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hello from the bbc sport centre. wales head coach rob page says he belives he's the right man to lead the team to the 2026 world cup. his side suffered an agonising defeat to poland on penalties to miss out on reaching the european championships later this year. page has another two years on his contract, and has no plans to step away. absolutely, we are a team in transition, and while we are in the transition, we were one penalty get away from qualifying. so we have games injune, we have nations league in autumn, then the start of a world cup qualifying campaign, so that is my full focus, and building what we have already started and the transition which we are in at this moment in time. the ukraine manager, serhiy rebrov, says his sides victory over iceland to reach the euros was a very important one for the players and the people of ukraine against the backdrop of the ongoing war with russia. but arguably the result of the qualifiers belonged
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to georgia who beat greece to get through to the first major tournament in their history sparking huge celebrations for the home fans in tblisi. assistant coach, david webb, says it was a night to remember. for me personally it was one of the highlights of my career so far because like you with england, obviously, they are expected to compete well within those tournaments, and be one of the favourites. fora those tournaments, and be one of the favourites. for a country like this where they have never qualified in a major competition to be part of that year, in front home fans is just amazing. chelsea are strong favourites to reach the last—four of the women's champions league. ajax into the second leg of their quarterfinal at stamford bridge later. chelsea went back to the top of the women's super league at the weekend as they pursue four titles. they're in the fa cup semi—finals
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and the league cup final — but the champions league is the one they really want. they've never won it, but despite that convincing win in amsterdam, they're well aware that they're not through yet. the fear of losing or the fear of not being in that semifinal is as big a driverfor us as the desire to win it is, in fact it is more. there is no—one in our dressing room that will take tomorrow's game lightly or think for one minute that just because we are winning 3—0, that the game is over. that is a mistake, it starts in your head, in your mind. and when a team has nothing to lose, 3—0 down, they play with freedom, they play in a different way to express themselves, and they are often the most dangerous opponents. wednesday's other quarterfinal sees the eight—time champions lyon hold a 2—1 advantage over benfica. the world number one, novak djokovic, has split with his long time coach goran ivanisovic. on social media djokovic said, "goran and i decided "to stop working together a few days ago.
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england's women have won the t20 series against new zealand, with victory in wellington. maia bouchier hit an impressive 91 off 56 balls — her second half—century in a row — to help england to 177—3. and charlie dean took four wickets, as new zealand fell 47 runs short. the win means england are 3—1 up in the series with one match left to play. it was great to get a win and win the series. i think we talked about going out there with the same intent we have the whole time, and i guess it came off for me today but also at the back end, you know, we had nat on the other is put we had nat and the others put in a good end score for us. and the highest t20 score that we have scored, so, yeah, really good from them. and then obviously the bowling to finish it off at the end was a great way to win and win the series and see that. and that's all the sport for now.
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thank you very much. the tragic story now of the death of a baby boy here in the uk — killed by his parents soon after a family court had returned him to their care. finley boden was just ten months old when he died on christmas day 2020. a safeguarding review has said finley was failed by the authorities in derbyshire when he should have been one of the most protected children in the area. stephen boden and shannon marsden inflicted 130 injuries on their child: both were convicted of murder and sentenced to life. finley boden�*s family said he was a happy, chuckling baby. the authorities knew he was at risk, and so he was taken into care shortly after birth. for his first nine months, he thrived. he was safe and looked after. he died on christmas day 2020, just weeks after being returned
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to the care of his parents, stephen boden and shannon marsden. he suffered a 130 separate injuries in court. they were described as monsters. the pair were living in squalor and had cared more about buying drugs than their son. many agencies were involved in their supervision, but the system failed the boy who should have been among the most protected. a lot of what's in this 50—page report i've seen before in previous safeguarding reviews concerning the deaths of other children, a lack of professional curiosity, poor information sharing, for instance. but in this case, there was another major factor, too, and that was the pandemic. lockdowns meant the couple were able to evade scrutiny. contact with the authorities was made remotely and not in person. meetings were missed and reports not shared. they pretended everything was ok and no one knew differently. if you work in with children, the worst possible thing is for a child to die.
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it's absolutely tragic. are you confident now that if there were another finley out there, things would be done differently? so our systems and our process have much strengthened. that's been robustly tested during our recent 0fsted inspection. so i'm more confident, as you rightly say, we can never say never in these cases. last year, marsden and boden were convicted of murder and jailed for life at derby crown court. they'll have to serve at least 27 and 29 years respectively. the judge said they'd subjected finley to unimaginable cruelty. marsden was a heavy drugs user. boden had 32 previous convictions and yes, convictions and yet, it was deemed safe to allow them to care for their son. today's report recommends many changes. this is about making sure that what didn't happen and should have happened will happen and is happening into the future. as i've said, we all look to finley to make sure that we move forward and make the improvements that are necessary. 0ne relative described him
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as a beautiful ray of sunlight. it's hoped those improvements will be part of finley�*s legacy. phil mackie, bbc news derbyshire. a new bbc investigation tells for the first time the story of a lost american documentary, filmed inside the irish republican army in 1972, the bloodiest year of the conflict known as the troubles. ira leaders and rank—and—file members were filmed planning, preparing and carrying out bomb and gun attacks. the ira hoped the film would boost their support in america. but, almost as soon as it was made, the film disappeared, as darragh macintyre now reports. the uncredited star of the strange last film. this is 2i—year—olds raa leader handling guns. before he died in 2017, he became one of the most important figures in northern ireland's piece process. he has a
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1972 helping to make a car bomb. that would wreck the centre of his hometown. as we dug into how and why this film was made, the story only became more mysterious. like how it disappeared for almost 50 years. look at the rust on that. but inside it looks 0k. look at the rust on that. but inside it looks 0k-— look at the rust on that. but inside it looks 0k. the american crew was able to film — it looks 0k. the american crew was able to film alongside _ it looks 0k. the american crew was able to film alongside the _ it looks 0k. the american crew was able to film alongside the ira - able to film alongside the ira openly carrying out attacks, here firing on british soldiers in londonderry. ira members who took part in the film hoped it would be a propaganda triumph. do you remember that day? i propaganda triumph. do you remember that da ? ., . ., propaganda triumph. do you remember thatda? .,~ ., ._ that day? i do. what actually happened — that day? i do. what actually happened was _
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defence, the cia, m15, that's all james bond kind of stuff. despite all the risks that the ira took, the film is only ever seen by a handful of private audiences. it raises the question more than 50 years later, why was it made in the first place? bbc news. we've just got time to bring you pictures of queen camilla in shrewbury who was "thrilled" by all the public support for the princess of wales when she met two sisters holding posters with the poignant words "send our love to kate". camilla was mobbed by thousands of well—wishers during a visit to a farmers' market. we will be here with you next to take you through the next few hours with all the latest news at the bbc. thanks for watching i will hopefully see you tomorrow.
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hello there. we've seen mixed weather today, essentially it will stay unsettled into the easter weekend, because low pressure will be dominating and around that we have weather fronts which are focusing these spells of rain. in between there will be some sunshine. these are the top temperatures this afternoon, maybe making 13 across eastern england. a lot of showers coming in from the south—west, but we still have wet weather in scotland. that should tend to move away. that will drift northward and then we will see further wet weather coming into england and wales over night. they could be sleet and snow over the tops of exmoor, the cotswolds and over the welsh hills. quite chilly air we have overnight, especially in northern ireland and scotland, where we have clear skies. there will be a slight frost into tomorrow. let's focus on the weather in the far south of england on thursday, because it will get windy, and it is around these
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coastal areas that we will likely have some large waves, gales, and that could mean travel disruption. the winds will strengthen around this swirl of showers and spells of rain, which are moving up from the southwest. 0vernight rain moves into scotland and northern ireland, although it shouldn't be as wet in scotland as it has been today. temperatures in the central belt are likely to reach 10 degrees, which is an improvement on today. top temperature again will be around 12 degrees when we see some sunshine and fewer showers towards the south—east. low pressure still in charge as we head into good friday, there are some weather fronts bringing rain into spain and france, not far away from the south east of england. it looks like we will stay in showery air. there will be some sunshine at times, but as it warms upjust a little bit, we will see showers breaking out, they could turn heavy infantry, particularly for western areas. they could turn heavy and thundery, particularly for western areas. top temperature 13 or 1a on good friday. if you are travelling elsewhere, further afield into europe, the warmer air is going to be across the eastern side of europe
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on a southerly breeze and in the eastern side of the mediterranean. there could reach the mid—20s. for western europe, it is cooler weather, it is wetter, particularly across spain and portugal. but we still have that area of low pressure over the easter weekend. it will not be a wash—out, when the sun comes out it will feel quite warm, the trouble is that showers are not too far away, particularly in the west.
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