The uk will form a uk led a Maritime Mission to counter irans piracy after the seizure of a british registered tanker. Ina in a moment it will be spots stable lets look at what else is coming up on bbc news. As polls close in the tory leadership contest, we will hear what two young Party Members think of borisjohnson orjeremy hunt as the future prime minister. The liberal democrats have elected their first female leader. We will speak to one former special adviser about their hopes for the party. Then at 10 30pm we have the paper review with katie balls with politics top of the agenda. Hello and welcome to sportsday im jane dougall. A third World Championship gold, a world record and a world record broken and the experts say there is more to come from adam peaty. And where next for gareth bale as the welshman is made to feel very unwelcome at real madrid. What a difference a year makes from crying at carnoustie to claiming the claretjug. Shane lowry speaks about his incredible turnarou
The foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, says the uk will form a european led Maritime Mission to counter irans piracy, after their seizure of a british registered tanker. Get your suncream ready, this week is set to be the hottest weather of the summer so far. Temperatures rising into the mid 30s in some parts of the country. And motsi mabuse has been confirmed as the newjudge Dame Darcy Bussell on strictly come dancing. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. He accused some of the uks highest ranking public figures of child abuse, torture, even murder. But today carl beech was found guilty of making it all up. A convicted paedophile himself, beech had said he was sexually abused in the 70s and 80s and pointed the finger at, amongst others, the former Prime Minister edward heath, the ex chief of the Defence Staff lord bramall, his allegations led to a £2 Million Police investigation that resulted in not a single arrest. Today the police insisted they acted in good faith. June kelly reports
Beating sir ed davey. You have put your trust in me , not only to lead our party but to lead and grow a bigger, open, liberal movement which our so desperately needs. Good afternoon. Im going to take you straight over to the house of commons now where jeremy you straight over to the house of commons now wherejeremy hunt is making a statement about the seizure of the uk registered tanker by iran. If there was sufficient guarantees the oil would not go to any entity sanctioned by the eu. Instead of responding constructively, iran chose to seize this so we need to ta ke chose to seize this so we need to take appropriate action to support the safe passage of vessels in the country. As well as speaking to my iranian counterpart, ive spoken today to the forest ministers Foreign Ministers of oman, germany, finland, spain and denmark. Cobra meetings have been held over the weekend. There was also a formal protest. I can update the house on further action we are taking. Firstly, the department
In front by some distance. He is just the world record. Goodness me, this is very exciting indeed by halfway the destination of the gold medal was decided, but how long would it take to get there . Not long. Adam peaty was in a class of one. He said i want to do it, do and do it again. And he has done it my goodness me, adam peaty is the World Champion for the third time in a row. The time absolutely brilliant. That time 57. 14 was the fourth fastest in history, more than a second faster than anybody has ever swam. My biggest Statement Today was going faster than yesterday. I had to be ihad to bea i had to be a better person than myself. I made a tiny mistake on the first length trying to force the speed a bit too much. Im still learning. If there is still room for improvement, his world record in the 50 metres could be injeopardy tomorrow. The question is, how low can adam peaty go . Meanwhile, australian swimmer mack horton has been warned by the sports governing body, fina, after he
It may be as far as she goes though, because her next match is against the world number one ashleigh barty. So, two british women through in the singles. Just one man, though, in the shape of dan evans. Still yet to drop a set, he saw off the 18th seed Georgian Nikoloz basilashvili, but there were defeats for british number two Cameron Norrie and wild card jay clarke. James burford rounds up the action. It doesnt get much bigger than this for a british player, walking out with the great man at wimbledon. For the family, a special moment. All the family, a special moment. All the excitement of a kid at the park. But theres a reason Roger Federer is perhaps the best ever to play the game, poise and precision. Look at him, not even fussed. So accustom, weve become, to seeing his shots pick up the child. Even clark and other disbelief. And while set one went 6 1, clark did take fedor to a tie break in the second, much to the delight of court number one. That proved to be just a snapshot. E