hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. party preparations at the palace as the stars get ready to come out for the platinum jubilee celebrations. up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate the queen s 70 years on the throne. one of the biggest parties has been held at windsor great park s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. all singing there ve beenjubilee celebrations at epsom, too, for derby day, but the queen hasn t been there as originally planned. she s been represented by her daughter, the princess royal. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. but no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. but now on. hello and welcome
no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. now on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m isaac fanin. iga swiatek is the french open champion once again. the favourite desert crown wins the derby at epsom. it will be all to play as england go into day four against new zealand needing just 61 runs to win the match. half centuries from ben stokes and joe root have given england hope they can begin head coach brendon mccullum s reign with a victory. joe wilson is at lords. stuart broad urged england to believe, and then he made things happen. that was darrell mitchell dismissed for 108 and wickets seemed to be falling with every delivery. eventually, they were. broad on one of his charges. soon, new zealand were 285 all out, meaning if england could score 277 in their second innings, they win. if. here are three england batters. new zealand s bowlers were too good. ben stokes had made one when this happened. overstepped, no ball. captain back in. could stokes make the m
And scientists have revealed sport and for a full round up, the closest images ever taken of the sun, which show mini solar from the bbc sport centre. Flares, called campfires, first, to the second dotted across its surface. Test between england and the west indies at old trafford. There was no play this morning in manchester because of rain. England were put into bat by the windies with rory burns first to fall lbw to spinner roston chase for 15just before the lunch break. Zak crawley then fell the very next ball after it, leaving england 29 for 2. Joe root made 23 before being caught at slip. Two developing stories this hour. England are now 112 for 3 uk Security Services claim hackers dom sibley approaching a half almost certainly working century, ben stokes alongside him. For the russian state are trying commentary can be found to steal research into on the bbc sport website with in play highlights too. A vaccine for coronavirus jofra archer has apologised after he was dropped for
But on its first pass, solar orbiter got much closer, within 48 million miles. And over the next two years, its heading closer still, within 25 million miles of the sun. This will give us a totally new view. In the next few years, well actually be able to pull up and look down on the sun above the north pole and then later on at the south pole, and weve never done that before. Weve never taken pictures at the north and south pole of the sun, and it could be dramatically different to what we see around the equator. Todays images are just a glimpse of whats to come. The hope is, this mission will finally shed light on our star. Rebecca morelle, bbc news. Time for a look at the weather. Heres philip avery. That is the first time some people will have seen the sun today. It was bright on the eastern side of scotla nd bright on the eastern side of scotland and in the north, but the rain has arrived in inverness and one or two other places across the north west of scotland. This weather fron