this is bbc news — i'm rachel schofield. the headlines at 10: on his second visit this week, president trump praises the people of texas as he meets those affected by flooding there. as tough as this was it's been a wonderful thing. i think even for the country to watch and the world to watch. it's been beautiful. the retired field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late lord brittan receive compensation from the police, overfalse child abuse accusations. more than m00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless or displaced — after catastrophic flooding across several south asian countries a campaign group says hundreds of homes have been burned down in one village — as tens of thousands head to bangladesh. and investigators say the chemical cloud that affected parts of east sussex last weekend, may have been caused by emissions from shipwrecks.

good evening and welcome to bbc news. president trump has been visiting texas for the second time in a week in the aftermath of storm harvey. earlier he visited a relief centre in houston for the victims of the flooding. mr trump had previously faced criticism for not meeting survivors when he travelled to the state four days ago. last night, the white house asked congress to approve six million pounds in emergency funding. the president is now travelling to neighbouring louisiana, which was also badly hit. speaking from the relief centre in houston, the president said those affected by the tragedy had praised the response by authorities. really, i think people appreciate what's been done.

it's been done very efficiently, very well, and that's what we wanted. we are very happy with the way everything has gone. a lot of love. there's a lot of love. what did the families tell you? they were just happy. we saw a lot of happiness. it's been really nice. it's been a wonderful thing. as tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing. i think even for the country to watch, and for the world to watch. it's been beautiful. have a good time, everybody. i'm going to be doing a little help over here. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:40 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are nigel nelson, who's the political editor at the sunday mirror and people, and the political commentator, jo phillips. the metropolitan police has confirmed, it's paid compensation, to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan.

both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, who's now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. here's tom symonds. they were claims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain. child sexual abuse and murder. after a 1k month investigation which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. but not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britain's most senior former military figures. lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died. and harvey proctor, once a conservative mp. names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still can't be named for legal reasons. a retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility. applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies. and the investigation went on too long. it's thought lord bramall and lord brittan‘s family have received around £100,000 each in compensation from the police. i've never complained

about being investigated. it was only the heavy—handed and very unintelligent way that they went about it. i mean, i think they could have said... if they'd taken any trouble to put their effort onto questioning the so—called victim, i think they would have found it was very unlikely. but harvey proctor has not settled. he lost hisjob and his home when he became embroiled in operation midland. negotiations between mr proctor‘s lawyers and the police continue. the man who made the original allegations is himself being investigated, to see whether he deliberately misled the police. tom symonds, bbc news, scotland yard. more than 11100 people have died and

40 more than 11100 people have died and a0 million have more than 1a00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless 01’ a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after catastrophic flood across several salvation countries. parts of india, including mumbai, are under water. nearly 60,000 refugees from myanmar‘s rohinga muslim minority, have fled the country, to neighbouring bangladesh. the exodus follows weeks of violence, involving rohinga militants, and a counter—offensive launched by the myanmar military, in the largely buddhist state. hundreds of people have died. earlier i spoke to 0lof blomqvist from the human rights campaign group, amnesty international who says he's very concerned about the situation... it's very difficult to know exactly what's going on inside myanmar these days. because rakhine state in the north has been completely sealed off from the outside world. there are no journalists or human rights observers allowed to enter.

but stories like the ones we've just heard from your report are gradually coming out from refugees who made it across. it sounds like it's a very horrific situation going on across the border. we are hearing stories about people being killed, villages being burnt, and people are pointing fingers at the myanmar security forces or against rohingya. one thing that's particularly worrying is that there is a sense of history repeating itself in the worst possible way. last year we saw a very similar response by the myanmar military to a similar attack by the same armed group. they responded with a vicious, months—long campaign, where they burnt villages, they tortured, they raped, they killed people in what amounted to crimes against humanity. and there is a real sense that the same events are unfolding again. what you say there of course highlighting the fact there has long been abuse, one might say, of the rohingya muslim minority communities.

can you explain a little bit of context about where this historically has come from? sure. this is not the situation that has come out of thin air at all. this is a minority that's lived under very, very severe discrimination in myanmar for many decades. they live segregated from much of the rest of the population. there are restrictions to their movements. they find it incredibly difficult to go to schools, to go to hospitals, or to gain employment. they are being trapped in a very harsh cycle of poverty and repression. these are some of the root causes behind a lot of what we are seeing. there have also been several examples of waves of violence against the rohingya over the last few years by the myanmar army. tens of thousands of people live in camps in desperate conditions inside myanmar. there are a lot of long—standing rights abuses going on. what about the role

of the international community, because there has been condemnation of the de facto head of the government, aung san suu kyi, and also the government situation, we know, is quite complex? absolutely. you are really almost talking about two government in myanmar, where you have the civilian government that is being led by aung san suu kyi. and you also have a military government which is controlled not just by the security forces, but also a lot of other very important part of the government. so you are talking about almost two very different sides of the same government. having said that, it is clear that aung san suu kyi has failed in both her political and moral obligations to do more to end the situation. even if ultimately it is the military who is responsible for the abuses. in terms of the international community, i think we need to see much more pressure on this situation to end it as as soon as possible. to end it as soon as possible.

because it really is spiralling out of control. in the meantime, while the political situation is looked at, what about the immediate help for those people, we have seen refugees fleeing from a really desperate situation? yes, absolutely. bangladesh has officially closed its border. like we saw from your reporter now, on the ground there is a huge amount of compassion for people. a lot of border guards who have simply looked the other way and have let people into the country. having said that, we are looking at a potential humanitarian crisis. this is one of the poorest parts of bangladesh already. there are hundreds of thousands of refugees who have lived there for years. and the fact that so many people have poured across the border in such a short space of time. it means that the few resources there are being strained even further. what we really want to see is the bangladeshi government do everything it can to allow aid groups to access refugees to do what they can. but it's also clear

that they will need international support in doing this. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news tonight. a man has been arrested, after a bolt from a crossbow, was fired into the oval cricket, ground during a match. it happened on thursday, as surrey played middlesex. armed police evacuated the stadium in south london, and the game was abandoned. the 35—year—old man who was arrested, has been released on bail. he'd been detained on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm. labour has rejected claims — by a former shadow minister — that it's failing to confront the truth about gangs who groom and abuse children. sarah champion, the mp for rotherham, stepped down last month after claiming that the country had a problem with british pakistani men raping white girls. in a newspaper interview this morning, she said labour politicians in london had not been challenged by a reality different from what she described as their tolerant world. the northern ireland secretary of state james brokenshire is to meet the five main political parties at stormont on monday. it follows sinn fein‘s rejection of a dup proposal

to restore power—sharing. the executive, led by the two main parties, collapsed at the beginning of they year during a scandal over a botched renewable heating scheme. a grammar school — which forced pupils to leave half—way through their course because of their exam results — has reversed its decision. parents at st 0laves in south—east london began legal action, after students who did not get at least a b—grade at as—level were told they could not continue. the lawyer representing the families says the school has changed its mind. sian griffiths is the education editor at the sunday times. high performing schools like st 0laves are increasingly trying to manage out pupils that are not expected to very high targets when they sit their a—levels at the end of sixth form. now, some people would say, well, i would sort of expect that, in an independent school? i have heard stories of that happening, people have a quiet word at the end of your gcses.

but at what is, essentially, a school that could be open to anyone, although selective in terms of a grammar school, this seems brutally unfair? a lot of parents would say, you know, suddenly people are told you are not really welcome any more. what's going on here? i think what's happening, and certainly at the end of gcses, if you don't get good gcses, i think it's very, very common for most schools now, most good schools, to say you need a certain number of gcse grades to get through to the sixth form. because otherwise you are not equipped to cope with the level of study? otherwise you are not equipped to cope with it. the bar has been getting higher and higher. five b grades is very normal now at gcse, before you can go into the sixth form and sit a—levels. it used to be much lower than that. i think what's happening is that schools are now, in these league tables, they are absolutely measured by their performance in a—levels and gcses. the very top schools, and st 0laves is one of our best state schools, really rely on pupils doing exceptionally well at gcse and a—level, and they see themselves as very academic schools.

children who don't meet those academic standards, i think they feel this is not the right school for them. we've seen a legal situation here. what do we know about the legal framework around decisions like this? i think this is what is unusual about what has happened. first of all, it's quite unusual to be asked to leave at the end of the first year in six form. because you are so far into the course? because you are so far into the course. it's very hard to find another school. you are halfway through your a—levels. i think it's kind of accepted that if they accept you into the sixth form, they accept you for two years. but what is extremely unusual about this case is that parents have said no, you want to manage our children out — i don't think so. they have taken legal action. 0n the back of that legal action, the department for education has come up with some guidance and it has made it very clear that it is actually illegal to throw out a child halfway through the six form, and the school has had to back down. and that is quite unprecedented. what do you think of the wider lessons of this story? is it that there is an issue with children who aren't geared up

to do a—levels and do well in them and they are not being offered the right choices, they are not being guided correctly? or is it that schools are under too much pressure with league tables? what do you make of the context of this? i mean, i have a lot of sympathy for this headteacher, actually. he is an exceptionally good headteacher, aydin 0nac. when he went to fortismere school in north london, he very much pushed up standards there. 0n the one hand, these schools are under immense pressure to perform. but they also want to perform well for the children who are in the schools. if you want to go to 0xford or cambridge, or one of the top universities, this is where these schools are sending children. you have to get a string of a*s, not only at gcse, but also at a—level. so, headmasters like this are really raising the bar. it's very, very tough. i think what he's done in this case is wrong, and i think it's completely wrong to throw out children halfway through the six form. but what he's saying to the children is you have to perform better, you have to do better than this. you can do better this. just in terms of how children can be offered the right thing,

being told if you are not hitting a b grade it is time to move on, do you think the problem is that our expectations are now too high? should we be helping children come up with different alternatives if they can't quite make the grade? is there another on offer for children like that? where were they expecting these children to go, and what do they expect them to do? 0nce they've got into the sixth form of a school like st 0laves, they must be very academically bright children, otherwise they wouldn't have got in the first place. so, i know that he asked some children to sign contracts that they would improve their performance, which is also quite standard practice in top schools now. i think what you have to remember all the time is that our kids in this country are now competing in a global economy forjobs. if you look at what's happening in the far east nations, where they are so far ahead of us in terms of standards, and you look at how much pressure it puts on those kids, that is starting to happen here.

that is just the situation we are in. we are in a global economy, it is a global competition forjobs and our standards are continuously being raised so that we compete with other nations. the headlines on bbc news: 0n on his second visit this week president trump praises the people of texas as he meets those affected by flooding there. more than 1a00 people have died and a0 million have been left homeless 01’ a0 million have been left homeless or displaced after flooding across several south asian countries. the retired field marshal lord bramall and the family of the late lord brittan receive compensation from the police over false child abuse allegations. coming up at10:a0pm coming up at 10:a0pm at 11:30pm we have the papers. nigel nelson, the political editor at the sunday mirrorand

political editor at the sunday mirror and people, and the political commentatorjoe phillipsjoins mirror and people, and the political commentatorjoe phillips joins me. just to give you a flavour of that, we can show you the front pages. theresa may is facing a revolt from remain supported conservative mps over the upcoming brexit bill. the same story in the sunday telegraph, tory rebels being told to back brexit or getjeremy corbyn. the sunday times also leading with a brexit story, saying the reason may secretly agreed a £50 million divorce bill with the eu. —— saying theresa may secretly agreed. and the express front page has the news that ian brady, who died in may, left presents the pen pals including blocks of his hair —— left presents for his pen pals including locks of his hair. we will be

discussing that and more a little later. the us—led coalition says it has carried out air strikes against more than twenty so—called islamic state vehicles trying to come to the aid of an is convoy trapped for days in the syrian desert. the is fighters recently surrendered an enclave on syria's border with lebanon, and under a deal struck with the lebanese hezbollah movement, they were to be allowed to travel across syria to is held territory in the east. but the us—led coalition is blocking their path. well alan johnston, who's the world service middle east analyst, told me a little earlier about who was in the convoy. we are talking about 300 is fighters, give or take a view, is fighters, give or take a few, who have been holding onto a stretch of territory in the barren mountains on the border between syria and lebanon. they were on the point of being defeated there when they managed to make a deal with the lebanese militant group hezbollah, and the syrian government. the terms of the deal were that they would stop fighting, they would surrender, but in return they would be able to gather up their families and head eastwards to the last province in syria that is still under is control. that plan was put into action.

they were all gathered up and put into 17 buses, which headed eastwards. but the us led coalition was no part of that deal. the us coalition is very active in eastern syria. it didn't want to see these hardened jihadis dumped into that territory where they could take sanctuary and fight again. the us led coalition warplanes did everything they could to stop the convoy reaching that is province. they blew up a road, blew up a bridge and managed to trap the convoy in the desert. so what happens next? what are the americans proposing to do? well, we have a really extraordinary stand—off here. we haven't seen anything like this in the many twists and turns of this terrible war in syria. of course, if those buses contained only is fighters, there is no doubt at all that the us led coalition would have simply destroyed those buses.

but, of course, more than half the people on board this convoy are the family of the fighters, the women, the children, the elderly, wounded people and so on. so you have a humanitarian drama unfolding. the latest we hear is that, from the hezbollah organisation, which is overseeing this operation, that the convoy is actually split in two and the bulk of the buses have moved into some sort of no man's land very close to is territory. but the us—led coalition warplanes have trapped it there again. according to hezbollah, the us coalition is not allowing humanitarian relief to get to those buses, and we have a very difficult situation developing for, as i say, wounded people, elderly people, children and so on on those buses. 12 british people have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a

major drug dealing room. there were held by police in a series of raids in barcelona and the spanish island of majorca. cocaine was seized, along with £100,000 in cash as well as ecstasy and cannabis. the investigation into the chemical cloud which affected parts of east sussex last sunday is looking into the possibility that it may have been caused by emissions from known shipwrecks in the channel. the beach at birling gap, near eastbourne, was closed until the haze disappeared. the maritime and coastguard agency is now investigating — as adina campbell reports. a mysterious mist which engulfed holidaymakers in east sussex. it led to birling gap beach, near beachy head, being evacuated, after people reported having irritated eyes, sore throats, and vomiting. i had a bit of a dry chest. and then, as we came off the beach, then it really kind of hit, and we were all kind of coughing a little bit. and my children were really, really upset, because their eyes

were really painful. coastguard rescue teams raced to help clear the area, but by the end of sunday evening, around 150 people had to be treated, with others reporting discomfort. sussex police said those who required treatment experienced mostly minor effects. monitoring equipment was used at the time to try and identify the cause, but the readings were inconclusive. the maritime and coastguard agency now think the gas may have come from one of the many shipwrecks in the english channel. it is also investigating discharges from passing ships or lost cargo as a possible cause. ina in a moment we will be joined by bbc 0ne viewers for a round—up of today's news. but first, here is the weather with nick miller. a lovely start of the weekend with

the exception of some sharp showers in east anglia. skies like this, but sunshine harder to come by tomorrow. this was today's weather. this atlantic weather system coming in. in fact, through the night we are going to see outputs of rain spreading across northern ireland and reaching into western fringes of scotland, wales and south—west england. the wind picking up with this as well, gales developing through the irish sea. high cloud spreading further east across the uk. all of that means temperatures aren't going down as far as they have done on recent nights. there willjust be a few of the clearest part, eastern scotland and eastern england, thatjust dip down into single figures in the countryside. let's take a look at things in the morning. some wet and windy pictures across south—west england and wales, with heavy bursts of rain. the wind direction will favour the heaviest rain into south facing hills. look at the contrast to the east. some hazy sunshine around here. fairly pleasant start of the day. some in the east will stay dry all day, although the cloud will thicken further as the wind picks up.

rain knocking on the door of north—west england. it will be in no hurry to come in. rain pushing across northern ireland overnight, into much of south—west scotland. at this stage, the north and east are mainly dry. this weather system, once it is into the west, it really doesn't want to move further east with any great haste. so, what we find is just gradually some outbreaks of rain affecting parts of north—west england, the midlands, western parts of south—east england, pushing into the north—west of scotland. down the eastern side of scotland, for much of eastern england, we are likely to stay dry, though cloud increasing. quite cool with the rain. quite pleasant if you have some hazy sunshine. it could be a lot worse for stage one of the tour of britain, the cycling getting under way at edinburgh here. a lot of cloud around here, increasing breeze, but much of the day it will be dry. as we look through sunday evening, still a bit patchy rain set to feed further east across east anglia and the south—east of england. a lot of low cloud, mist and hill fog in the west as well. this weather system just grinding to a halt across the uk on monday. because it's there, expect a lot of cloud on monday. not a huge amount of rain, just some patchy, mostly

light rain and drizzle. a few brighter breaks coming through east anglia, south—east england. another weather system bringing more rain back to parts of scotland and northern ireland through the day. president trump returns to texas, to meet victims of the storm that's killed a5 people, and forced more than a million from their homes. handing out food with the first lady, he said he was hopeful congress would approve, a multi—billion dollar aid package. we're signing a lot of documents to get money into houston. 7.9 billion. we signed it and it's going through a very quick, hopefully very quick process we'll be live in texas with the very latest. police confirm compensation has been paid to lord brammall and the family of the late home secretary lord brittan, both falsely accused of child sexual abuse.

thousands of rohinga moslems continue to flee a military crackdown in myanmar, amid claims of atrocities including murder and rape. and what a goal. ben woodburn, who's just 17, scores on his debut for wales, in their world cup qualifier against austria. good evening. president trump has been meeting survivors of tropical storm harvey in texas, his second visit to the state in a week. he's asked congress for an initial near £8 billion worth of funding to help the recovery effort after the devastating floods, but some say their situation

has been made worse, by reports the white house is considering ending an amnesty for thousands of illegal migrants, who came to the us as children, many of whom live in texas. well, james cook is in houston for us tonight. the merit houston says more than 15 times the initial amount will be needed from houston alone if it is to begin to recover —— the mayor of houston. it has also been a demanding week for the commander—in—chief, donald trump. americans look to their president. he's expected, required, to show empathy, leadership and unity. today, donald trump did deliver hugs and handshakes. and over the past week, the commander—in—chief‘s response to this hurricane has been praised as rapid and effective. nice to see you.

go ahead, take a picture. it's been really nice. it's been a wonderful thing. as tough as this was, it's been a wonderful thing. i think even for the country to watch, and for the world to watch. it's been beautiful. so far, the storm has claimed more than a5 lives. it's damaged or destroyed 100,000 homes, and left more than1 million people displaced. and yet, president trump spent the eve of this visit talking about scrapping a policy that protects young undocumented immigrants. the devastation wreaked by hurricane harvey is plain to see here. texas is barely beginning to count the cost. and many people here are astonished that the president would choose this moment even to mention immigration. and we have a lot of distilled waterfor the babies. jessica's home was flooded, and now she's helping others. brought here illegally at the age of four, she's among 200,000 texans who face being fired and deported if president trump now keeps his campaign promise. it's a complete slap in the face.

i mean, you see people that are struggling, your initial reaction is to help them, and his is the complete opposite. he knows what he is doing. he knows the effect that this will be in the community. the white house says the president will announce his decision on tuesday. even as he lends a helping hand, unity may be out of reach. but amid the suffering here, there is beauty. this video has inspired millions. for the victims and the survivors of hurricane harvey, it is both lament and anthem. james cook, bbc news, houston. the metropolitan police has confirmed it's paid compensation to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan. both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, who's now being investigated, for allegedly perverting the course of justice.

here's tom symonds. they were claims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain. child sexual abuse and murder. after a 1a month investigation which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. but not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britain's most senior former military figures. lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died. and harvey proctor, once a conservative mp. names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still can't be named for legal reasons. a retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility. applications for search warrants contained inaccuracies. and the investigation went on too long. it's thought lord bramall and lord brittan‘s family have received around £100,000 each in compensation from the police. i've never complained about being investigated. it was only the heavy—handed

and very unintelligent way that they went about it. i mean, i think they could have said... if they'd taken any trouble to put their effort onto questioning the so—called victim, i think they would have found it was very unlikely. but harvey proctor has not settled. he lost hisjob and his home when he became embroiled in operation midland. negotiations between mr proctor‘s lawyers and the police continue. the man who made the original allegations is himself being investigated, to see whether he deliberately misled the police. tom symonds, bbc news, scotland yard. thousands of members of myanmar‘s rohinga moslim

minority, are continuing to flee across the border into neighbouring bangladesh. they're escaping a military crackdown, after rohinga militants attacked police positions a week ago. it's now thought nearly 60,000 have fled, and human rights groups are accusing the myanmar army of atrocities. they claim satellite imagery shows hundreds of fires in rohinga villages in rakhine state, and in one area 700 homes were torched. myanmar is a mainly buddhist country, and the moslem rohingas according to the un, are a persecuted minority. sanjoy majumder has been to a refugee camp on the bangladesh—myanmar border, and sent us this report. exhausted and traumatised after escaping death. many of these rohingyas have walked for hours across hills, and through paddy fields to avoid shot before making it here. these are fresh arrivals, rohingyas who have just arrived after crossing the border. and with every passing hour, there are more and more of them coming. there is absolutely no space left any more, so they are just living on any piece

of open ground that they can find, and many of them have the most disturbing testimony to share. i meet a man who is nursing a bullet wound in his foot. he tells me that his village, just across the border, was allegedly attacked by the myanmar military and armed civilian mobs. translation: so many people were killed. theyjust set fire to everything. ijust ran. there were people whose throats were slashed with knives. they were shooting at us and i got hit. and from inside myanmar‘s rakhine state, the scars of violence. entire villages burned down. there's not a house left standing. this is where the myanmar military have been carrying out a massive crackdown, following an attack last week by a rohingya militant group on dozens of police police. rights campaigners say the use of force has been massive and indiscriminate.

the situation seems to be one where it is rapidly sliding towards a precipice. you have a situation where many people are on the move, significant areas of rakhine state are on fire. as for those who have managed to flee the fighting, they are building temporary shelters and trying to make a home for themselves. bangladesh, after initially trying to stop them coming, is now letting them in. for the survivors, this represents freedom. it's come at a cost and they are still uncertain about what lies ahead. sanjoy majumder, bbc news, at the bangladesh myanmar border. the un now says as many as a1 million people have been affected, by heavy monsoon rains across south asia, leading to the worst flooding in the region for several years. across india, bangladesh and nepal,

and at least 1a00 people have lost their lives. 0ur correspondent, justin rowlatt, has sent us this report from the city of katihar, in one of the worst affected regions, bihar state, in north east india, where hundreds have died. where we're going can only be reached by boat. the only dry place for miles around is on top of this great embankment, but the embankment that now protects the villagers is the reason the floods had such a catastrophic impact. the torrential rains transformed the normally placid river, the pressure grew and grew. so what happened, the embankment holding back the river breached and the water came crashing in here, sweeping away half the village, devastating their homes, devastating their lives. translation: it felt like we were hit by an ocean of water, ijust ran for my life, taking my children with me.

i didn't have time to save anything. everything i own has gone. this man showed me what the floods had done to his home. 0h! look at this. so, he said the whole place was flooded with water. the water was above his head and came rushing through here. you can see, it'sjust left absolutely terrible mud behind. so, he says for three days they had no food at all and then some people came, bringing food. some relief for them. he said there wasn't enough room to stay on the embankment so he had to bring his family down here, including his three—year—old child. to live amongst this filth. it is eid today, one of the great festivals of islam. like most of the village, this family is muslim. for the first time since the catastrophe they are having

meat, but there was little appetite for celebration. tens of thousands of communities across south asia have similar stories of horror and destruction to tell. the only good news here, is that everyone in this village survived. justin rowlatt, bbc news, bihar. with all the sport, here's karthi gna nasegaram at the bbc sport centre. clive, good evening. wales have beaten austria in their world cup qualifier this evening with the winning goal coming from 17—year—old, ben woodburn, who was making his international debut. wales's win means they can qualify for the world cup in russia but they are still in third place in theirgroup. patrick gearey reports. together, stronger, the slogan of the summer of 16, the spirit of that

run to the semis of the euros lingers, wales are still together, but stronger, in world cup qualifying they are yet to convince, too many chances not taken, close no longer good enough. to reach russia they might need for victories from four, including against austria, all very close, all very tense, and the pressure drove wales forward, just in time for gareth bale. the austrian keeper had seen him do that before, but ben woodburn still has the power of surprise and like gareth bale, he is only 17 and these we re gareth bale, he is only 17 and these were his first moments as an international footballer and this was his first shot. the teenager born in england who chose to play for wales scoring the goal which keeps alive his nation's chances of reaching the world cup, where on earth do you go from here? wales will hope to russia. the republic of ireland are in the same group as wales and are unbeaten after seven matches. martin 0'neil‘s side remain

in second place after a 1—1 draw with georgia this evening. they are just two points behind group leaders, serbia. lewis hamilton has broken the record for the number of pole positions in formula one. the mercedes driver surpassed michael schumacher‘s landmark by taking the 69th pole of his career in difficult, wet conditions at the italian grand prix. nottinghamshire 0utlaws are cricket's twenty20 champions after beating the birmingham bears by 22 runs at edgbaston. the two sides won their semi finals earlier in the day. nottinghamshire hit 190—a off their 20 overs in the final but birmingham struggled to reach their target. nottinghamshire are now champions of the t20 blast and the 50 overs competition this year. in rugby union, saracens started their premiership season with an excellent 55—2a win over northampton saints. sean maitland scored a first half hat—trick for the european champions who ran in nine tries in total.

while also today london irish made a victorious return to the top flight and wasps beat sale. and in the expanded pro1a, title holders scarlets beat a new side in the competition, south africa's southern kings by 57—10. and there were wins for 0spreys, leinster, glasgow. that is all the sport for now. the first pedestrians have walked across the queensferry crossing, the new road bridge over the firth of forth. among was them was the first minister nicola sturgeon, and by the end of the weekend 50,000 people are expected to have made thejourney, taking in magnificent views. but crossing by foot is just for a few days, with the road officially opening to traffic next week. catrina renton reports. this is something we won't see again. for two days only, 50,000 people are getting the chance to walk over the new queensferry crossing,

chosen in a ballot from almost a quarter of a million people who put their names forward for this moment in history. this bridge could be operational for 120 years. this is something isaac can tell all his family about. i know, we've taken lots of photos, so he'll have the memories in the photos if he doesn't remember it himself. it sits alongside the forth bridge, the railway crossing, built in the 19th century. and the forth road bridge, opened in 196a. a new crossing for the 21st—century. it's a chance to sample this feat of engineering, 1.7 miles long and the tallest in the uk. these are the people who have been lucky enough to be chosen to walk over the bridge, they are taking every opportunity to relish this. this road will soon become a motorway so this is a once—in—a—lifetime opportunity for these people to experience the bridge up close and personal. nine—year—old woody's family watched the bridge being built as they drove over the old one. i thought it's done. i was so excited, my heart was pounding.

the first ministerjoined walkers, taking pictures and soaking up the atmosphere. there's such a feeling of pride on the part of everyone i have spoken to, a real sense this is a scottish icon and it will become one of the most recognisable bridges anywhere in the world. today's memories will be passed down the generations. catriona renton, bbc news, on the queensferry crossing. that's it. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. but from me and the team, have a very good night.