more on all of those stories coming up more on all of those stories coming up in a moment or two but let s headfirst to the bbc sport centre. thank you, matthew. we start this hour with the second round of the us open. rory mcilroy has just teed off, he is a three shots off the lead. world number one is five off the lead on three under. masters winnerjohn rama is a further two strokes behind. the lead currently shared between two players who shot the lowest score in us open history in round one stop it was a great day. in round one stop it was a great da . ,., in round one stop it was a great da . , ., ., ., in round one stop it was a great da. ., ., . in round one stop it was a great da. . ,., in round one stop it was a great da. . ., day. got off to a nice start and then just. day. got off to a nice start and then just. i day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, day. got off to a nice start and thenjust, i mean, never- day. got off to a nice start and| the
we ll hear from an expert about the remarkable discovery. first, though, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training. significant numbers have been recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they re filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the
with the level the top of the leaderboard after three level on eight under. recording the lowest first rounds at the us open with eight under scores of 62 on the first day. they are back out a little bit later on. dustinjohnson. quadruple bogey on par four second hole. defending champions matt fitzpatrick xxx hole in one on murray mcelroy just dropped murray mcelroyjust dropped a shot at the 13th and dropped to seven. a hole from defending champion mats for accurate but is struggling to gain ground. england declared on 193 for eight on the first day of the ashes series for more than lived up to the hype. joe root unbeaten 118 holding them back for a position on the hundred and 76 5. captain ben stokes made the surprise decision with the close approaching the earliest christenings declaration in ashes history for the up there a half centuries from jonny bairstow and opener zak crawley for them in reply to her border to australia to for the their half centuries from jonny bai
killed in the nottingham attacks have addressed thousands at a vigil in the city centre. a minute s silence was held to remember students grace o malley kumar and barnaby webber, as well as ian coates, who was 65. police have been given more time to question a 31 year old man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder. our midlands correspondent navteonhal reports. bell tolls. silent, defiant, united. the people of nottingham chose to stand together in pain and love. for the first time since the tragic events of tuesday, at this vigil, we heard from all three families of those who died. starting with james coates, one of school caretaker ian coates three sons. it feels like he has touched a lot of hearts over the years, more than what we assumed and knew he had. so it has been really nice and heart warming to see the messages and that people come out and talk about how he was when they were younger and how he has helped them. some beautiful comments. my dad was an avid fisherm
the only warning about the allergen was in small print on the back of the menu. his family are campaigning for change to make restaurants safer for those with allergies. more than 10,000 people have signed the petition supporting the proposals, which include making it compulsory for men to list allergens. this afternoon, mps will debate it in parliament. six years after losing owen, the family hope the campaign will help prevent further deaths. now it s time for the news making headlines across the uk. it s 50 years since a local government reorganisation created greater manchester and merseyside. but some people have never been happy their towns were taken out of the control of county councils. and in one bolton the campaign to return to lancashire is growing. as mairead smyth s been finding out. i need a dozen red roses. what have you got? the red rose. the symbol of lancashire. but here in bolton, it is simply a symbol of love. well, these look nice. unless a campaign