head to the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. the european champions league is back the competition has resumed with the holders manchester city and the record winners real madrid both playing this tuesday night. these are last 16 matches. first legs with over half an hour played in denmark, fc copenhagen, who beat manchester united in the group stage. kevin de bruyne her with the goal. other chances forjack grealish who has had to go off with an injury. the 14 meanwhile the 1a time winners real are at rb leipzig where it's 0—0. an early goal disallowed. the english premier league has officially approved sirjim ratcliffe's purchase of 25% of manchester united. the deal, worth around a billion

pounds, is still subject to football association approval. the owners the glazer family will retain a majority stake in the club but ratcliffe's ineos group will take control of football operations. football's world record transfer fee for a woman has been broken again. zambia international rachel kundananji has left madrid tojoin newly created us team bay fc, based in the californian city of sanjose. the fee is believed to be around 785 thousand dollars, about a quarter of a million more than was paid by chelsea for colombia's mayra ramirez. there are so many cool girls who have texted me, advisers for me, mostly this is what they've been waiting for and have been talking about this for a long time. every time i play football they always tell me, if you text me and tell me and encourage me to continue to work hard and maybe one day you will

place them very cool cool speech. i'm sure this is now the first one and there are more coming. there's been at upset at the qatar open where the number two seed coco gauff has been knockeed out, the american beaten in straight sets by katerina siniakova. it was gauff�*s first match since losing in the semi finals of the australian open last month. the 19—year—old lost the first set 6—2 and though she went 4—1 up in the second, siniakova won five games in a row to get her first win over a top 10 player since 2022 when she also beat gauff. the unseeded czech player will now face another american danielle collins for a place in the quarterfinals. england are in rajkot preparing for the third test against india later this week, with the five match series level at 1—1. captain ben stokes will become the 16th man to play a 100th test for england. team—mate ollie pope says it's testiment to stokes�* talent and commitment.

training to play 100 tests is an unbelievable achievement and i think he has obviously had his highs and lows in his career but what he has done since he has been capped and it is amazing and there are so many special moments you can look back in his career and think, geez, this guy has probably changed the game a lot and a lot of spaces. he has a way of bringing out the best of you went and missed the most that to the team. —— means the most to the team. ferrari say their new formula 1 car "must be a consistent frontrunner" when the new season starts next month. at the launch of their car the team told supporters they "must start off where they left off at the end of last season". charles leclerc took pole position at three of the final five races of the 2023 campaign but failed to turn any of them into wins. he's hoping for better this time round. copenhagen equalised in denmark

against manchester city and that first league tile 11 there. here in the uk, radio dj steve wright has died at the age of 69. he presented programmes for bbc radio one and radio two for more than four decades. he was known by millions of people who listened to his daily show steve wright in the afternoon. a look back at his career. friday the 1st ofjuly, 2022, it is the big show, it is steve wright in the afternoon. steve wright in the afternoon, a programme that spanned more than a0 years of radio history. it was only over a year ago it came to an end but this afternoon radio 2 was the bearer of sad news. it is really hard to know what to say about the news of steve right�*s passing, except we are all absolutely devastated and shocked and blindsided by this news. steve was an extraordinary broadcaster, really,

really kind person. he was witty, he was warm and she was a huge, huge part of the radio to family. and among those paying tribute to tony blackburn saying... i'm so sad that my dear friend steve wright has passed away. on the bbc�*s director—general tim davie said... his sound, which he developed in the 805, was a highly produced mix of comedy characters and a cheery, chatty posse. and the bride is 107. i think it was because it was something different, it was slightly subversive, there was a bit of satire in there, and it was not like that is the great sound of...

known as zoom format radio it was at its peak reaching 7 million listeners a day. hello, good evening and welcome to top of the pops. he presented top of the pops and in the 90s his own show, but his real home and where he shone was always the wireless. steve wright, professional, slick, funny, a master of the art of radio. let's speak to the bbc�*s north america correspondent peter bowes, who worked with steve wright in the 19905 and remained good friends with him. thank you for coming on, a sad day for you and so many. talk to us about your friend.— about your friend. steve was a uenius. about your friend. steve was a genius- he _ about your friend. steve was a genius. he was _ about your friend. steve was a genius. he was radio - about your friend. steve was a genius. he was radio through l about your friend. steve was a i genius. he was radio through and through. he was never more at home

then in a radio studio and we just heard about steve wright in the afternoon that he presented on radio one and a radio to in between times there was steve wright in the morning, the breakfast show, the big show as he used to say, and that's where we used to work together in the early 905. and when you work with someone it early in the morning you get to know each other quite well. he was you could call him a perfectionist. he used to record the talky bets, the bits in between the records at six o'clock in the morning and although steve was the presenter of the show he was also a producer as well. you make are producer as well. you make are produce that show and made sure we got things absolutely right. there was no one in radio that i knew that i had worked with that put more into it than steve wright. the show may have been too high for three hours long but he did a very long day and we would talk in the afternoon and evening about the next days show. he was always planning something new and different for the next show. a, and different for the next show. a remarkable energy about him as what we have heard a few times. in terms

of legacy, therejust we have heard a few times. in terms of legacy, there just are we have heard a few times. in terms of legacy, therejust are not we have heard a few times. in terms of legacy, there just are not many broadcasters that become the sound of the media. he really was one of the voices of radio. he of the media. he really was one of the voices of radio.— the voices of radio. he was all of that. i the voices of radio. he was all of that ithink— the voices of radio. he was all of that. l think the _ the voices of radio. he was all of that. i think the thing _ the voices of radio. he was all of that. i think the thing that - the voices of radio. he was all of| that. i think the thing that makes steve to stand apart from many others is his energy and the fact that he was always thinking about the next thing. the last time we got together was just last year. professionally we went our separate ways 30 years ago when steve wright in the morning ended but we always keptin in the morning ended but we always kept in touch and would occasionally call on his mobile and he would just launch into a conversation mid—sentence and new ideas buzzing around in his mind that he wanted to bounce off me. we will talk about things and have lunch in london last year and it was one of those long lunches. he was always great company. you know it's a long lunch when the restaurant empties around you and the waiter staffer is just wandering around wondering when you

would leave but we were just so engrossed in our conversation. the afternoon show at radio two had ended at that point. he was at a crossroads in his career, but he had so many new hopes, a whole new digital world, podcasting, so many new hopes, a whole new digitalworld, podcasting, he was thinking about what he would do next in radio. i think that his wife across the generations, he was always lively, he was always inspiring and he always felt like you were listening to something new. before i let you go, just picking up on that thought, so many millions for so many years, as liz listener, what was it about him that made him such an appealing listen?— such an appealing listen? because he was our such an appealing listen? because he was your friend. _ such an appealing listen? because he was your friend. he _ such an appealing listen? because he was your friend. he was _ such an appealing listen? because he was your friend. he was my _ such an appealing listen? because he was your friend. he was my friend, i was your friend. he was my friend, but he was everyone's friend. that was one of his catchphrases. hello friend. and i think it was because people felt as if you knew him. that it was the one—to—one relationship thatis it was the one—to—one relationship that is comedy often every day,,

neat related to them and that is what made them and that is what made him special. and as he described himself, he was not the jock. him special. and as he described himself, he was not thejock. he himself, he was not the jock. he was notjust betting the discs of the days. he had a very light—hearted conversation about life sometimes loaded with music and he was just fun to be with and listen to. loaded with music and he was “ust fun to be with and listen to. thank ou so fun to be with and listen to. thank you so much _ fun to be with and listen to. thank you so much for— fun to be with and listen to. thank you so much for sharing _ you so much for sharing your memories. thank you. we will head to india now and farmers are protesting in delhi. they have fired tear gas, the police to stop demonstrations. take a look at these pictures. you can see the tear gas there. reports in last minutes, talks about a breakthrough, farmers unions complaining about ministers not seeking to bend seriously. they want more government support. the authorities in delhi have banned a large public gatherings for a month. and put huge concrete barricades to prevent farmers from reaching the capital.

i'm ona i'm on a major highway that connects delhi to some of the northern indian states. normally this would be full of cars. instead, we have barbed wire. we have these metalfences, concrete barriers. this is a scene thatis concrete barriers. this is a scene that is being repeated on different highways across the city that connects them to any northern indian states and it is an indication of just how seriously the government is taking these protests. they do not want to see a repeat of the last time farmers were protesting and they were doing that for a year. this time, the government is saying, look, we are going to have to put an end to the protests as soon as possible, but the farmers are really adamant about making their voices heard. ., ., , ,., adamant about making their voices heard. ., ., ,,., ., heard. trevor, professor of geography _ heard. trevor, professor of geography at _ heard. trevor, professor of geography at the _ heard. trevor, professor of geography at the fence - heard. trevor, professor of - geography at the fence pennsylvania state university specialising in the life of farmers. the giver coming onto the programme.—

life of farmers. the giver coming onto the programme. life of farmers. the giver coming - onto the programme._ talk onto the programme. thank you. talk us throu~h onto the programme. thank you. talk us through by — onto the programme. thank you. talk us through by the _ onto the programme. thank you. talk us through by the farmers _ onto the programme. thank you. talk us through by the farmers are - onto the programme. thank you. talk us through by the farmers are out - onto the programme. thank you. talk us through by the farmers are out on | us through by the farmers are out on the streets. fin us through by the farmers are out on the streets-— the streets. on the surface this is a return to _ the streets. on the surface this is a return to previous _ the streets. on the surface this is a return to previous protests - the streets. on the surface this is| a return to previous protests which are about a return to minimum price supports. guaranteed immunity from previous prosecutions and an expansion of employment guarantee scheme. but it also signals a broader issue with the penetration of agribusiness capital into the countryside which has made it more expensive forfarmers to countryside which has made it more expensive for farmers to grow crops while simultaneously getting less for that productivity and being squeezed on both ends. we for that productivity and being squeezed on both ends. we have seen these protests — squeezed on both ends. we have seen these protests here. _ squeezed on both ends. we have seen these protests here. we _ squeezed on both ends. we have seen these protests here. we will— squeezed on both ends. we have seen these protests here. we will come - these protests here. we will come back to those in a moment but we have also seen farmers protesting in other european cities, is this a global problem now? i other european cities, is this a global problem now?— global problem now? i think the

ulobal global problem now? i think the global problem _ global problem now? i think the global problem is _ global problem now? i think the global problem is with - global problem now? i think the l global problem is with economies liberalising and producing social safety nets for their populations in general. given the per carry in agriculture where farmers are dealing with a number of factors outside of their control, meaning they cannot control the price of inputs, cannot control the price of what they sell their commodities for and cannot control the weather as a function of global environmental change. so all of those things coupled together along with a reduction in guarantees by the state is leading to increased for clarity and i think this is all part of it, part and parcel of increasing unknowns in agriculture leading to the protests. unknowns in agriculture leading to the protests-— the protests. let's go back to india, then. _ the protests. let's go back to india, then. do _ the protests. let's go back to india, then. do you _ the protests. let's go back to india, then. do you think- the protests. let's go back to india, then. do you think it i the protests. let's go back to india, then. do you think it isj india, then. do you think it is likely the demands of for that increase in guarantees, that support, will be met? i increase in guarantees, that support, will be met? i think they will be met- _ support, will be met? i think they will be met. the _ support, will be met? i think they will be met. the question - support, will be met? i think they will be met. the question is - support, will be met? i think they will be met. the question is will. will be met. the question is will they be met in the short term as

with last time or will they be met in a more long—term with lasting changes in the policy. so before the policies, the firm laws, so—called were meant to be changed, but they did not really change and so there were concessions that were temporary —— farm laws. so i believe until the indian states take the protests fearlessly and re—institutes and works with the farmers unions, over 200 that represent farmers in india, until they engage with those unions, i think the protests will continue. of course, crucial timing, i think the protests will continue. of course, crucialtiming, an election coming up there, what is the political influence they have? as you noted, the indian countryside still forms the largest voting bloc and so it is no accident that this is happening at a time during elections that farmers and farm unions know this and so this is a

leverage point for them that they are hoping they will be able to stop the levers of the economy and cause enough disruption that they will be brought to the bargaining table. thank you for coming onto the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. snowdrops going hand—in—hand all stemming to this manjames allen born and bred in a town he grew up and spread the word about these tiny white plants in victorian times. he: moved to this house later in life and this is where he died. aged 76. several years ago the town created a special festival to celebrate their

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consumerism. our business correspondent reports. it's a fallen giant of the british high street, the body shop was once a favourite destination for teens and 20 somethings. it's now struggling to make money, and the administrators have been called in. for 2,000 employees at 200 stores, its a worrying time with closures and redundancies looking likely. the body shop has potentially lost its way a little bit in the last 15 years or so, and i think other brands have really started offering more. the body shop just hasn't stepped up to compete with those, and it's a really fiercely competitive market. the body shop opened its first store in brighton in 1976. it was the brainchild of anita roddick and her husband, gordon. it made its name selling natural health and beauty products with a heady dash of environmentalism and social activism thrown in. our whole image is no packaging whatsoever. the minimum amount of packaging. the crappiest little labels which disintegrate in the water, i mean, there's nothing actually spent on a bottle other than what it's costing. it was a formula that really worked. the small store became a worldwide

chain, attracting attention from celebrities and even princess diana. but in 2006, the body shop was sold to the cosmetics giant, l'oreal, for £650 million. some fans saw that as a sell—out. anita roddick died a year later. since then, the business has changed hands twice more amid claims its lost its way. in its heyday, the body shop was immensely popular among young people, as famous for its social activism and sustainability policies, as for its products like scented shampoos and body butters. but the problem is that over the years, it's lost some of that cachet, and competition has grown, which means young people simply spend their money elsewhere. back in brighton, where it all began, shoppers didn't seem surprised that the chain has fallen on hard times. oh, i remember it from my childhood.

it's a bit nostalgic, but, yeah, maybe it's not moved with the times. i used to love the carrot moisturiser. i used to go there religiously, but, yeah, it just sort of trailed off for some reason, i think _ the eco message is widespread, and i don't think it's as strong i here as it used to be. because it to be everything - refillable, pretty much, years ago, so it doesn't feel like the same establishment at all. _ for the moment, the body shop stores are trading as normal. but some experts say some closures and job losses are inevitable, as the once leading chain searches for a way to attract a new generation of young and savy shoppers. theo leggett, bbc news. climate change putting polar bears at risk of starvation during periods where there is cis. a new study based on 2020 shows polar bears are forced to try and find more food on land. victoria gill explains.

a polar bear�*s view of the world. this remarkable footage was captured with collar cameras that scientists fitted to 20 polar bears during three summer weeks in arctic canada. the bears foraged, swam and socialized. but what this glimpse into their lives during those summer months where there's no sea ice to hunt from and the polar bears spend their time inland, is that they're unable to find enough to eat. the camera collars showed that bears exhibited a diversity of behaviours when they were summering on shore, including some bears spending the entire time resting, and other bears primarily being active and looking for food, like berries and birds. but 19 of the 20 bears still lost weight. the research focused on one of the most southerly points in a polar bear�*s range, a part of the arctic where temperatures are rising much more quickly than elsewhere. so scientists say it's a snapshot of a warming future. this large male bear was lucky enough to stumble across a dead

whale and gained weight during the study. the other 19 bears, though, lost about one kilogram every day. these are predators that specialize in hunting on the sea ice. they use it as a platform to pounce on seals. on land, there's just no food that contains as much fat as theirfavorite marine prey. and as they face longer summers without that ice, scientists say they'll struggle to feed themselves. victoria gill, bbc news. let's speak to doctorjohn whiteman the chief researcher at pullover international and assistant at oldham university thank you for coming onto the programme. so how worried are you by these findings? i'm very worried. but not necessarily i'm not worried more than i was before. this data fills in an important gap in our understanding we have long known that polar bears are vulnerable to see i was lost the biggest concern

for their persistence but we have had some outstanding questions about what that means for each individual season of the year. to this report helps us get a much better understanding of what is happening for them during the summer. at the big picture remains the same. that we should all be very concerned about sea ice loss of the persistence of the species. what about adaptations _ persistence of the species. what about adaptations they - persistence of the species. what about adaptations they are having to find more food in different ways is it possible that they simply do and that this is a minor blip, as it were? . , . that this is a minor blip, as it were? ., , ., ., , ., were? that is a great question and exactly why _ were? that is a great question and exactly why one — were? that is a great question and exactly why one of _ were? that is a great question and exactly why one of the _ were? that is a great question and exactly why one of the things the l exactly why one of the things the study gets out. one thing we learn from the study is that no matter what polar bears do, whether it is laying around and being very lazy and not doing anything during the summer, so basically napping all day and not searching for more food or being very active and consuming every bit of food they can find including berries or bird carcasses or other vegetation almost always, no matter what they do, are starting

to lose weight at a pretty consistent rate. it varies depending on the age and the size of bear you're talking about, but around one kilogram a day. what that means is that the bears who are being very inactive, of course are not taking inactive, of course are not taking in much food and burning their stored food, stored energy. but then the bears who are very active in our finding food, that are trying to use alternative strategies of hunting for other things that they can eat, they are burning so many calories during the process of that search, that they are not able to make up for it and they lose wheat atjust the same rate that the bears that are just hanging out the same rate that the bears that arejust hanging out and not are just hanging out and not eating at all lose weight. 50 are just hanging out and not eating at all lose weight.— at all lose weight. so in your eyes, what is the — at all lose weight. so in your eyes, what is the solution, _ at all lose weight. so in your eyes, what is the solution, what - at all lose weight. so in your eyes, what is the solution, what needs . at all lose weight. so in your eyes, | what is the solution, what needs to be done? but; what is the solution, what needs to be done? �* , ., ., what is the solution, what needs to bedone?�* ,~~ ., .,., ,, be done? any action to address climate change _ be done? any action to address climate change is _ be done? any action to address climate change is going - be done? any action to address climate change is going to - be done? any action to address i climate change is going to benefit seaice climate change is going to benefit sea ice loss. the storyline is as simple as that. as the climate warms we are losing sea ice loss. depends in where the are to your talk about but climate change is causing us to lose the c15 in as we lose it we

lose the c15 in as we lose it we lose the c15 in as we lose it we lose the bears. so i am optimistic in the big picture because climate change is more of a mainstream topic and ifeel that change is more of a mainstream topic and i feel that the discussion around it is less falling on political lines over time which is good because it is not a political issue. it is a cycle wide issue. our perspectives on this issue do not have to depend on how we feel about politics or if leaders or anything. and i think we are moving in the right direction as a society. i presume that ice is whatnot right direction as a society. i presume that ice is what notjust polar bear dependent presumably other species will as well. than other species will as well. in interesting question that other species will as well. fifi interesting question that also comes up interesting question that also comes up is people will suggest that if polar bears and need sea ice could we replace it with some sort of floating platform, i love the creative thinking, but unfortunately it, sea ice is the physical home for all manners of creatures a part of the food web. set the base of the food web is powered primarily by

algae that specialise in living on the underside of sea ice. so without a physical structure of the ice than there is no bottom of the food chain and everything that depends on it from there on up would suffer the consequences. including us because we are also part of the food chain so what happens to the bears ultimately happens to us as well. thank you very much, doctor, for coming onto the programme. all the updates on the top stories coming in just a few minutes. this is bbc news. hello there. good evening. gone now are those sunny skies across england and wales. instead, today, we've been seeing thickening cloud, showery outbreaks of rain on and off, milder—feeling conditions too, along with a brisk south—westerly wind. but the colder air hung on for much of scotland, also to the far north of northern ireland.

some hazy sunshine on and off. but even here, it will be turning milder and more unsettled now as we head through the rest of the week, as that warm front continues to drag the mild air in from the south—west, displacing the colder air to the far north of scotland, where even here, it'll disappear by the time we get to the end of the day tomorrow. but overnight tonight, still some showery outbreaks of rain on and off for much of the night across england and wales, more cloud being thrown across northern ireland. eventually, a wet start to the day here tomorrow. cloud, too, into the borders of scotland. but for many across scotland, clear skies, temperatures set to drop perhaps as low as —5 or —6 celsius in those sheltered glens. compare those temperatures to the double figures further south, where it's a very mild start to the day indeed. on wednesday, those weather fronts continue to push further northwards and eastwards. it's a wet start to the day across northern ireland, but the heavy rain will eventually clear, pushing into southern, central areas of scotland, where, as it bumps into the cold air, it will turn to snow, i think, across the cairngorms and the northwest highlands. some showers, too, further south across wales and the south coast of england, but in the middle, across northern ireland and perhaps to the far north—west of england, we could possibly see some brighter

spells develop to the east of high ground later on through the afternoon. very mild, 1a or 15 degrees celsius for many in the south. now, as we head through wednesday and into thursday, again, that deep area of low pressure will continue to push these fronts towards us. this is a cold front. by the time that sweeps through, temperatures will dip a little, but some particularly mild air on thursday across the south—east of england and east anglia. also some wet weather mostly towards the north and the west, a line of showers pushing into central, southern england by the time we get to the afternoon. but given any brightness out towards the east, temperatures could possibly rise as high as 16 or maybe 17 degrees celsius. by the time we get to friday, temperatures will drop just a little. there should be some brighter spells around on friday and a lot of dry weather, too. but the heavy rain returns perhaps on saturday night into sunday. bye— bye.

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