hello there, walking along to the programme. we re just a few hours away from the 152nd open golf tournament. three time champion tiger woods is among the afternoon starters and will play with fellow americans xander schauffele and patrick cantlay, teeing off at 13:37 gmt. world number one scottie scheffler is out at ten past two, with former champion jordan spieth and cameron young. rory mcilroy, who won the claretjug ten years ago, tees off at nine minutes past nine in the morning. our correspondent chris mclaughlin looks ahead to the tournament. in the ayrshire sunshine, practice practice looking for perfection and hoping for history. this old course first held the open championship in 1923. golf runs through the very sand dunes in troon and it has done for a very long time. the world has changed, of course, since then, but this place remains the same draws huge crowds and the best the golfing game has to offer. ..including the man scotland hopes can become the first h
showery outbreaks of rain running down the north sea coast for a time, and temperatures again a little bit disappointing, 14 20 degrees. fingers crossed sunday is a bit more optimistic, if you are planning a fans own in your garden, we could see highs of 22 degrees, and it will be dry. thanks, louise. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. hello there and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. watkins sends england on their way to berlin. 0ur southgate s site on the way to success? and fans both here and in germany are making their plans to witness a potential moment of history. taking the train up to berlin tomorrow. to berlin we go. here we go. also coming up on sportsday: it s women s semifinals day at wimbledon. jasmine paolini has won the first. we ll be live at the all england club for details of who she ll meet in the final. and a delightful debut at lord s forjamie smith. his half century helps england into a dominant position aga
the trial has begun in the united states of the white former police officer accused of killing george floyd with lawyers and civil rights leaders claiming the case is a referendum onjustice and equality in america. mr floyd s death in minneapolis last may sparked black lives matter protests across the world as public anger was fed by distressing footage showing him begging for air as derek chauvin knelt on his neck. mr chauvin denies charges of manslaughter and murder. lebo diseko reports from minneapolis. derek chauvin finally facing a jury derek chauvin finally facing a jury of his peers. the central question for both sides in this case, what caused george floyd s death? the prosecution said it was derek chauvin kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. fin kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. on may five, 2020 minutes and 29 seconds. on may five, 2020 derek minutes and 29 seconds. on may five, 2020 derek chauvin - five, 2020 derek cha
time for a look at the weather. he is darren bett. hello, i want to show you the early sunrise in cornwall, that s a result of all the saharan dust we ve got in the air. it looks quite eerie, doesn t it? it s the south west south west that will see the highest temperatures today. for many parts of the uk it feels colder than yesterday because we have more of a breeze and the breeze is now coming in from the east or north east from a chilly north sea and that s filtering more cloud across northern england, down into the midlands, although we do have much more sunshine and dry weather today across scotland and northern ireland. the biggest change in temperature comes in norfolk, where that was the warmest part of the country yesterday, 2a degrees. all things unto today, the wind off the sea, more cloud, a top temperature of 9 degrees. it s also significantly colder today across the northern eastern parts of england and into the midlands, highest temperatures in the south wes