this is bbc news. the headlines. the bank of england says the economy will remain sluggish as it cuts growth forecast to 1.7%. interest rates growth forecast to i.7%. interest rates were unchanged at a record low of 0.25%. one of britain's most seniorjudges warn society will have blood on its handsif warn society will have blood on its hands if a suicidal teenage girl is released from custody without adequate supervision. figures show some mental health patients are spending years in acute unit awaiting discharge. a surgejailed after awaiting discharge. a surge jailed after carrying out unnecessary breast operations has had his sentence increased. the court of appeal ruled the 15 year jail sentence was unduly lenient and existed to 20 years. robert hardy has died at the age of 91. his family described him as a gruff, elegant, twinkly and always dignified.

playing catch up all the way through school, a damning report on hartlepool as children in england get on in class. —— how the poorest children. ina children. in a moment it is time for sportsday but first you look at what is coming up. we will hear up more tributes to actor robert hardy. as paris st germain and barcelona tussle over the final bill for neymar we will ask if the sky is the limit for footballers‘ wages. and if you‘re heading to you. you will be getting hot under the collar asa will be getting hot under the collar as a record—breaking heatwave sweeps the continent. now it is time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry. the headlines this evening:

we‘re live in enschede, holland, where injust over an hour england kick off against the netherlands in the semi—final of euro 2017. we‘ll also get the latest on the sensational deal everyone‘s talking about. i live in a paris were the neymar plans full—size gut rumbles on but it is inching slowly towards its multi—million pound conclusion. and we meet the man tipped to take over from usain bolt as the next big star in athletics. the talking stops at 7.45 england‘s women take on the hosts the netherlands in the semi—final of euro 2017 as they attempt to reach their first majorfinal since 2009. there‘ll be a full house in enschede where we can find our reporter david ornstein. is this a chance for england to

reach their first major title? in the absence of germany, spain and france, england are now the favourites for the tournament, the top ranked team left in it and they are expected to go all the way. they said that expectation of themselves. this would be a first major tournament victory for england after coming so close two years ago at the world cup when the got a bronze medal but this tournament has the feeling of a watershed moment for both the tournament as a whole and especially england. manager mark sampson said they want to go all the way and expect to leave a legacy for english woman‘s football. a lot of the focus has been onjodie taylor, in ridiculous form and on course to win the golden boot. how

much will england rely on her? the wrapping her up in cotton ball, i‘m sure. five goals in three games. she tipped to be slight injury and she was not playing so many games for her club but she has taken me to them by storm and is full of confidence. let‘s hearfrom her now. i have no doubt that we could make it this far and the whole squads had the belief. ithink it this far and the whole squads had the belief. i think maybe now the re st of the belief. i think maybe now the rest of the world are getting that belief also. i have no doubt we would be in the semifinal. we talk about the pressure of facing the hosts, england have been there before, the beat canada in the 2015 world cup. this will not faze them, will that? they play canada on home

soil in front of 52,000 excited canadians, a record of dutch crowd from woman‘s football is expected before 2000 and the ground. earlier this year we played the usa in new york in front of 30,000 american fa ns york in front of 30,000 american fans and they beat them as well. this will not faze england and they relish the prospect and want to become the best in europe and then the best in the world. they all have to start by beating the netherlands here tonight. if england win tonight, they will face either denmark or austria, the danes who knocked out the defending champions germany. austria had an excellent chance to take the lead, but sarah puntigam missed from the penalty spot. it‘s still 0—0 in the 2nd half. there‘s live commentary on bbc 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. england against the netherlands kicks off is at 7.45 with commentary on radio five live and of course live updates on the bbc sport website.

there‘s nobody who wants england‘s women to reach the final more than gloria sta pylton. she‘ll be glued to the tv tonight as her grand—daughter lucy bronze is part of the team to take on the dutch. but if england make it through to the final, gloria faces a bit of a fixture clash as mark tulip explains. that‘s the touch, and manchester city lead. she is one of the most inform footballs and the planet, lucy inform footballs and the planet, lu cy bro nze inform footballs and the planet, lucy bronze helped england to third place in the last world cup and her clu b place in the last world cup and her club to fa cup glory to the delight of gloria, her 81—year—old grandmother. but she is a sports woman in her own right, president of the 50—year—old lady section at a bowling club and has just become club champion and her team play in the nationalfinal

hours after the climax of the european championships on sunday. the choice had to be made. but why bowls are not football? it has taken me 25 years to qualify to play in the nationals were a lot of the big boulders and they are. i don‘t think we will achieve a winning but to fully there is sort of the pinnacle. it is like a little country town get to wembley and so i am happy we have got there and the next step is elusive winning that cup —— lucy winning that cup because she knows i love the nice cup. it's love the nice cup. it‘s her pride tinge of disappointment about the fixture class ? disappointment about the fixture class? i am bursting with pride. at first i was disappointed but i spoke to my two daughters and they said it is quite hectic in the sun and they

said, at my age, i probably couldn‘t have coped! so i am happy to watch on the television. action underway already in the europa league qualifiers, where aberdeen are playing the second leg of their tie against the cypriot side apollon limassol. leading 2—1 from the first leg, but derek mcinnes‘ men are behind early on. that limassol goal means they are now ahead in the tie on the away goals rule so aberdeen now have to score to keep their hopes alive. and injust over an hour, everton take a 1—0 lead to slovakia to face ruzomberok. we‘ve had a big development in what will be the biggest football transfer in the history of the game. the brazil superstar neymar is on the cusp on completing that move from barcelona to paris st germain. let‘s take you live to paris and our sports news correspondent richard conway.

richard, we‘re getting close? we area we are a fairly close. it has been a day of twists and turns. there is a release clause that must be paid, 220 million euros, lawyers for the player went to the offices in madrid to try and pay that money but they we re to try and pay that money but they were turned away and la liga say they want nothing to do with the deal. what has transpired and what we now know from barcelona is neymar‘s representatives went to barcelona was my club offices and they have paid the 222 million euros directly to the club and he is now in effect a free agent and now he waits to be signed by psg. all the obstacles seem to be clear after a difficult day for both club and player but it seems as though

everything is clear and it will perhaps be a matter of hours before neymar becomes a psg player. the city will go crazy. we are hearing the club shop is closed down and will reopen on sunday. nature pours a vacuum and so do journalists. i have a waiting all afternoon, the biggest indication before we got that barcelona ‘s statement came from the club shop. they closed a relief and papered over the windows and said they will be open exceptionally on sunday. what is going on we don‘t know but perhaps they are getting something special in terms of shirts and merchandise to do with neymar because this club will make a huge deal of this signing when it is announced and will want to make sure

the world knows this is a world record deal and will let everyone know about it. richard, we will be back with you once it is confirmed. the neymar transfer has got the world of football talking, here are the thoughts of arsenal boss arsene wenger. football is a long way now out of normal society and the numbers like nba basketball so it is not compatible any more to normal life but it was already out of context of society. it just becomes but it was already out of context of society. itjust becomes a little bit intellectual the numbers because you cannot calculate any more what it brings in, it isjust a number. so neymar‘s impending move will shatter the world record and has dominated football talk over the past few days, much like what happened in 1905 when alf common, moved from sunderland

to middlesbrough to become the first £1,000 signing in the game and sparking outrage at the exorbitant fee. the transfer record rose way above six figures until this man, trevor francis became football‘s first million—pound man in 1979 when he moved from birmingham to nottingham forest, who were league champions under brian clough. within a few months francis had paid back a large chunk of his fee when he scored the winner as forest won the european cup. so let‘s have a quick look at some other more recent transfer record breakers. alan shea rer‘s move back home to newcastle from blackburn in 1996 was for a record £15 million — newcastle fans would say that was money well spent. the likes of figo and zidane were the world‘s most expensive until this man, cristiano ronaldo, moved from manchester united to real madrid for £80 million in 2009. real then paid tottenham £85 million

for gareth bale four years later. that record was broken with paul pogba‘s £89 million transfer from juventus to united last summer. astronomical at the time — not so maybe now. we can now confirm for you and sportsday neymar has signed a five—year contract. neymar has left barcelona, £198 million he has been bought out others barcelona contract and neymar is a psg player. coming up, i am at old trafford were england hope to win the first test series in more than a year. wladimir klitschko has announced he‘s retiring from boxing. that mean‘s there‘ll be no rematch with anthonyjoshua.

we had been waiting for confirmation of another fight between the two in las vegas in november but the former world heavyweight champion has decided to hang up his gloves after 27 years. as an amateur he won gold at the atlanta olympics in 1996 before becoming the world heavyweight champion for over 10 years. at some point in our lives we need to orjust want to at some point in our lives we need to or just want to switch, at some point in our lives we need to orjust want to switch, cells and get ready for the next chapter. you need fresh challenges. obviously i am notan need fresh challenges. obviously i am not an exception to this and now it‘s my turn. i am honestly doing this with the greatest respect for the new challengers but also with tremendous excitement, passion, dedication, expecting and hoping my next career, which i have already been planning on working on for some yea rs, been planning on working on for some years, will be at as successful as my previous one. it‘s been a strange summer

for england and south africa in their test series. wild fluctuations of form have left the score 2—1 in england‘s favour with just the fourth test to come at old trafford starting tomorrow. but as patrick gearey explains, england don‘t usually do well in final matches of test series. to old trafford for the end of the series as changeable as the weather. from the applause to be sinking, then a renewal. joe route must feel he has been england captain for three years, not three matches. full of confidence after last week and the weather has not been ideal in terms of preparation but we got stuck in and made the most of it and looking forward to getting out. it isa looking forward to getting out. it is a new challenge on a new service against this site and we cannot take anything for granted or take them lightly at all. where next? indoors, for a start. england were kept out of the result although the under a

roof does not get you cover from everything. whether one of the many —— weather isn‘t one of the many unknowns. plenty for the growing staff to do to get the picture ready and plenty for england to do. they have lost the last match in eight of the last nine test series. south africa have bounced back in this series once already. they arrived with optimism and honesty. when one team is top for a couple of days... we have spoken about areas where we can improve and it is important to put that to bed. one tea m important to put that to bed. one team trying to win its first series ina year team trying to win its first series in a year and the other confident and capable of snatching it. all set

up and capable of snatching it. all set upfora and capable of snatching it. all set up for a classic, weather permitting, of course. golf, and there are some big names near the top of the leaderboard in the first round of the women‘s british open at kingsbarns — notably michelle wie. the american shot nine birdies in a brilliant eight under par round of 64. that‘s her lowest round in a major, and all after she dropped a shot at her second hole. wie leads by one shot, but britain‘s charley hull is also going well. manu tuilagi has been named in a 37—man england training squad for a three—day camp starting on saturday. the leicester centre hasn‘t played since january due to a knee injury and the last of his 26 caps came in the 2016 six nations. onto racing, the highly—rated filly winter won the feature race, the nassau stakes, at glorious goodwood. the odds—on favourite was ridden to victory by ryan moore, making it winter‘s fourth group one win of the season. blond me finished second, sobetsu third. with the world athletics championships just over 24 hours

away, the gb team have been speaking about their hopes for the next ten days in london. sports correspondent natalie pirks has been with the squad. it starts tomorrow night at the olympic stadium and from a british perspective we know who the big opening actors. sir mo farah is going for the 10,000 metres, the reigning back to mac world champion. —— back—to—back world champion. this is his last major championship. the performance director says we are in for a treat. every year certain things happen when it gets to a point where suddenly mo farah knows he is ready, last year it was the anniversary games, five k he was suddenly, we‘re ready. this year it was probably about 12 days ago.

tomorrow also provides the first look at usain bolt in the heats of the men‘s 100 metres and there has been big news was one of his main rivals for gold has pulled out with a hamstring injury. his absence and of course usain bolt not running the 200 metres at open things up even further for the british athletes. britain‘s second fastest 200 metre runner of all claim, blake, is not interested in anyone making comparisons between him and others. the sport is facing a changing of the guard but i believe we get too caught up in the mo farah and usain bolt, everybody wants to create their own legacy. i often get asked ifi their own legacy. i often get asked if i will be the next usain bolt but i want to be me. whatever i‘ve achieved in the future come on and off the track, i want to build my

own legacy and every athlete should be recognised in their own right. own legacy and every athlete should be recognised in their own rightm a post—olympic year standards tend to drop, injuries increase and the home