st helens beat castleford by 20 points to 12 to restore their four point lead at the top of superleague. they survived a late fight back to secure their 18th win in 22 games this season. elsewhere there were wins for leeds rhinos and catalans dragons. italy s francesco bagnaia won the british motogp at silverstone to move up to fourth in the riders standings. french riderjohann zarco had lead from pole, but crashed out onjust the fifth lap as he chased his first victory in the top category. and in cricket s hundred competition willjacks hit a match winning 81 runs as oval invincibles picked up their first win of the season by beating welsh fire by 39 runs in cardiff. just time for a quick look at the medal table. australia still top of the standings, they ve been there right from the start of the games they ve won a huge 61 gold medals so far. 165 in total. but hosts england are doing their best to catch up. 5a golds for england including that brilliant victory for the wo
a bbc news investigation reveals dozens of english councils have cutback on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. welcome to sportsday. i mjane dougall live from birmingham, on the busiest day of the commonwealth games. an incredible day at the boxing four golds for northern ireland and three for scotland including dylan eagleson coming from behind to win bantamweight gold. and in the last few moments, laura muir has become commonwealth champion for scotland in the 1500 metres. elation for england hockey their first ever gold after victory over australia. away from the games. erik ten hag s first premier league game in charge of manchester united ends in defeat. and it s a brilliant debut from haaland as man city start their title defence with a win. hello, and welcome to day ten at the commonwealth games. what a
and the islamichhad group after three days of violence and more than a0 palestinian deaths. the bill as amended is passed. cheering and applause. political wrangling and a marathon debate president biden s climate bill has been approved in the us senate. how dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. commentator: it s gold for scotland. and in birmingham, laura muir becomes the 1,500 metres commonwealth champion. good evening. we re beginning tonight s programme with a special report from afghanistan, showing how pregnant women, new mothers and their babies are being affected by acute shortages and a lack of basic services nearly one year on from the taliban takeover and with much foreign funding suspended. to give birth in remote parts of the country means difficult journeys on makeshift roads, sometimes being turned away from hospital, sharing beds on wards, and little medicine. pregnant women are suffering from a
welcome back, sports day is coming up in a moment. but first a look at some of the other stories making the headlines this hour. gordon brown has described his former minister, glenys kinnock, who s died aged 79, as one of the great women of her generation. baroness kinnock was married for 56 years to the former labour leader, neil kinnock. she spent fifteen years as a member of the european parliament, before eventuallyjoining gordon brown s government. the uk foreign secretary, lord cameron, will travel to washington dc next week to discuss the war in ukraine. he says he wants to reassure us leaders that the united kingdom will stay the course, and galvanise allies, too . uk train drivers continue their strike action as part of a long running dispute over pay. the avanti west coast, chiltern, great northern, thameslink, and wmt train companies were affected on sunday. the aslef union has also imposed an overtime ban over the strike period. the government of peru has announ
gordon brown has described his former minister, glenys kinnock, who s died aged 79, as one of the great women of her generation. baroness kinnock was married for 56 years to the former labour leader, neil kinnock. she spent fifteen years as a member of the european parliament, before eventuallyjoining gordon brown s government. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, will travel to washington dc next week to discuss the war in ukraine. he says he wants to reassure us leaders that the united kingdom will stay the course, and galvanise allies, too . train drivers continue their strike action as part of a long running dispute over pay. the avanti west coast, chiltern, great northern, thameslink, and wmt train companies were affected on sunday. the aslef union has also imposed an overtime ban over the strike period. the government of peru has announced it s increasing the number of tourists allowed at the fifteenth century inca citadel, machu picchu, its most famous historical site