but in the the premier league it s the bottom of the table that s the biggest focus. after willian s opener, vinicius exploited a chasm in the leicester defence to make it two before tom cairney jinked his way past a couple of defenders on the stroke of half time to make it 3 0. leicester were booed off at the interval. the early evening kick off sees everton, who ve picked up just four points from their last seven games, take on a brighton side chasing european football. their boss roberto di zerbi is staying focused, despite having three games in hand on the teams above them. we want to achieve our target and i think it is clear for everybody, we are fighting against a big team, tottenham, aston villa, liverpool, for the europe. and at the moment, i think we are deserving to reach the best position. they have got some very good players. they have got some very good players, they have crew recruited very welt players, they have crew recruited very well. they have
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
fast but not quite so furious in the last half hour on the giro d italia as michael matthews has won stage three in melfi. afterfive hours covering more than 200 kilometres, the australian held off denmark s mads pedersen to claim his first stage win since last year s tour de france. belgium s remco evenepoel increased his overall lead by 32 seconds. cricket next and pubjab kings can climb to third in the ipl if they beat kolkata knight riders in monday s ipl game. kings skipper shikhar darwan is leading the charge for his side after choosing to bat first, but he s just got out for 57, punjab currently 131 for five. kkr have lost their last three at home too. more in the next hour, butjust time to tell you that it s the last day of the english championship season going on right now. coventry and sunderland claiming the last two playoff spots as it stands.