The chance to get together and show what they can achieve. But every two years, its sport that brings them closer. They come from europe, the South Atlantic and the caribbean. 2a islands, 1a sports, across six days of action. This is the island games. 900 miles away off the north coast of scotland, shooter Ross Donaldson and his teammates are starting the long trip south. When you can get an island games squad, theres anticipation, theres excitement. So weve got 20 bikes, a lot of football kit, sailing kit, athletics kit. In st peters port, Team Managers are checking in athletes and equipment. 103 of us all arrived here safely. Im delighted. Going to head over to the two hotels, and then well unpack all the bikes and the kit. Carlos and his bikes have travelled all the way from shetland. Ive got two bikes. This is the One For The Road race. Ive got a different one for the time trial. But you try and get as much advantage as you can within the rules. Most of the teams have got two bikes
Island communities dont often get the chance to get together and show what they can achieve. But every two years, its sport that brings them closer. They come from europe, the South Atlantic and the caribbean. 2a islands, 1a sports, across six days of action. This is the island games. 900 miles away off the north coast of scotland, shooter Ross Donaldson and his teammates are starting the long trip south. When you can get an island games squad, theres anticipation, theres excitement. So weve got 20 bikes, a lot of football kit, sailing kit, athletics kit. In st peters port, Team Managers are checking in athletes and equipment. 103 of us all arrived here safely. Im delighted. Going to head over to the two hotels, and then well unpack all the bikes and the kit. Carlos and his bikes have travelled all the way from shetland. 2a hours between us leaving and the bikes arriving. So not too bad. Well, its quite warm here. We do have a day or two to sort of acclimatise and get the bikes togethe
to fall back on. in sport, how england were left humiliated against argentina at twickenham, a year out from the world cup. good morning. very cloudy day ahead with their showers or rain. the heaviest will be in the wet gusty wind but if anything it will strengthen over night. it s monday the 7th of november. our main story. the prime minister will urge world leaders to join what he is calling a global mission for clean growth at the cop27 climate change summit in egypt later today. rishi sunak will also call on nations to honour the pledges they made at last year s event in glasgow. here s our climate editorjustin rowlatt. you don t have to go far from the coast in egypt to find vivid evidence of what s at stake. the red sea is home to some of the most magnificent and biodiverse coral reefs in the world. but coral is incredibly vulnerable to climate change. scientists say virtually all the world s coral reefs could be gone by the end of the century, possibly sooner now. th
matthew potts had a debut to remember. he took four wickets in his first test match. james anderson got four wickets too, making a statement in his return to the squad after being omitted from the west indies tour, alongside stuart broad, who got the other wicket. england are 55 without loss in response. not all plain sailing for england, though. he s bowled beautifully, but potts left the field mid over with an injury. earlier, spinnerjack leach has been ruled out of the test with symptoms of concussion after taking this tumble trying to stop a boundary. england have brought in matt parkinson as a concussion substitute he will bat and bowl. chelsea s antonio rudiger willjoin european champions real madrid on a free transfer this summer. the 29 year old will sign a four year contract with the spanish side. the german international had been a key part of chelsea s side sincejoining in 2017, making 203 appearances in all competitions and won the champions league, europa leagu
george, charlotte and louis made their debut appearance in a royal carriage at the trooping the colour parade. and in other news tonight: england get off to a storming start on the first day of the first test against new zealand at lords. good evening from buckingham palace, where the queen has been cheered on by huge crowds as the first of four days of the platinum jubilee celebrations got under way. it began with the trooping of colour parade and was followed by a spectacular flypast marking her unprecedented 70 year reign. in a message to mark the event, the queen said she hoped the celebrations would create many happy memories for people . at 96, her mobility is limited and she restricted her appearance to the palace balcony instead of inspecting the troops in person as is traditional. here s our royal correspondent nicholas witchell. for all that she wants thejubilee to be about communities coming together and creating their own precious memories, in the end, it is all