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pc palmer's widow says her husband was left "in a vulnerable location, with no protection, to die". the widower of aysha frade also responded to the findings. we hope that, as part of her legacy, lessons will be learned preventing other families from being in this situation in the future. aysha will be forever our guiding light and even though our family will never be the same without her, we will continue to fight against the injustice of her futile death. the first grenfell tower survivor to give evidence to the inquiry descibes being pushed back by thick black smoke as he tried to escape. time's running out for survivors of the indonesian earthquake and tsunami, as rescue teams struggle to reach remote areas that were hit. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news... we'll have more details on the prime minister's plans to boost housing,
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which were announced at the conservative party conference today. ahead of this year's riba stirling prize, we'll be looking at each of the entries — and tonight, it's the turn of the sultan nazrin shah centre, a floating auditorium at worcester college in oxford — designed by niall mclaughlin architects. and later this evening we'll be taking a look at what makes the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers in the papers. our guests this evening will be kate proctor, political correspondent for the evening standard, and kevin schofield, the editor of politicshome. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. messi comes to wembley — but with barcelona misfiring, this could be the perfect opportunity for spurs to beat the spanish giants. steve bruce is sacked by aston villa —
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who'll replace him? and who'll be the next high profile manager to go? and andrew strauss steps down from his role as england's director of cricket. also coming up in the programme... four world championships on the bounce — jonathan rea says he has no plans to move on from superbikes. that danger element is always there but i talked about my racer‘s brain. i have this ability to close my eyes and go into my zone, my happy place. good evening — thanks forjoining us on sportsday. if you're a superbikes fan you won't want to miss that chat withjonathan rea coming up
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for you later, but we'll start with tonight's champions league football. there's a lot of excitement around one tie in particular — tottenham against barcelona. barca haven't been themselves so far this season, only two points on the board from a possible nine in the league, and conceding goals galore. so is this the best chance spurs will have to beat them and the legendary lionel messi? patrick gearey‘s been taking a look. how do you stop a player who can do this? at his best, lionel messi seems to defy physics, let alone tactics. and what he does for argentina he does far more regularly for barcelona. 103 champions league goals to his name. for tottenham's striker, a source of inspiration. he is still scoring goals, it motivates
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me to get even better and improve and hopefully one day score as many if not more than what he has. white strong words but kane is part of a weakened squad. no sign of several key players, nearly half a team missing. but the glass is half full for the boss. because we don't have some players today in the squad available, 0k, some players today in the squad available, ok, i prefer not do the effort and 3—0 for barcelona and we prepare the next game. because that is the mentality. it is not like this. we believe that we are going to win. and he can take heart from barcelona not been particularly barcelona not been particularly barcelona like in recent weeks. two draws and a defeat from the last three games before they arrive at wembley. might change of scene a change of form? pelle the most
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beautiful thing in football is that after two or three days you have another opportunity. we are the first ones to be critical of ourselves. the only time spurs have played barcelona previously is a match the goalkeeper ray clemence will not watch back many times. even the best have bad nights, tottenham will hope it is a lionel messi's turn. well in place at wembley is our football correspondentjohn murray, who'll be commentating on the match for bbc radio 5 live alongside andy townsend. well, the best part of 90,000 people will be inside wembley stadium tonight and it is the first time that barcelona have played wembley since 2011. lionel messi will be here, perhaps the last time he plays at wembley and totte n ha m time he plays at wembley and tottenham really need something from this match, andy. they do because the first game against inter milan
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it appeared they had done enough and then they lost concentration when it mattered most importantly of the back—end of a game. i think that typifies and sums up champions league football perfectly in the sense that you can have a sparkling performance, you can play great foot ball performance, you can play great football but if you knock off for a split second, lose your focus, just don't concentrate right to the last minute, against the sort of teams with the players that they have, they will punish you. tonight, i the biggest key for spurs is, yes, they wa nt biggest key for spurs is, yes, they want to win. it's not the end of the world if they don't but i think it is very disappointing in particular if they lose tonight. concentrate right the very last. people are saying barcelona are on the slide, they have won two points from the last three matches. they have only got lionel messi and luis suarez, gerard piquet... but apparently they're on the slide. what i will
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says it is certainly not the barcelona of perhaps eight to ten years ago. they were outstanding, the best of a particular period. i do not think they are there but it would be foolish to turn round and assume that because of a few bad results of late that they are significantly on the side. i don't think that either. they have got too many big match, big—game experience guys who know what it is all about into place like this. we will see how it unfolds tonight. and it will be with me for commentary on five live and the programme is on air from 7pm tonight with mark chapman. liverpool are at napoli tonight — and the italian side's manager carlo ancelotti has been very flattering about his opposition. he's called them "one of the strongest teams in europe" — but the liverpool bossjurgen klopp isn't falling for any of that sweet talk.
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it is tactics, it starts already. carlo is so long in the business and he wants to tried to bring the very nice fella out of me, let me say it like this. i'm here to be ready for a real battle. and tonight you can keep up—to—date with all the goals and action from the champions league with 5 live final score on iplayer, the bbc sport app or by pressing your red button from 7pm. it's the highest profile manager sacking of the season so far — steve bruce has had his contract terminated at aston villa. villa are 12th in the championship — with one win in nine league games. bruce had been in charge for the past two years. darren fletcher, formerly manchester united, now stoke city, is with me to take a look at today's football headlines. poor old steve bruce, that is not steve bruce. had a cabbage thrown at
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yesterday, today he lost his job. keeping it was a fair decision from aston villa? i think the cabbage was totally out of order, it's happen to anybody. secondly, ithink totally out of order, it's happen to anybody. secondly, i think steve bruce has been under unfair pressure since the summer. there were rumours about tre henrique coming in. he took them to the play—off final last year, one game away from the premier league. i think the fans of spoken really, ultimately that has been steve bruce's downfall and u nfortu nately steve bruce's downfall and unfortunately he's the first manager sacked. he's a great manager i think it was just sacked. he's a great manager i think it wasjust time sacked. he's a great manager i think it was just time is up and aston villa need the change. hopefully his time at aston villa will not be remembered by that cabbage that was growing last night. he is the highest profile manager to go so but willjose mourinho be next? two stories coming out of old trafford today, one that uefa have charged manchester united over the late kick—off for that game yesterday against valencia in the champions league because they couldn't get
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their bus from wherever they were in their bus from wherever they were in the city to old trafford on time. and a second that antonio valencia, the captain, has had to apologise for liking a tweet that said it is time for mourinho to go. he said he was just looking at the picture of himself playing football and he didn't realise it said underneath it was time for him to go after last night's match. but the kind of dark cloud gathers still over all traffic. let's just take a quick look at the performance from last night because it has been lacklustre hasn't it from manchester united all season. hasn't it from manchester united all season. it is why they find themselves where they are in the table. it was a draw 0—0, jose mourinho say not a good result, not a bad result. i know you are playing last night, darren. what have you made of manchester united's style of football this season and particularly last night? it is not an ideal result last night because they were in a very difficult group
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with the juventus another they were in a very difficult group with thejuventus another have travelled to valencia and probably win the match. they will be battling for second place with valencia so they have an uphill challenge. the season they have an uphill challenge. the season has not got started, there have been so many things. you go back to liking tweets and conferences and way of saying things, all is not right in the season has not got going. the biggest thing i will say after the totte n ha m biggest thing i will say after the tottenham game is that the fans were still clapping mourinho and still on his side. so as although things are not welcome ultimately the fans can decide a manager's fate and they seem to be still on his side. they do not want to be known as a sacking clu b do not want to be known as a sacking club and making rash decisions so i think ultimately the fans will ultimately decide jose think ultimately the fans will ultimately decidejose mourinho's fate. it is still early in the season so hopefully everyone can turnit season so hopefully everyone can turn it around. let's have a listen to mourinho after the game yesterday. i'm pleased with the and commitment, i
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yesterday. i'm pleased with the and commitment, lam pleased yesterday. i'm pleased with the and commitment, i am pleased with the improvement. and i am not pleased of course with the result, which is not a good result but it is not a bad result. so not a good result, not a bad result, but a lot has been made about the players, you say the fans might back mourinho, but the players do not necessarily look like they're playing for their manager. particularly a lot made about his relationship with paul pogba who was captain because valencia was out injured, but he says he will never be captain again. these are the stats from the season, we will get onto those in a minute. what have you been making of this very public fallout? it is not really the way to do things is it, play out your dirty washing in public? no, it is not and it seems to have been done with games really. no one is saying definitively what is on. pogba is saying that he cannot speak and some
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are saying that the spat on the training ground was miscommunication on social media. it is looking very messy and i think these things should be dealt with behind closed doors first and foremost. you know that when the cameras are there so keep these things in house. did you have things going on like this are united when you with there? social media was not as big but things went on and it got nipped in the bud early. there is so much cameras and social media and attention now about small things can escalate. these may just be small things that have escalated but the problem is there are too many small things and they get out and it makes it worse when the team are not performing on the pitch, like you see from the stats. the performance level especially against west ham was really poor and that was the one really. you can make excuses for the tottenham game where they started 0k make excuses for the tottenham game where they started ok but lost that goals. but off the bat, the result at west ham was really poor. the body language of the players, paul
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skulls and rio ferdinand were very critical after the game and last night so all is not well at united and alli night so all is not well at united and all i can do is turn it around with results on the pitch, that is the only way these things can turn around. it doesn't matter what anybody says, the results on the pitch will decide everyone's fate. they have got newcastle on saturday so they will be looking to get a result there. andrew strauss has stepped down as england's director of cricket. he'd taken a break from the role in may while his wife received treatment for cancer. he says the time away has allowed him to consider what's right for england, and what's right for his family. andy flower will continue to cover for strauss while a full time replacement is found. england coach trevor bayliss says strauss has had a big impact during his three and a half years in the job. i'd just like to say he has done a fantasticjob. he has been really good for me, you know, with the planning towards the 2019 world cup and the way that we want to be playing our one—day cricket or test cricket.
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look, he has been sensational. he has been very helpful behind the scenes and obviously been an ex—player he obviously knows the game. but when it comes to the crunch, you know, he leaves it the coaches and the players. a woman, blinded in one eye after she was hit by a ball at the ryder cup last week, says tournament organisers are to blame — and she plans to sue. corine remande was hit by brooks koepka's tee shot — but she says she bears him no ill will. the doctor told me directly to my husband that it was a very big explosion in my eyes and it was impossible for me now to see again with this eye. i felt something on
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me but i don't realise what it is. it is all the people around me said, "0h, it is all the people around me said, "oh, look, the ball. catch this lady." and suddenly i felt something on my nose and my husband put me on the grass in the safety position. i have nothing against the player because i played golf, i am only angry against the marshals. the organisation. the european tour have responded, with chief executive keith pelley saying they take fan safety extremely seriously and had been in regular contact with madame remande and herfamily since the incident. he said they continued to offer them their deepest sympathies and brooks koepka had also made contact with the family. he's the superbikes superstar who's dominating the sport — jonathan rea won his fourth consecutive world championship this
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weekend — no—one else has ever done that before. but while he's proving the man to beat, and breaking records on a weekly basis, when i spoke to him earlier he told me he's still exceeding his own expectations: it is incredible. i can't quite believe it, there are no words. i set off in motocross, it was my dream to be a world champion but i had no realistic way to get there. and now after all these years on the ups and the downs it is finally for world championships, it is being a world win. notjust for but for on the bounce. how do you maintain a level of excellence? that is the most difficult, to keep motivation so high and to keep moving the level forward. i have an incredible team of engineers and staff behind me. i get to stand centre stage on sunday but there are so many people in the background that make this happen and without that support i couldn't be
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there. are you ever aware of the real danger that you are putting yourself through? because there is no carb around you, no protection, it is just you and the bike on the track and when that gangs wrong it can go badly wrong. definitely. through my career i have had my fair share of injuries. talk is through how many. my left femur, i broke that twice, doctors told me i would never race again. my knees are not good from motocross injuries as a kid. in my sport, you are a fraction of their second away from the mistake, whether it be the crash and your airbag go off in your suit or something catastrophic, so that danger element is always there but i talk about my racer‘s brain. i have this ability to close my visor and go into my zone, my happy place. you kind of put that danger to the side
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and you never think about it could be you that has a crash. you say as well motorsport giving you all these opportunities but the opportunity to walk in your hero's footsteps, you are now matching carl fogarty on for although he has never done it consecutive. and also the number of podium top winds that you have. he has always been one of the biggest names as an teen superbike? he was the greatest and of all time. i member meeting him at a service station, him and my dad were rivals backin station, him and my dad were rivals back in the day and i was in awe. so to surpass his win tally, it i feel so incredibly blessed and lucky to be in this position. what next to you because there has been a lot of talk about you move into moto gp like carl critchlow did and he has done fantastically. you have signed with carol zaki now, why would you not want to move to moto gp because
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isn't that seen as a step up? to be honest i'm happy. ifeel like a isn't that seen as a step up? to be honest i'm happy. i feel like a was born to win since i was five years old. in 50 cc motocross i was winning races and the team have given me the opportunity to do that, they have built an incredible bike. i feel it is my second wife! feeling it gives me riding, i am not looking anywhere else. i have had an incredible career and if i can see that out there there will be no regrets. i have got to ask you as well before you go about sports personality. we heard yesterday it is against the all different, the nominees will be revealed on the night. yet last year you came second by such a fine markjin he wrote that motorbike through the audience and up onto the stage. you have got to be surely with four world titles nailed onto that trophy.

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