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among fans, fans groups, knowledge among fans, fans groups, andindeed knowledge among fans, fans groups, and indeed within the boardroom, within the administration of clubs. on the whole i would say that i want to see more coming from the people at the top of the football pyramid, the people who are the chief executive is correct in the boardroom, people who run football. they have a responsibility to do more and that is what is still holding us back. luton fan asks... why are british asians still so underrepresented both on the pitch and in the stands? this is a very complex issue. discrimination is an obvious factor which has played its pa rt obvious factor which has played its part historically. you would have to look at our old range of factors which
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would contribute to the non—breakthrough of a superstar of asian background in football. if you look at the academies and the work thatis look at the academies and the work that is being done by clubs to try to increase numbers coming through, with the hope of seeing the breakthrough, i think progress has been made will stop you will not see the breakthrough until you get one oi’ the breakthrough until you get one or two macro iconic success of guys coming through. really successful to talk to him. he gave us a lot of his time. you can read more in his first hand account of life growing up in peck on the bbc sport website. —— in peckham. a student from hull, who has cerebral palsy, is being flown to the other side of the world by his sporting hero in a bid to fulfil his dream job. commonwealth boxing champion tommy coyle is flying connor sweeney and his family out to the united states this autumn — when he fights in boston — for a once in lifetime opportunity. matt dean has the story. here's a boxer known for fighting with heart in the ring. tommy coyle
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has been showing heels has a heart out of it. conor sweeney is one of his biggest fanciful to recently he got to meet his hero but nobody could predict what was to follow. we started talking. he had never been on an aeroplane. he wanted to be a sports journalist. i thought, on an aeroplane. he wanted to be a sportsjournalist. ithought, hang ona minute, sportsjournalist. ithought, hang on a minute, i am fighting in america. i will have to get that on a plane and there will be reporters who need a story from hull. how about we take him out there, let him report on the story and put him on an aeroplane to get there? on my bucket list, one of the things was to fly. what did you feel when he said let's get you out to america? it was special. it means everything. because he is in a wheelchair and thinks he cannot do things. this has opened the door to him pursuing his career. i think he will love it. it'll be a brilliant time for him.|j am fortunate enough to get, not to
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the top, but to a high place and i think it is right to send the elevator back down and tried to bring someone up with me. there is no question he will be on a high when he heads to the united states this autumn, all due to tommy plasma knockout commitment. the jury in the ben stokes trial will begin their deliberations tomorrow. he denies the charge of affray. that's it from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. more now on the news that a doctor has won the right to return to practice after being struck off the medical register because of that death of a child in her care. the
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court of appeal said an earlier decision to suspend her for a year should stand. in the last hour or so we have been hearing from the mother who has been giving her reaction to the court of appeal ruling. been giving her reaction to the court of appeal rulinglj been giving her reaction to the court of appeal ruling. i was gobsmacked. i could not believe the phone call i received. it is beyond belief. i am disgusted and devastated. i cannot understand how someone can devastated. i cannot understand how someone can be charged with gross negligence, manslaughter, struck off the register by the general medical council and then be reinstated. she has been in front of nine high court judges. what are the other three saying, that the other six did not do theirjobs right? it makes a mockery of the justice system. i will tell you what, it sets a precedent for the doctors to be able to do whatever they want. you might
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as give them a green card and say, go on. it she did not make one mistake, two mistakes or three m ista kes mistake, two mistakes or three mistakes can she made 21 mistakes that day. all human errors except the one which was a system error. people keep forgetting that. i cannot believe that no one is interested... we are the people who have to go to these hospitals. i can probably guarantee you that because it is such a high—profile case, eve ryo ne it is such a high—profile case, everyone will lose trust and faith in the nhs. i'm sure i have. you cannotjudge all doctors in the nhs. i'm sure i have. you cannot judge all doctors and in the nhs. i'm sure i have. you cannotjudge all doctors and nurses with the same brash, i understand that. however, ido with the same brash, i understand that. however, i do now think, it does not matter. they have a green ca rd does not matter. they have a green card and they can do what they want. it is also now probably giving the others a chance, who have been
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struck off before, they can appeal that she has been charged with gross negligence, manslaughter. mine is not as bad as that. i will appeal. i think they have opened a can of worms. much more 011 think they have opened a can of worms. much more on that story throughout the evening on the bbc news channel. now it is time to look at the weather. we can cross the newsroom and join ben rich. todayis today is a mixed bag. we will see a bit of everything. today, there were sunny skies. but, in other places like southend, we saw storm clouds gathering. if you look at recent radar pictures, in the north and east of england we have vicious, thundery downpours. across scotland and northern ireland generally there was a lot of cloud and rain. there has been sunshine in the west. the showers in the eastern areas will tend to fade. much of england and
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wales will be a dry night, tending to turn cloudy. in northern ireland and scotland very cloudy with rain. temperatures quite madly across the south—eastern corner. tomorrow, across england and wales, we will see some sunshine. generally large amounts of clouds are particularly in the middle part of the day. more ina way in the middle part of the day. more in a way of cloud in northern ireland and scotland. rain staggering south eastwards. 17 degrees temperatures in glasgow and 20 in the south east where it will feel humid and murky. some of the cloud and patchy rain will stagger across northern ireland and southern scotla nd across northern ireland and southern scotland and the north of england. into wednesday a bit of a battle ground. high—pressure trying to take charge across the south. low pressure trying to bring frontal systems in. it will bring a day of mixed fortunes on wednesday. towards
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the south—east you can see spells of sunshine. quite warm. the north and west of wales will see bigger clouds with outbursts of heavy rain at times. quite breezy, particularly in the north—west with temperatures around 19, 20 across goal and done northern ireland. in the south—east mid—20s once again. how to wednesday and into thursday, about all of us should get a dose of rain. behind the cold front will get into cooler, fresh air everywhere. then, the next change thursday into friday year is that another area of low pressure will wind itself up bringing wet and windy weather into the north—west. mixed fortunes. thursday cooler and fresher for all of mixed fortunes. thursday cooler and fresherfor all of us. by mixed fortunes. thursday cooler and fresher for all of us. by friday it will be wet and windy, particularly in the north—west. at 10 this is bbc news. the headlines... a doctor who was struck off over
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the death of a six—year—old boy wins her appeal to practise medicine again. jack adcock died of sepsis. dr hadiza bawa—garba was convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence. i can't see myself being anybody else but i practising doctor serving the community. so of course when i got the news that i can be given the opportunity to work again i was very pleased trainer i'm disgusted, i'm devastated. i just cannot understand how someone can be charged with gross negligence manslaughter, struck off the register by the general medical council and then be reinstated. the murder of 25 —year—old model harry ozuka, two men are found guilty at the old bailey.
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