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
desired. but swiatek has been playing out a near superhuman level, the cards turned quickly with the top seed back in front. this was a master class from the world number one, even the best defence from gauff wasn t enough as swiatek set “p gauff wasn t enough as swiatek set up a chance to serve. one stance was all she needed. one chance. i want to thank my team. without you, i wouldn t be here. thank you. i am pretty happy that everything has come together. ifeel pretty happy that everything has come together. i feel like you are working hard and we all deserve to be here. . , working hard and we all deserve to be here. ., , ,, ., ~ , ., be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. l dia be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. lydia campbell. be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. lydia campbell, bbc be here. ordinary, swiatek is not. lydia campbell, bbc news. - in the last few minutes, andy murray has been beaten in the finals of the surbiton trophy. the two time wimbledon champion