hello. this is bbc news. let s get the sport. good afternoon. england s new s era under ben stokes and brendom mccullom got off to an excellent start against new zealand in the first test at lords. debutant matthew potts making test cricket look easy with three wickets in the opening session. but it was an old familiar face james anderson who got england off to the best start. two early wickets including this brilliant catch from bairstow. anderson and broad both were left out of england s tour to the west indies but both returned with take wickets. but the man of the morning is matthew potts. he got his first wicket in his first test match over dismissing new zealand captain kane williamson. he added another two and leaving new zealand going into lunch 39 for 6. not all plain sailing for england though. 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 c
on saturday with the heat starting to grow on manager erik ten hag. it s manager erik ten hag. not always going, only goin up. it s not always going, only going up. we all have your gaps, you get strong from it, and as long as you all stay together, and that s what we are doing, the dressing room, staff, all the staff, medical, biggest staff, everyone is united and at united you fight. julien nagelsmann has been appointed the new manager of germany. the 36 year old takes overfrom hansi flick, who was sacked earlier this month. nagelsmann has been out of work since leaving bayern munich last season. he s signed a deal until the end ofjuly next year, which will see him lead the team at euro 2024, which is being held in germany. max verstappen is back out in front at practice for the japanese grand prix which takes place this weekend. verstappen has a 151 point lead over his team mate sergio perez in the standings heading into this weekend s race and is back on form after last w
74 million people are under heat alerts. we re talking temperatures up to 25 degrees above average in some places. and right now, texas is bracing for what was just named the first tropical storm of the season, tropical storm alberto, heading toward the gulf coast. and fast. meantime, out west, those deadly wildfires rage on with firefighters battling that relentless heat, and we have team coverage this morning with nbc s sam brock in galveston, texas, nbc s maya egoland in coney island and we have your meteorologist standing by with your forecast. storm prep is already under way there. this is now tropical storm alberto. what is the latest, sam? reporter: sam, we re having a hard time with your mic. let s work on getting that. let s turn to maya who is here in new york, one of the places experiencing these extreme temperatures. how are people coping, maya? reporter: hey, ana, as you can see behind me, some people are coping by taking a dip in the water, but it is ext
checks on borrowers, particularly those in financial difficulties, as a report by the regulator is published this morning. i will have more on that a little later. in sport: england are into the semi finals of the european championships. jodie taylor scored the winner, as the lionesses beat france 1 0. and carol has the weather. good morning. today s the day of sunshine and showers, especially in central and northern areas. they will be fewer and further between them were yesterday. that leads us into a showery start to the week. good morning. first, our main story: thousands of extra mental health workers are to be recruited by the nhs in england. the health secretary, jeremy hunt, said the aim is to treat an extra one million people by 2021. the royal college of nursing has questioned how so many staff can be hired and trained in such a short space of time. here is more from our health correspondent dominic hughes. ministers in england have already acknowledged the treatmen
tonight, several breaking headlines as we come on the air. the category 4 hurricane bearing down on the u.s. at this hour. winds up to 145 miles per hour. this is an extremely dangerous cat 4 storm, only a few hours from landfall. authorities tonight warning of, quote, unsurvivable storm surge. blinding rain and winds already, mass evacuations under way as time now runs out. families trying to find shelter in the middle of a pandemic. authorities concerned about too many families staying put, trying to ride this out. louisiana s governor tonight activating the entire national guard. meteorologists ginger zee and rob marciano, both live in the storm zone tonight with the latest track and timing. also developing as we come on, chilling images on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin.
a 17-year-old from a neighboring state now accused of opening fire on demonstrators protesting the police shooting of jacob blake. two people killed, one wounded in the chaos. the alleged gunman arrested, h