the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w
showers will become further and fewer between, particularly into next week. more in the way of dry weather, and it might turn warmer. another couple of showery days to come. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 29th june. now wejoin our now we join our colleagues in the nations and regions. hello again. low pressure is with us through the rest of this week, so hello and welcome to sportsday i m chethan partak. andy murray is in the prime time slot trying to lift the mood. coming up slot trying to lift the mood. coming up on the programme a straight sets defeat in the second round. powering through and finding his best tennis again also coming up in the programme england face a race against time to win against south africa after rain stops play in taunton. and the welsh swimmer tells the bbc he is gay and he hopes to inspire people around the world ahead of next month s commonwealth games. , ., ., ., , games. there will be a lot of people watchin: games. there will be a l
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
louis down there. you can see crowds lining the mall, as you can see, plenty more pictures from today s celebrations of the platinum jubilee and more to come, plenty more on the lighting of the beacons, which should be quite a spectacular thing to see was to plenty more of that to come. but first, i think we should go and get the sports round up, as we need, from isaac here. have you got sports for us? ido i do indeed. it s been a fantastic start for england in the first test against new zealand at lords. they ve bowled new zealand out for 132 runs. a day illuminated by excellent fielding, ben stokes took the final wicket in his opening innings as england captain. 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 currently 80 2. zak za k crawley zak crawley
hello and welcome to sportsday i m sarah mulkerrins. coming upfor coming up for you this evening. we will start in paris. it s cruise control for iga swiatek and coco gauff, as they both make the women s final of the french open with ease. what a start to england s new chapter in cricket. great bowling in the morning, but this evening, familiar trouble with the bat. also coming up in the programme: inspired byjake daniels. two scottish referees have have become the first to come out publicly as gay. we get the reaction from grassroots football in scotland. i think we will probably look back at this moment and sort of say they were the people who helped us create something big. welcome along to sportsday. lots to come. we are going to talk cricket in a moment, but we are going to begin in paris. four became two. iga swiatek continued her dominant run with a straight sets victory over daria kasatkina. she will face coco gauff. here is russell fuller. she is on this dominant r