Sporting crowd since the start of the pandemic this afternoon. 140,000 Fans Head to the track for the british Grand Prix, as Lewis Hamilton looks to keep his title hopes alive the man hoping to circumnavigate Mainland Britain on a Paddle Board reaches the halfway point. Well catch up with him as he rounds the top of scotland. And the uk makes the most of The Sunny weather, as the hotTest temperatures of the year are recorded. And there is more hot weather on the way for today. Sunshine is expected to last a few more Days yet. Good Morning To you. Its sunday the 18th ofjuly. Our top story senior Government Ministers are waiting to hear if they will have to quarantine after the Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, confirmed he has Tested positive for coronavirus. Mrjavid held a meeting with the Prime Minister On Friday, shortly before experiencing symptoms. It comes ahead of most legal covid restrictions being lifted in england tomorrow. 0ur political correspondent, Nick Eardley has this repor
This Enthralling Open remains tantalisingly poised. Andy swiss, bbc news, sandwich. And the action doesnt stop there on a busy day of sport. Silverstone is set to host the biggest crowd at a Sporting Event since before the pandemic began. A 140,000 are expected at the track for the british Grand Prix this afternoon. And Lewis Hamilton will be desperate to keep his title hopes alive, as Lydia Campbell reports. Away from the fans, and soon there will be a lot more of them, as silverstone welcomes the biggest crowd at a Sporting Event in the uk since the start of the pandemic. Just happy to be out and about and at a sport event, ive missed it. Yeah, feels great. Its the first time ive been here as well, so i dont know what it was like, but its nice at the moment, yeah. The uk has been building up to this. There were 15,000 people on Centre Court to watch the wimbledon finals, 60,000 at wembley to witness the final of the european championship, and now, 140,000 at silverstone. A critical p
Travel firms criticise Governments Decision to keep Quarantine Rules in place for travellers returning to england and wales from france even if fully vaccinated. 0lympic Organisers announced the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village six days before the tokyo games begin. Now on Bbc News it is time for sports day. Now on Bbc News it is time for sports day. Hello and welcome to sportsday i m chetan pathak, coming up on the programme. We ll be live at Royal St george s, where Louis 0osthuizen s in a battle to keep hold of the lead on day three of The Open. All set to win the Yellowjersey Tadej pogacar s second tour de France Title will be confirmed tomorrow as he finishes the penultimate stage with a lead of over five minutes. A good day, too, for the formula one Championship Leader Max verstappen will start the british Grand Prix from pole after winning the new Trial Sprint Race at silverstone. And all smiles for St Helens, who fightback to beat castleford in a thrilling Chal
Morikawa isjust leader, Louis Oosthuizen. Collin morikawa is just a Shot Hind and started the day on 9, did The Open debutant, but he battled back from two bogeys in his first five holes and showed all that Steel And Determination you would expect from a major champion. But what Ofjordan Speith . He was on 11 not too long ago but then bogeyed his final two holes, an extraordinary mess on the last as well and he will be licking his wounds over dinner this evening. The 2017 open champion with work to do on sunday as the final pairing make their way down the 18th. All of make their way down the 18th. All of this means things make their way down the 18th. All of this means things are make their way down the 18th. All of this means things are fascinatingly poised going into tomorrows final round. Ella mick absolutely, and what today we should have for it as well. The weather is set and this royal St Georges course met well. The weather is set and this royal St Georges course well. The weath
chelsea a penalty, there was no stopping mason mount. southampton weren t going to try and hold on for a point as jannik vestergaard came close to restoring their lead. but neither side could fashion a winner. after six games not winning in the premier league, it is not so easy to show up but i think we did what we can do, we pushed ourselves to the limits and a point was today the limit for us. we need to attack the spaces behind the defence better and, if we don t do it, it gets harder and harder to score. there are enough situations where we can be decisive but we didn t take them today. so relief for southampton, after ending their record run of six defeats. chelsea know they will have to up their game against atletico madrid in the champions league on tuesday. west brom remain in trouble at the bottom of the table following their goalless draw with burnley. but sam allardyce s side may see this as a useful point having played more than half the match with ten men. a var