but they've now served their time and have been released. so the plight of nemleyjunior shows just how hard it can be to clamp down on wildlife trafficking, and to save the most endangered animals from extinction. david shukman, bbc news. the author michael bond, who created one of the best—loved children's characters, paddington bear, has died. he was 91. michael bond said paddington, the bear found at a railway station, reminded him of refugees during the second world war. his books sold more than 35 million copies, as our arts correspondent david sillito reports. it was just over 60 years ago on christmas eve that a young bbc cameraman, michael bond, saw a lonely toy bear sitting on a shelf in a department store. it inspired him to write a bear called paddington. a polite, optimistic but accident—prone immigrant

from darkest peru. he has a very strong sense of right and wrong, a very polite bear, rather based on my father. my father was a very polite man and always wore a hat in case he met somebody. had to have something to raise. paddington has a lot of him in it. "good afternoon," he said. "can i help you?" so the manners were from his father. but that opening scene with the station platform, he said there was in it an echo of his childhood in the 30s when he sanewish child refugees arrive in britain. but the world of paddington was, despite his many scrapes, a gentle place, rooted in the character of its duffle coat—wearing author. it really does feel very sad, particularly because the publishing party that he always comes to or i've always seen him is next week and so he will be really missed. he is the most lovely person.

i think it proves that children do still love those sort of quiet books. it is about the character. there's parsley. michael bond also wrote parsley the lion and the herb garden as long with dozens of other books, but nothing came close to paddington, the little accident—prone bear. from the books to the recent film, in which michael bond even made a brief cameo appearance. a little wave goodbye to his old friend. the author michael bond, who's died at the age of 91. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here is 11. theresa may won her first vote of parliament today but there was confusion over the government position and 7072 days more of this parliament to go. we will ask how long theresa may will last. join me now on bbc two. news

coming in that the retired court of appealjudge sir martin moore bickers apparently going to be appointed to lead the public inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. those hello and welcome to sportsday with me, damian johnson. ahead on the programme: business as usual for bolt, who eases to victory in his first european 100 metre race of his farewell season. chris froome set to put his faith in team sky and sign a new contract

on the eve of the defence of his tour de france title. and british number one, johanna konta, powers into round three at the pre—wimbledon eastbourne tournament with a straight sets victory. the 19—time world and olympic champion, usain bolt, made his first appearance of the season in europe this evening, in the czech city of ostrava. and, of course, the jamaican world record holder secured victory in the 100 metres. he coasted home in 10.07 seconds to continue his preparations for the world championships in london — which is now just over a month away. bolt, who was given a hero's welcome tonight, plans to retire from athletics after london. i'm just getting to some training.

i'll be fine when i get checked out by my doctor. the coach will give me some training, so i'll be fine. no worries. the four—time olympic gold medallist, mo farah, won his final 10,000 metre race on the iaaf circuit at the golden spike meet as well. he dominated the field to come home in a near world—best time this year of 27 minutes and 12 seconds. british women's number one johanna konta is through to the third round at the pre—wimbledon tournament at eastbourne. she beat the romanian sorana cirstea in straight sets 6—2, 6—2. ben croucher reports. you wait all yesterday to play in eastbourne, and then two matches come along at once. that is what johanna konta faced today. she beat sorana cirstea of romania and she didn't look like she expended

to much energy to beat her. johanna konta in her hometown, her opponent more at home on clay, and you could tell, with not too much variety in a one—sided match. the last time they met was that infamous federation cup tie, wherejohanna konta was left in tears following comments by ilie nastase. this time, her opponent was more upset and not able to cope with the barrage of winners coming her way. commentator: there it is, what a way to finish things off forjohanna konta. 0ne down, one to go, and not long to wait before facing the french open champion, jelena 0stapenko. the second seed in the men's draw forwimbledon, novak djokovic, has been in action at eastbourne today. after a near wash—out yesterday on the south coast, centre court was packed, as the world number four beat vasek pospisil in straight sets. it was djokovic's first match

on grass this season, and he was in a good mood as he looks to get his game in top form for next week. it's the first time djokovic has played at eastbourne and the first time in seven years he's appeared at a pre—wimbledon grass court tournament. world number one and defending champion andy murray has been confirmed as the top seed for wimbledon. it takes into account recent grass—court form with murray heading the "big four", as our tennis correspondent russell fuller explains. marcus willis is one of three british men into the final round of wimbledon qualifying. he beat compatriot liam broady in three sets in a gloomy roehampton today. he'll next play ukraine's illya marchenko for a place in the main draw. britain's chris froome is set to show his faith in team sky and agree a new contract, as he prepares to defend

his tour de france title. the team has been under scrutiny because of a uk anti doping investigation into alleged wrongdoing. that's still dominating the build—up to this year's tour, which gets under way next week. richard conway reports. tea m team sky had to face the music here in dusseldorf today. those big questions about its credibility, those questions coming into a tour de france in which chris froome all have to defend his title. sir dave b ra ilsfo rd have to defend his title. sir dave brailsford said all of the spotlight was on him. they're whizzing ongoing uk anti—doping investigation into exactly what happened with that jiffy bag that was delivered to sir bradley wiggins all those years ago. those questions will not go away, and will continue to dog this team throughout the tour and beyond, until those answers come. we are very focused on the race. we always come here. i have been involved in

the sport for a long time, and i've a lwa ys the sport for a long time, and i've always tried to do it in the way i think it should be done. i'm proud to be part of this team, proud to be sitting here, proud to be part of the sport. chris froome will have to get rid of all the doubt, all the uncertainty and the scrutiny, and focus on the task, which is getting across the line in paris in three weeks' time. to do that, he knows he will have to overcome hostility from some french fans. today, his message to the fans was that he is happy to be back in france, happy to be racing and looking forward to defending the title. for the french fans, the tour de france has always been a tradition to them, growing up and watching the tour. that is one of the special things of the race. families come with a picnic and a barbecue, and that is one of the beautiful things the tour de france

has that is unique. those fans shouldn't change anything. british taekwondo history has been made today. bianca walkden has become the first uk fighter to defend a world taekwondo championship title. walkden beat american jackie galloway 14—1; in the +73kg weight class in south korea. 0ur 0lympic reporter nick hope is in south korea. bianca walkden faced a very different challenge as she headed into these championships, compared to two years ago, when she entered as the underdog. then she was back from a second knee ligament injury, but she's gone on to become the world number one and bronze medallist at the olympics. her rivals couldn't get anywhere near threating heard today. after dominating the semifinal, she simply blitzed away through the final itself. she beat jackie

blitzed away through the final itself. she beatjackie galloway, 14-4. itself. she beatjackie galloway, 111—4. her coach said she should be considered one of the greatest of all time. it's really nice of him to say. he does put all the work in, day in, day out, and we would not be here without him. this is his as well, not just ours. here without him. this is his as well, notjust ours. not quite such good use for the olympic silver medallist who had not competed since his agonising second defeat in rio last year, and has struggled with injuries in the build—up. he looked well short of match fitness and went out in the second round. there will definitely be another gb medallist at the world taekwondo championships. at least a bronze medal is guaranteed. he was born on the ivory coast and came to the uk asa the ivory coast and came to the uk as a child, and took up taekwondo for self defence. two strong performances today, culminating in a crushing victory over a higher ranked fighter from iran.

crushing victory over a higher ranked fighterfrom iran. securing the world honour goes some way to making upfor the world honour goes some way to making up for his disappointment for his defeat in the rio bronze medallist match last year. also the prospect of double—0lympic champion jadejones prospect of double—0lympic champion jade jones taking to prospect of double—0lympic champion jadejones taking to the mat. this championship is the only one who has eluded her so far. few would back against her completing that grand slam in her career this week. sebastian vettel is under investigation by formula 0ne's governing body, after he appeared to collide deliberately with lewis hamilton during sunday's azerbaijan grand prix. vettel was handed a ten second stop—go penalty by stewards, but the fia will now re—examine the incident to decide whether they need to take further action against the four—time world champion. the title rivals banged wheels while following the safety car. chile are through to the final of the confederations cup, after beating european champions portugal on penalties. the match finished goalless after extra time. chile — helped by arsenal's alexis sanchez — slotted

three penalties in a row. by contrast, portugal saw all three of theirs saved by manchester city keeper claudio bravo. germany and mexico play the other semi tomorrow. persistent rain has seen today's women's cricket world cup game between south africa and new zealand abandoned. they were due to start at 1030 this morning in derby, but thanks to conditions like this, there wasn't a single ball bowled. new zealand and south africa are currently first and second in the eight team group stage — having both won their opening games. they each receive a point for today's result. 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 arejenni russell, columnist at the times, and steve hawkes, deputy political editor at the sun. tomorrow's front pages, starting with: the metro's front page is dominated by a picture from the hillsborough disaster — on the day six people were charged over the deaths of 95 football fans in 1989. the mirror's headline is "95 — manslaughter charges", with the paper showing the faces of all the victims from the disaster. the relatives of the victims are pictured on the front page of the guardian, as they called today's cps decision a "landmark". one of those charged, former chief superintendent david duckenfield, is pictured on the front of the telegraph. the paper also reports on what it sees as a day of confusion from the government

on public sector pay. the times reports on the apparent choice of the seniorjudge who will lead the inquiry into the grenfell tower disaster. the ft leads on a day of uncertainty for europe's bonds markets and currencies. a lot of the front pagesjude lead with the hillsborough decision, and six people facing charges in relation to that incident back in 1989. what we are going to do is start with the metro, which is focusing on this potential farce over the 1% pay cap. the labour party put forward an amendment to the queen's speech, that the pay cap should be dumped. it didn't pass, but a lot of debate over this. what this has exposed is the terrible trouble that