool fans died as a result of a crush at the fa cup semi—final match 28 years ago. three of the men who appeared in court are retired police officers. from warrington, judith moritz reports many of the families who lost loved ones at hillsborough have become close over the last 28 years. today, they were together again in court to see those charged in connection with the disaster and its aftermath. this is the chief constable of two police forces, and the families stood outside the magistrates' court building as the former officer walked inside. graham macrell was the company secretary and safety officer at sheffield wednesday football club in 1989. 96 liverpool fans died as a result of the crush at the ground when the terraces became overcrowded at an fa cup semifinal. nearly three decades later prosecutions are under way. mr mackrell is charged with breaching health and safety and safety at sports ground legislation. two senior police officers and a solicitor are accused of perverting the course ofjustice by amending witness statements in the wake of the disa

runs in dhaka. and liverpool agree a deal with arsenal to sign england midfielder alex oxlade—chamberlain. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with a busy day three programme at the us open in new york. 87 matches are due to be played or completed on wednesday due to rain the day before. maria sharapova has successfully won her second round match against hungary's timea babos. after beating second seed simona halep on the opening day, the 30—year—old was a three set winner, having lost the opening set before responding. the russian is playing in herfirst appearance at a grand slam since she returned from a 15—month doping ban in april having been granted a wildcard entry. fourth seed elina svitolina is through to the second round. she lost six of nine tie—break points when her match resumed against world number 42 katerina siniakova, but survived a third set to go through. 2004 champion svetlana kuznetsova won her opening match playing on the grandstand court. the russian needed three sets to move through against a tough opponent in marketa vondrousova

. mercedes-benz. lo mejor o nada. jornada de la premier league watford y liverpool empataron 3 a 3 en un emocionante duelo... el uruguayo miguel britos marcaria el tanto definitivo sobre el final del partido... zinedine zidane seguira siendo el tecnico del real madrid hasta el 2020... el frances llego a un acuerdo con el club y ganara cerca de 8 millones de euros al ano, duplicando asi aranza: le damos la bienvenida a ana caty hernÁndez. ana: muy importante lo que sucediÓ en la liga premier.arranquemos con la informaciÓn. liverpool empatÓ. miguel britos marcaba el empate definitivo. el chelsea fue derrotado. rooney puso un cabezazo certero para vencer la meta del rival. la prÓxima fecha estarÁn enfrentando al mÁnchester city. en su debut, hirving lozano marcÓ el gol al minuto 30, desbordando por el costado de la izquierda y terminando definiendo el primer puesto. luego de conseguir la supercopa alemana, eel bayer munich goleÓ 5-0 y con eso van su a la siguiente ronda de la copa alemana. aranza: nosotros llegamos al final de esta emisiÓn pero recuerde que hay mÁs informaciÓ

sport centre. coming up on this programme: liverpool hammer arsenal 4—0 in the english premier league, moving up to second in the table. lewis hamilton wins the belgian grand prix reducing sebastian vettel‘s championship lead to seven points. and dustinjohnson wins the first of the season ending fed ex cup play off events, the northern trust 0pen, in a play—off againstjordan speith. hello, and welcome to the programme, where we start with football news and in the english premier league liverpool produced a dazzling attacking display at anfield to beat arsenal 4—0. two goals in either half forjurgen klopp's side moves them second in the table, two points adrift of leaders manchester united. first—half efforts from roberto firmino and sadio mane put the home side in a strong position at half time at a ground that hasn't been kind to arsenal in recent years. mohammad salah compounded the gunners woes when he struck a third and daniel sturridge added a fourth.

billion on top players. england forward alex oxlade—chamberlain has moved from arsenal to liverpool today for £35 million, while manchester city's second bid for arsenal's forwarded striker, alexis sanchez, has fallen through. let's talk to sports correspondent olly foster who is at the emirates stadium in london. it has been a frantic evening. what are the headlines? frantic, but not as explosive as we had expected, really. yes, it is another record summer really. yes, it is another record summer in regards to all the millions, but here at the emirates, we expected more millions to be changing hands. the biggest deal in deadline day was alex oxlade—chamberlain moving to liverpool. that has been going on for about 2k hours. but they have crossed all their ts and dotted their is. arsenal have lost alex oxley chamberlain fought 35, and wa nted oxley chamberlain fought 35, and wanted to replace him and alexis sanchez with a player from monaco, thomas lemar. he scored twice againstan thomas lemar. he scored twice against an alissa knight. —— scored twice against the netherlands t