Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im gavIn ramjaun. More golds for gb on the fInal day of paralympIcs actIon, on whats been a successful campaIgn In parIs. We are an IncredIbly small natIon, so to brIng home the kInd of Medal Numbers we Is unbelIevable. FrustratIon for Northern Ireland In plovdIv, as a mIstake costs them dearly agaInst bulgarIa In the NatIons League. And Its game on at the oval, as SrI Lanka PIle on the pressure, to seal a wIn over england, and Save Face In the serIes. Also comIng up on sportsday. Sabalenka parades her Us Open trophy In new york, but can Taylor FrItz end the long amerIcan waIt, as the mens fInal Is underway. And 60,000 runners take to the streets for the worlds bIggest Half Marathon the 43rd EdItIon of the great North Run good evenIng, and welcome along to the programme. Its been an actIon packed few days, but the ParalympIc Games In parIs has now come to an end wIth the ClosIng Ceremonyjust underway. Its been another successful day for ParalympIcs Gb, w
Rail passengers brace for a further rise in ticket prices which will come into effect next year. Tv adverts for philadelphia cheese and volkswagen are the first to be banned under a new rule to prevent harmful gender stereotypes. And in sport, england send for their archer, 1 0 down in the ashes series. But theyre more likely to be dodging showers than bouncers at lords. The former chancellor, Philip Hammond has accused the government of trying to wreck the chance of a new brexit deal with the eu by making demands that brussels will never accept. In his first comments since stepping down last month, of the 2016 referendum. Writing in the times, he said it was a myth that a no deal exit will be painless he argues that rather than resulting in a powerful, independent uk, the reality would be a diminished and inward looking little england. Our political correspondent, nick eardley is at westminster. So he has waited a little while to say what he really thinks, and he has come out fighting
The forecast almost as painful as your jokes the forecast almost as painful as yourjokes for the cricket im not sure we will see any play today. It is still summer, but the outlook is so is still summer, but the outlook is so autumnal it is pretty depressing. Very wet and windy weather through the rest of the week. Some of the west is still to come. This is the low pressure delivering this bout of wet and windy weather. We have a breather tomorrow and then on friday another area of low pressure. Widespread strong winds and heavy rain and the wind will be a feature through the weekend. This afternoon we have some of the wettest weather possibly still to come across the welsh borders, the midlands and east anglia with showers for the south east. A little brighter to the west and possibly some drier weather later on in the day for the ashes. But fingers crossed i think it best. Further north rain across Northern Ireland through the evening and into scotla nd ireland through the evening an
Prince charles private estate the duchy of cornwall secretly invested in an offshore company in which a close friend was a director. Thats perfectly legal but hes been accused of a conflict of interest because he went on to campaign for International Rule changes that would have benefited the firm. The princes spokesman insists hes never chosen to speak out on a topic simply because of an investment decision. Story the Paradise Papers were shared with the International Consortium of investigativejournalists including the bbcs panorama programme. Richard bilton has this report. For years, Prince Charles has campaigned on environmental issues. This week hes in malaysia, yesterday he spent time in the rainforests of borneo. But panorama has discovered he campaigned on one issue that he secretly stood to profit from. The Paradise Papers show the prince of waless private estate, the duchy of cornwall, had 4 million in tax havens of the Cayman Islands and bermuda. This document shows 1 milli