A major police operation takes place in Blackpool for demonstrations by the English Defence League and anti-facist groups.

Qualifying gets going at 1300 BST after Ferrari's Fernando Alonso sets the fastest time in final practice.

Andy Murray and Michael Berrer play on day seven at the French Open, with Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro resuming at one-set all and Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova also in action.

Russia is to lift a ban on grain exports from 1 July, a year after drought and wildfires destroyed millions of tonnes of crops, pushing up global food prices.

Two Royal Marines have been killed in an explosion in the Nad Ali region of Helmand province in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence announces.

A Staffordshire grandfather who was refused obesity surgery on the NHS wins the right to an appeal, in a test case.

The England and Sri Lanka players are taking an early lunch in Cardiff after rain washed out the morning session.

Preview of Saturday's Premiership final as Leicester take on Saracens at Twickenham in a repeat of last year's showpiece.