hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. party preparations at the palace as the stars get ready to come out for the platinum jubilee celebrations. up and down the country, people have been holding street parties to celebrate the queen s 70 years on the throne. one of the biggest parties has been held at windsor great park s long walk, where tens of thousands of revellers turned up. all singing there ve beenjubilee celebrations at epsom, too, for derby day, but the queen hasn t been there as originally planned. she s been represented by her daughter, the princess royal. in other news, a senior ukrainian official says ukraine s forces are pushing back russia in the key city of severodonetsk, where the two sides are locked in fierce street battles. and travel disruption continues airlines cancelled more flights today and rail passengers have been warned of delays because of strikes by conductors. but no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. but now on. hello and welcome
no one bbc news, it s time for sportsday. now on bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m isaac fanin. iga swiatek is the french open champion once again. the favourite desert crown wins the derby at epsom. it will be all to play as england go into day four against new zealand needing just 61 runs to win the match. half centuries from ben stokes and joe root have given england hope they can begin head coach brendon mccullum s reign with a victory. joe wilson is at lords. stuart broad urged england to believe, and then he made things happen. that was darrell mitchell dismissed for 108 and wickets seemed to be falling with every delivery. eventually, they were. broad on one of his charges. soon, new zealand were 285 all out, meaning if england could score 277 in their second innings, they win. if. here are three england batters. new zealand s bowlers were too good. ben stokes had made one when this happened. overstepped, no ball. captain back in. could stokes make the m
mattered little. newcastle fall back, but when the captain claimed their tenth try, the remaining semifinal spot was assured. as for gloucester, they fell short again. jim lumsden, bbc news. in the united rugby championship, leinster got a big win over glasgow warriors in the playoffs quarterfinals. a week after their champions cup loss to la rochelle, leinster ran in 12 tries in dublin to win 76 1a. the victory sees them face bulls next weekend in the semi finals, while glasgow s season ends in humiliating style. later, south african side stormers take on edinburgh. last week they won the challenge cup, today wigan got their first super league win in three games coming from behind to beat castleford tigers. liam marshall was the star man for the visitors. he scored two tries and set up another as the warriors won 32 12 at the jungle. in the day s other match, st helens are currently leading
stayed ahead of newcastle, it mattered little. newcastle fought back against northampton, but when captain lewis claimed their tenth try on his 100th game for the club, the remaining semifinal spot was assured for the sides. as for gloucester, they fall short again. jim lumsden, bbc news. in the united rugby championship, leinster got a big win over glasgow warriors in the playoffs quarterfinals. a week after their champions cup loss to la rochelle, leinster ran in 12 tries in dublin to win 76 1a. the victory sees them face bulls next weekend in the semifinals, while glasgow s season ends in humiliating style. edinburgh are heading for defeat too, they re currently losing 28 17 to south african team stormers. it s tight at the top of the leaderboard at the us women s open at southern pines in north carolina. minjee lee and mina harigae lead the way, tied on nine under par, but swedish amateur ingrid lindblad is hot on their heels.