And Maja Stark looked like they might squander a strong position in their match against Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho but they held their nerve on the last hole to claim europes first point. The Afternoon Fourballs are just getting under way. Well the fourballs have just got under way. And once again, the Home Side had Barack Obama on hand for support again, after surprising them at the pre match dinner, the former president turned up at the first tee to help get the team fired up for the second round of match play. Quite near washington, dc, this course. Great britains davis Cup Tennis Team are hoping to move a step closer to the finals in november. They won their Opening Group Tie against finland on wednesday and are now taking on argentina as we speak at the manchester arena. They are 1 0 down in the tie though after Dan Evans lost in straight sets to tomas martin etcheverry, despite saving five match points. So all eyes are now on the british Number One jack draper, whos back in t
Welcome on the occasion of his 100th, the tenth english men to become a century and, harry kane insured he would grab all the headlines. He thought he got england off to a dream start, but his firsthalf goal was ruled offside. 59 places above finland, england were the better side with plenty of positive play, patient buildup but really giving the crowd not much to cheer about in the first half with them being a bit more interested in the paper planes that they were throwing. It was a match in dire need of a magic touch, and of course that would fall to the man wearing a gold and boots. In the second half, too powerful and classy shots from harry kane. In the interim england manager lee cars lee, this was a wimbley debut, satisfying the second audition in his bid to land thejob fulltime as the fa continue their search for gareth southgate s successor. For harry kane and his family there was certainly a night to remember, it will live long in the memory that he showed that his class is e
the wheelchair marathon. we ll have all the latest live from birmingham. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. we start with breaking news in the past few minutes, lincolnshire police have confirmed they ve arrested a 22 year old man on suspicion of murder, following the death of nine year old lilia valutyte in boston. we ll be hearing from officers shortly. they from officers shortly. will be holding a press conference they will be holding a press conference where we ll be getting more details about the investigation and the arrest, following the death of lilia valutyte. this is what we are waiting for, this is where the officers should appear. earlier, the force had been circulating photographs of a man that officers want to speak to in connection with lilia s desk and we now know that a 22 year old man has been detained in boston in lincolnshire, today, previously two people had been arrested without charge. we listen in. ., ., ., arrested without charge. w
we take to the skies with the what red arrows as they prepare for the fly past at buckingham palace. hello and welcome to bbc news. flight cancellations are continuing at british airports as the industry struggles with staff shortages. british airways has dropped 124 short haul services from heathrow today, but says passengers were given advance notice. the transport secretary, grant shapps, is meeting with airline bosses this afternoon, after saying he hasn t seen enough progress in tackling the disruption. airlines have blamed the government for tough covid restrictions and a lack of support. unions have warned that the situation could get worse before it gets better. our correspondent dan johnson reports. as you can see, the case is packed, everything ready to go, but we have nowhere to go. steve s bags are packed, he said goodbye to the parrot, but there was a nasty surprise very early this morning. the e mail came through at two o clock this morning. he and his wife s fl