consumer and actually say, to cricket fans, we have the ability to make that proportion of cricket fans that care about our sport much, much bigger than what it is now. we need to be more open, we need to be more representative, and we need to connect more with more people. this is how the new tournament may look. from 2020, there will be eight teams, as yet unnamed, based around regions instead of counties. each will field a squad of 15 players, including three from overseas, and in a crowded schedule the competition will consist of 36 games over the 38 days, building towards a final. the counties, meanwhile, are preparing for the new season yorkshire taking on lancashire in a friendly this week in the warmth of dubai. these two clubs know they ll at least host matches of the new tournament at their grounds. others, however, will miss out. i think they might be quite disappointed that they ve not got a franchise, say it is one of the smaller grounds, but on the other hand,
they really need public funding? however, uk sport will still support the athlete until tokyo 2020 through individual performance awards. but some people are still concerned about the effect it will have. we should be building on it and creating more opportunities, inspiring more people, getting ready for 2024 that is the long term plan. this will sway a lot of people. on court, the sport continues to grow and get more and more exposure on the world stage with players like novak djokovic being big supporters of the game. and the trophies, medals and silverware keep multiplying at least for this generation of british players. that s all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the the deputy political editorfor the guardian, rowena mason, and christopher hope, the assistant editor and chief political correspondent at the daily telegraph. good to see you both. tomorrow
dolezal. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the metropolitan police say they ve found no evidence that the westminster attacker had links to the so called islamic state group or al-qaeda. officers said that khalid masood clearly had an interest injihad and they were still investigating the circumstances that led to the attack, which claimed four lives and injured dozens of people. khalid masood s mother has broken her silence today speaking of her shock and sadness. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has the latest. ploughing across westminster bridge at speeds of up to 76mph, khalid masood, using his hired 4x4 as a weapon. going back through cctv, detectives have discovered that he drove around westminster sometime before his attack too, possibly on a reconnaissance mission. today, masood s elderly mother, janet ajao, said: detectives have established that the westminster attacker had a clear interest injihad, but have so farfound no evidence that khalid masoo
has told this programme that eu member countires have so far been discplined and prevented from making any meaningful pre negotiations with the uk. he also confirmed it would not be possible to agree all of the issues during the two year negotiation period, and he foresaw the distinc possibility of political and economic turbulence. we ll hear his interview with our diplomatic editor mark urban in full in a moment, but first, to our political editor nick watt. what are you hearing tonight? snp sources said that theresa may told nicola sturgeon that the uk government is confident they can do an overall deal within 18 months. so it means the future trading relationship. number ten doesn t believe the future trading relationship can be done and dusted them, it will need what it described as an implementation phase. but it shows that the uk is accepting the timetable by the eu, which is a greek it by the autumn of 2018 so it can be fully ratified. but the eu chief negotiator is s