”fl; “a? 1 review into university funding says tuition fees in england should be cut to £7,500 a year, with grants for poorer students reinstated. my view‘s very clear. removing maintenance grants from the least well—off students has not worked, andi well—off students has not worked, and i believe it is time to bring them back. a six-year-old boy is airlifted to hospital, afterfalling from a roller—coaster at a theme park in north yorkshire. a tax on all unhealthy food, what the chief medical officer is considering as child obesity levels prove hard to budge. ina in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up here this evening on bbc news. coming up on beyond 100 days, we'll have more on president trump launching a personal attack on the special counsel in the rush enquiry, robert mueller. then at 8pm, here on the new channel, will

be speaking to the national union of stu d e nts be speaking to the national union of students about those recommendations to cut university tuition fees in england. and at around 10:110pm and again at 11:30pm, we will take a look at tomorrow's papers with journalist and author rachel shabi and women's editor at the telegraph, claire cohen. that is all ahead on bbc news but now it's time for sportsday. welcome to sportsday. we are live at the oval at the conclusion of the first day of the cricket world cup. my first day of the cricket world cup. my amjane first day of the cricket world cup. my am jane dougall and what a start for england with a convincing win over south africa. the tournament was given the royal seal of approval as prince harry officially open the world cup in front of a sold—out 0val. and ben stokes was the star of the show, top scoring and top catching too. i will have the rest

of the day's sports news from the bbc sport centre, including kyle edmund's french open ended by injury. a knee problem forces him to quit during his second round match in paris. liverpool's virgil van dijk tells the bbc he would spot all his individual accolades for victory in the champions league final against tottenham on saturday. we will be live to madrid. and katie taylor prepares for a potentially career defining fight at new york's madison square garden. career defining fight at new york's madison square gardenlj career defining fight at new york's madison square garden. i have always wa nted madison square garden. i have always wanted to make history in the sport and cement my legacy and i have a chance to do that on saturday night. so the 12 cricket world cup is under way and it started here at the oval.

injusta way and it started here at the oval. injust a few way and it started here at the oval. in just a few moments, we will show you how england beat south africa by 104 runs, but before that let's take a look at the format of the competition, because it slightly unusual this year. this is the fifth world cup to be hosted by england and wales, and it's unusual in that all ten nations play each other. there are no group stages as such, and no smaller nations at this world cup either, just the top ten in the world, which makes it interesting. the top four teams qualify for the semifinals, with the final to be held at lord's on the 14th ofjuly. 11 grounds across england and wales will take turns to host matches, but todayit will take turns to host matches, but today it was the turn of the oval for england against south africa, and patrick geary was watching. world cups always begin with ceremony and carry free, but you can't plan everything. who could foresee south africa opening the bowling with a 40—year—old leg—spinner. nor imran tahir doing

the second ball. jonny bairstow, zero. time for a strong and stable period, jason roy, one of england's biggest hitters, stayed grounded. he and joe root made dutiful 50s but left before the fireworks could start. 0ver left before the fireworks could start. over to the captain eoin morgan to lodge a few rockets. he made 57 only to find himself quite brilliantly extinguished. south africa kept stabbing englishmen out. jos buttler was a to provide the big finish but might instead an early end. so ben stokes took over as england's guy, he made 89, his side 311. they would have planned for more. at least it was something to bowl at and england's noodlejofra archer does things pretty quickly. 50 places followed and then later south africa's big guns taken out by a lone archer. that's why they picked him. south africa now had to chase this, knowing there were dangers in the deep, but never expecting something like this.

stokes defying physics, surprising even himself. however often you watch it can still won't believe it. it will be remembered long after the i’u ns it will be remembered long after the ru ns sto kes it will be remembered long after the runs stokes scored, and the wickets that finished the match. not everything went to plan, but england and this man have proved that they're flexible. former england captain and executive director of sarri, alec stewart, played in the losing england side in the 1992 world cup. he spoke about that, but also i began by asking him how he felt about ben sto kes's asking him how he felt about ben stokes's catch and if it was the best he had ever seen. it is right up best he had ever seen. it is right up there, you probably won't see any better, in this world cup, but certainly in the whole summer. ben stokes is special, but anyone, i don't care if you are a cricketer, a goalkeeper, if you'd clung on to that you would be very happy, and it was his reaction but also those that in the stand right behind you. they

just never thought he would catch it, he might not have done either, but it will go down as an all—time classic. what a good day for him because he top scored with 89 too. really pleased for him, he has been a little shy of form in recent times but he showed all his qualities today and batted in a very responsible and mature manner and england needed that because they had lost a couple of wickets. theyjust need to make sure they post a very competitive total, which they did, but it was built around his very sensible knock. what were your thoughts when jonny sensible knock. what were your thoughts whenjonny bairstow sensible knock. what were your thoughts when jonny bairstow went so quickly? wasn't expected, wasn't in the script can start as favourites, and jonny bairstow has been in great form, but that's cricket, it happens. south africa did very well, pfaff du plessis give the ball to imran tahir, england would not have expected that, and you nick it early on, that's cricket. bairstow back in the hutch but then i thought england regrouped very well, they still played a very positive mindset, they played a very positive mindset, they played with good intent, which is what has looked after in line for the last two or three years, then posted 311. was decent, i think

realistically they may have said 330, but 311 was a good total to have after the first half of the game. they dug in, then when they went to bowl, jofra archer was pretty impressive, wasn't he? yeah, there was a lot of talk about whether he would get picked. he is an easy pick, an outstanding cricketer, he has an x factor about him, sheer pace, 90 mph plus, he hit hashim amla on the head and made him retire hurt, thankfully hash is ok. but when you have someone of his qualities, he will just but when you have someone of his qualities, he willjust get better. he has only played a handful of international games but he is going into that england shirt very quickly. as you mention, england went into this tournament as favourites. after watching them, do you still think that? yes, 100%. they you still think that? yes, 10096. they are talking of themselves as favourites, normally they are quite reserved, quite un—english, but they are saying we reserved, quite un—english, but they are saying we are a reserved, quite un—english, but they are saying we are a good team, we know we have been a good team, we know we have been a good team, we know how to play, so they now have to continue that through the group

stages, get into the last four and then play two very, very 9°°d knockout games. alec stewart speaking there, who was capped in the last time england hosted the world cup in 1999. we will be back at the oval in just a few minutes' time, but for now, let's go back to stephen at the bbc sport centre. just two more sleeps until the all—english champions league final. not long to wait. tottenham are already in madrid going through their final preparations whilst liverpool have remained a home, at their melwood training complex, a little longer. reporting from the spanish capital our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. well,, believe it or not, fans have already started to gather here in madrid as the city braces itself for at least 33,000 liverpool and spurs fans, but in reality it could be even double that, because i've been

speaking to some today, and many of them don't even have match tickets, they just felt they simply had to be here. and of course we had these amazing stories about journeys here. and of course we had these amazing stories aboutjourneys to baku, but equally we hearing about some amazing stories today. i've spoken to fans who have come from thailand, hong kong, even melbourne and new zealand, just because they wa nted and new zealand, just because they wanted to experience this moments. touts are having a field day full stop we've seen pairs of tickets being sold for up to 4000 euros today, and for fans who don't have tickets and can't get those tickets, they will be watching them in bars because the city council have decided they won't be showing it on the big screens in the huge fan zones here in the four different squares, they will be kicking them all out at six o'clock. so bars could do a roaring trade. as you have orally said, liverpool don't come until tomorrow, but early in the week our sports editor dan rowan caught up with the pfa player of the year, virgil van dijk, caught up with the pfa player of the year, virgilvan dijk, and it caught up with the pfa player of the year, virgil van dijk, and it was very clear just how year, virgil van dijk, and it was very clearjust how much he wants to win on saturday. lam full of i am full of excitement, that's the only way to describe it, really. i

think i'm looking forward to it, like everyone else in the team, like everyone else in the city, it's a fantastic event, a massive opportunity for us to hopefully get a sixth european cup. how dangerous do you think spurs are? you have played them several times since coming to anfield twice this season already, they are tough opponents, but how dangerous can they be? they are a very good team. i think throughout the whole team they have a lot of strength. fantastic goalkeeper, two great centre—backs. obviously in midfield has been very good, and up front they have players that can make a difference as well. so we have to be ready. but i know that they will definitely think the same about us. we are not a nice team to face, it's always going to be difficult against us, so yeah, we'll see. you mention liverpool people, the fans, you see it all around the city, the flags out, eve ryo ne around the city, the flags out, everyone so around the city, the flags out, everyone so excited about this

match. how much do you personally wa nt to match. how much do you personally want to give them this trophy at the end of the season where you have achieved so much? how much do they feature in your mind? they definitely feature in my mind, but i think also we don't want to forget we want to do it for us as well, for the hard work we've put in day in, day out, from last year, from what we experienced over there, that we don't want to experience it again. it was painful, was it? definitely, losing a final is painful. it still hurts you now? not really, not at all. it may be better, i think i took a lot of experience from it. and, yes, hopefullyl took a lot of experience from it. and, yes, hopefully i can use that. i guess you would swap all of these positive opinions, the praise, for the champions league trophy at the weekend. ? of course. football is a team game. at the end of the day, if you can swap all of these player of

the years, personal trophies for the champions league, i would do it in no time. but hopefully i won't have to. hopefully we are going to do it. liverpool are of course aiming for their sixth european trophy but for spurs it would be there first. they came yesterday to madrid but earlier before that i caught up with their star midfielder, christian eriksen. rumours abound of course that he is coming to real madrid this summer. he didn't want to talk about that, funnily enough, but it was very clear from talking to him that he is desperate, and the team really want to land this team, as well. to be able to win a champions league, not many players have done it in their careers, something really special. it is also what every footballer dreams about, first was to be in the champions league, really when i came to spurs, to be in the champions league, now we are in the final. so

there is nothing else, really, in champions league terms that you can't do. it would be a dream come true for anyone who plays football knows how and if you will be watching, how many finals i have seen watching, how many finals i have seenin watching, how many finals i have seen in my life already, and i know how much is at stake, so it will be very special and i would love to have that on my cv. spares have been training about ten kilometres away at the real madrid training ground, trying to acclimatise to this weather because it is going to hit around 34, 30 weather because it is going to hit around 34,30 5 weather because it is going to hit around 34, 30 5 degrees weather because it is going to hit around 34,30 5 degrees in weather because it is going to hit around 34, 30 5 degrees in the next couple of days, and that is difficult for players of course, but fantastic for the fans enjoying this hospitality, and of course the ce rveza . she is guaranteed to see an english european champion come saturday, but 40 yea rs european champion come saturday, but 40 years ago tonight, it was another english team that achieved that very milestone full stop brian clough‘s nottingham forest winning the first

of their back—to—back european cups. among those gathering in nottingham to remember what was a 1—0 win over malmo in munich in 1979 is the matchwinner. one of the most important days of my life, the most important days of my life, the most important goal i have ever scored. i've scored better goals but not one that was so important is the one i scored in munich. there was a lot of conjecture prior to the game, would i play, would i be on the bench? pressure on me. played me, put added pressure on me. i wanted to justify the manager's selection, and hopefully i did that. leading up to the game, obviously i'd played in league games and there was a great deal of pressure on, when that goal went in the pressure suddenly lifted off my shoulders. i a lwa ys suddenly lifted off my shoulders. i always remember at the time thinking this will never ever be repeated. with a team like nottingham forest, with respect. you see the teams that win it, the majority of them are huge teams. nottingham forest were just a provincial team with a great

support, but we had some good players. don't underestimate how good we were as a team, and obviously we had a bit best manager in the country. it was described as eerie, surreal and resembling a preseason kickabout in asia. last night's europa league final played before swathes of empty seats in baku was certainly controversial. uefa's decision to stage the game in azerbaijan arguably created more headlines than chelsea's 4—1 win over arsenal. 0lly foster guaged the mood among supporters earlier today. chelsea then heading home as europa league champions once again. a fitting finale? it was a final that really felt so flat. we have told all those stories about the journey is the fans have had to make, about how both clubs failed to take up their allocation because it soon became apparent how expensive and how difficult it would be to get to baku, and there were over 10,000

empty seats at