this is bbc news. the headlines. free to go. sally challen is released after her sentence for killing her abusive husband was reduced to manslaughter. i want to thank my legal team and all my family who stood behind me and stood with me through all of this. thank you. three dead and three more seriously ill in an outbreak of listeria traced back to food provided to nhs patients. a labour win in the peterborough by—election, holding off the brexit party by fewer than 700 votes. what we did was offered the politics of hope, not the politics of fear.

two women targeted in a homophobic attack. and in newswatch, in the week of donald trump's visit, was this an amusing addition to the victoria derbyshire studio, orjust plain offensive? a woman who killed her husband in a hammer attack after decades of emotional abuse won't face a retrial after her murder conviction was reduced to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. sally challen, who's 65, was freed having already served close to nine years in jail. her defence team argued in court

that throughout her 30—year marriage, her husband subjected her to coercive control. at a news conference she said she still loved him. a warning, our home affairs correspondentjune kelly's report does contain some flash photography. eight years ago, sally challen was jailed as a murderer. today she left the old bailey a free woman after the emergence of new psychiatric evidence. with her, her two sons, james and david, who have always supported her. ijust wanted to say how happy i am, and i want to thank my legal team and all my family, who stood behind me and stood with me through all of this. thank you. as a family we are overjoyed with today's verdict. we have endured nine years of this. today recognises and hears a case of detailing 40 years of coercive control by our father. as a family we have sought justice and to understand the events,

to stop lives being lost and for victims to be recognised. sally challen was said to be emotionally abused by her husband richard throughout their marriage. they made their home in surrey and on the surface he was a normal family man. but the family say richard challen subjected his wife two decades of emotional abuse, what is known as coercive control. richard challen was unfaithful throughout his marriage, visiting brothels and even posing with glamour models on his christmas cards. in 2009, sally challen finally moved out. but described as still emotionally dependent on her husband she appealed for a reconciliation and richard challen agreed. she set off for her old family home but in her handbag was a hammer. after discovering that her husband had been in contact with another woman, she hit him more than 20 times with the hammer. at a news conference,

sally challen spoke about the man she was with for a0 years. i still love richard and miss him dreadfully and i wish that none of this had happened. applause and from her son david, there was this... to have my mother back is... it's... no words. back to being a son again, back to her being an infuriating mother. so sally challen now resumes her family life. her case will lead to renewed debate on the damage done by domestic abuse when there are no physical injuries. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. despite the quashing

of sally challen‘s murder conviction in february her legal team still had some doubts whether she would be able to walk free from the court today, as her solicitor told my colleage martine croxall earlier. well, we had prior notice that the crown were going to accept a plea but we couldn't share that with people. it was still up to the judge to approve the plea of manslaughter, and of course we didn't know how the sentencing would go but given the amount of time that sally had served already in prison, it would have been extremely unlikely that she would have been sentenced to more than the time already served. reasonably confident, but not certain that she would walk free. it has obviously been a long campaign. you've been involved all these years. how instrumental has sally challen‘s family been in getting to this point? well, i think sally's son, david,

in particular has taken it upon himself to campaign very closely with justice for women, to raise awareness about coercive control, and i think he played a very important role in helping to draw public attention to this case and the wider implications raised by this case. in light of sally challen‘s experience, how would you expect or hope the courts in future will interpret cases and trials where a coercive control is a factor? i hope that through the raising of awareness through this case, and through the evidence that's been accepted about coercive control that those in the criminaljustice system, whether they are prosecutors, judges or defence, will have greater awareness of it, too. we know about its relevance in cases that are going to trial

and therefore the prosecution, one would hope, take it into account as a mitigating factor at the least, and defence would know that this is important evidence to show the dynamic of the relationship, and to explain the impact of that dynamic on an individual‘s actions. so we hope that lessons will be learned from the case and certainly the level of media attention that has been given is very helpful, and i think that we now understand much more widely than before the concept of coercive control, which is something more than physical violence. it's about a pattern of behaviour, about all sorts of behaviours which on their own are not criminal but when taken together amount to denying the liberty of the victim. i hope it will make a difference to others that come afterwards.

you are amongst a number of lawyers calling for an independent enquiry about how domestic abuse is treated in the courts system. what sort of scope should the enquiry have? while, i think it needs to really look at how the court system is not very well—suited to examining the dynamics of an abusive relationship. to find ways it can be fully taken into account, certainly in criminal. they tend to focus on the individual act. in allegation of murder, they will look at the facts surrounding that. one hopes we can find ways to make the criminaljustice more receptive to dealing with cases that are much more complex than single acts. i would are much more complex than single acts. iwould be are much more complex than single acts. i would be advocating very strongly for that. the family court

system, very similar problems. abuse isn't recognised in the way it should be. 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 kevin schofield the editor of politicshome, and benedicte paviot, who's the uk correspondent for france 2a, and president of the foreign press association. three hospital patients in manchester and liverpool have died and three others are seriously ill, following an outbreak of listeria. the cases have been linked to pre—packed sandwiches and salads, prepared for patients. our health correspondent dominic hughes gave this update from one of the affected hospitals in manchester. listeria is an infection that in healthy people can cause a mild stomach upset or even pass unnoticed, but for those

who are very ill, seriously unwell, it can be a very different story and a very threatening condition, and that's clearly the case for the six patients who contracted listeria here at central manchester university hospital, and also at liverpool's aintree hospital. of those six patients, three have died, two sadly passed away here in manchester and one at aintree. the outbreak has been traced back to prepacked sandwiches and salads that were supplied to the nhs by a company called the good food chain. now they have voluntarily ceased production. they say they're reliant on the quality of the foods supplied to them in turn and indeed the fillings in the sandwiches were supplied by a company called north country cooked meat, where production has also been stopped after listeria was discovered at one of their production plants. public health england says there is no evidence of outbreaks outside of the health care system and they say that the risk to the general public is very low. meanwhile the food standards agency

have begun an investigation into how this outbreak occurred in the first place and also to identify whether any other vulnerable groups may be at risk. the labour pary‘s celebrating its victory in the peterborough by election, after a close fought contest with the brexit party. labour hung onto the seat by just 683 votes, with the conservatives coming in third. the new mp, lisa forbes, says her victory shows the public have ‘rejected the politics of division'. the by—election was called after the former mp, fiona 0nasanya, was convicted of lying about a speeding offence. here's our deputy political editor, john pienaar, and there are some flashing images, in his report. triumph, gratitude. well, a winner's a winner. relief? definitely. can i get some space, please? peterborough elected a new labour mp, just, and jeremy corbyn came to milk it. his message... we offer the politics of hope, to end austerity, to fund our schools properly. all the experts wrote labour off yesterday.

write labour off at your peril! to all the squabbling contenders for the tory party leadership, bring it on! we are ready for a general election at any time. no clear backing from him, then, for a new referendum. if labour had lost by 600 votes, lost by one, jeremy corbyn would be under irresistible pressure to embrace the idea of a new referendum. no ifs, no buts. that pressure will continue anyway. the tory leadership campaign is now characterised by which candidate is most prepared to contemplate leaving with no deal. and here is one reason why. so little time, so much politics to disrupt. nigel farage‘s newborn brexit party had been cautiously confident of getting its first mp — another shock through both major parties. time for excuses. you have been a winner. today you look like a loser. no, that'sjust not right, john. and there is no way the country will see that.

what ordinary folk will see is a party that was launched eight weeks ago today, you know, has gotjust shy of 30% of the vote. a little bit deflated, let's be honest. not deflated, no. look, a couple of hundred votes the other way and it would have looked like the world has changed overnight but actually, it has anyway. and i do hereby declare... in the early hours, labour won, the brexit party didn't. lisa forbes' career started uncomfortably, accused of anti—semitism for liking an online post attacking zionists she said she never read properly. nigel farage was there, hoping to celebrate. blink and you'd have missed him. three, two, one, go! everyone seemed to know the result by the time peterborough‘s morning fun run started. the local by—election had strained old loyalties. i didn't want the brexit party to get in, that was for sure, so that was really what pushed me to go and put my cross in the box. the brexit party haven't,

fortunately, won. i'm pleased about that. labour got a bit of a scare. what should they learn from this, do you think? i think they should just be really careful and be a bit more uniform about their message. i think people are really confused about their message. 0n europe? 0n europe. i've always voted conservative. how did you vote? brexit. why did you vote for brexit? as a protest. against what? the way we are at the moment. losing here last night, is that going to set back the brexit party or are they going to come again, do you think? i think they'll hang on. british form, yeah, they'll stick with it. you think they'll be back? nigel farage, you can't keep him down for long? no, actually, no. he is getting stronger i think, yeah. he had time to drop by at number 10 where mrs may was formally submitting her resignation letter. his demanded a seat for his party in any talks in brussels. not what tory leadership

contenders had in mind. the result reminds us of two things. the vital importance of delivering brexit, and also the vital importance of making sure we have a strong conservative government that can preventjeremy corbyn getting into downing street and ruining this country. oh, for a breather. for runners, for political rivals. they will need it, we all will. john pienaar, bbc news, peterborough. the liberal democrats came fourth, but increased their share of the vote. two candidates have announced their intention to run in the leadership contest to replace sir vince cable. jo swinson and ed davey. earlier my character spoke to sir vince cable and started by asking him for his reaction to the result of last night's by—election. we were quietly pleased by what

happened. we had low expectations. the traditional labour marginal. we hope to have a combined remain candidate which didn't happen, sadly. we put up our candidates, beki was tremendous and we got 12% of the vote. the bigger picture, in the country we are up at 20%, in what is now a four party competition, we are well placed. you say well but i guess the message of the peterborough by—election is that what happened in the eu elections doesn't get reproduced in national elections. we have a 2—party first past the post system which isn't a friend to parties like yours. well, not ina friend to parties like yours. well, not in a place like peterborough but elsewhere the position is very different. you may have seen the constituency level poll that was

published that shows there are 50 conservative seats that will fall to the lib dems. large numbers of conservative voters are pretty disgusted by the brexit policy of their leadership and they want a more moderate alternative. we will do very well. the headlines on bbc news... sally challen is released after her sentence for killing her husband is reduced to manslaughter after she suffered yea rs of reduced to manslaughter after she suffered years of abuse and coercive control. three deaths in two hospitals, an outbreak of an infection traced back to food provided to nhs patients. three more are seriously ill. police arrested teenagers after two women are targeted in a homophobic attack on a london bus. the mayor of the west midlands says protests in birmingham against the teaching of lgbt issues are homophobic and must stop.

since january, demonstrations have been taking place outside anderton park school in the sparkhill area of the city. andy street, who's gay, says the protests don't reflect the "modern, tolerant, inclusive place, that birmingham is". sima kotecha has more. our children. all: our choice! ten weeks since the protests began outside anderton park and today, another one. this time, in the rain, slightly further from the school gates, after an injunction banned parents and campaigners from protesting on its doorstep. this comes as the mayor of the west midlands tells the bbc he's determined to support the school, but he condemns some of the leaflets and banners being used by the demonstrators. you look at what's being said and it's really upsetting, but it is actually, ultimately homophobic. and that is illegal and it has to stop now. in his first interview since the protests began in birmingham, he said the issue had affected him

personally as a gay man. i genuinely thought that this was a complete nonissue in our city. i have never heard anything personal that makes my sexuality and issue at all. so you think britain's well past that, but then you see this and you think no, this is still, for some people, a real issue. parents began protesting over concerns their children were too young to learn about lg bt relationships. some believe that teaching contradicts islam. mr street says the government needs to speak out louder about equality teaching being non—negotiable. how do you feel the dfe have handled the situation? there is some criticism that they haven't done enough to make themselves clear as to where they stand. it would be incredibly helpful if the department were to stand

actively behind the guidance it has given, that teaching around equalities has to be done and it would also be very helpful if it work to give some guidance about how, as well. yesterday, the government said it had been engaging with the local council daily to help find a resolution. on monday, the campaigners will head to court to challenge the injunction. sima kotecha, bbc news, birmingham. four teenagers aged 15—18 have been arrested following a homophobic attack on two women. police are appealing for witnesses after the incident on a london bus which left the women bloodied and bruised. the couple say they were taunted by the man who demanded that they kiss and subjected them to lewd comments. when they refused they were beaten up. the victims have been speaking about their ordeal. beaten and

blood—soaked. about their ordeal. beaten and blood—soa ked. it isn't about their ordeal. beaten and blood—soaked. it isn't how beki and chris expected their night to end. after holding hands on the bus a group of four men asked them to kiss, making lewd comments. they came over to where we were and started aggressively harassing us. 0ne started aggressively harassing us. one of them stayed a couple of rows behind and was throwing coins at us. initially melania was trying to de—escalate the situation, being friendly, to keep them at bay. the couple repeatedly asked the men to stop but the violent attack came next. fighting broke out and i don't know how we got from fighting on the top of the bus down to the lower deck, but in that timeframe they took my phone, her bag and they ran off the bus. left with black eyes, a cracked jaw, broken nose, and

disgusted that this could happen. it's still making me angry that this is not a novel situation. there are more hate crimes being committed. we are one anecdote. i don't know, feeling like the violence is not just because we are women. in the capital this kind of attack is on the increase. from april, 2017, to 2018, there were 2280 homophobic and transgender attacks in the capital. for the same period in 2018 and 2019 that had gone up to 2688, an 18% increase in one year. that is of great concern to many. we hope the government will do more in terms of legislation. we want to have equal justice so that when somebody is being sentenced for a crime against lg bt being sentenced for a crime against lgbt people being sentenced for a crime against lg bt people it being sentenced for a crime against lgbt people it is the same as a crime based on racism or because of

somebody‘s faith. crime based on racism or because of somebody's faith. for chris, she hopes this is a wake—up call for everyone. what i would like people to ta ke everyone. what i would like people to take away from this is that there are many people's lives at risks and peoples basic safety is at risk. i wa nt peoples basic safety is at risk. i want people to feel emboldened to stand up. i want people to stand up for themselves and each other. eve hartley is a freelance journalist who has covered lgbt issues. are you surprised by this? i'm saddened by the attack, absolutely, but not surprised. attacks like this, situations like this happen continuously, to me and my friends who are queer, the female community, and it isjust so my friends who are queer, the female community, and it is just so sad that actually it took a violent attack for it to be the top of the news agenda. what sort of things have happened to you? i've been on a first date, walking into a popular

tube station and i've had a crowd of men surrounding me chanting lesbians, lesbians, lesbians, demanding threesomes, going into bars, meni demanding threesomes, going into bars, men i don't know, strangers coming up to me asking for threesomes with the partner i am with. that's incredible, that this is happening in london. yes, i've never had an attack like this, or verbal abuse, apart from london. i'm from the north—east but this has happened to me since i moved to london five years ago. and you've heard friends having similar problems? yes, this is a more than mild epidemic in the queer women community, really. attacks like this happen all the time, verbal advances, offers of sex, just because you are a queer advances, offers of sex, just because you are a queer woman. advances, offers of sex, just because you are a queer woman. it's pa rt because you are a queer woman. it's part of his misogynistic culture that's still out there, isn't it? men attacking and abusing women in all sorts of ways and then there's

extra dimension. absolutely, it is a double—edged sword, it isn'tjust homophobia, but misogyny too. as queer women we are sexualised everywhere. it is almost seen as a fetish. we are looked at as these objects and this is what happens. personally i would stand up to people who make these comments but this is what sadly happens when people do. this goes with the fact that hopefully culture across many countries is opening up and becoming more inclusive and diverse in so many ways. people are surprised to hear that we are getting more reported attacks like this. is it more reporting, or are the attacks more reporting, or are the attacks more common? it's hard to answer that specifically but i think the more popular and more reported lgbt issues are, i guess more people who

don't like it feel hatred towards it and may come out and want to make these comments against people. we've been looking at the situation in birmingham which is attacks on the lg bt birmingham which is attacks on the lgbt community, as many see it, from a different standpoint. people think, gosh, you are caught in so many different ways. completely. there's been calls recently by some groups to have straight pride and i think this incident today shows why this is not necessary. to be a gay person, a queer person today, you get discriminated againstjust for being with your partner in public. are the laws and strong enough? anything that government or anyone else can do? i think we can take eight crime more seriously. i don't wa nt to eight crime more seriously. i don't want to sit here and criticise the ha rd want to sit here and criticise the hard work of government and police, but we do need to take it more seriously, and these people need to

be caught. the you think that gay women have a harder time than gay men? i don't think you can compare the different elements of that this rumination in the same way. i think for women, it is definitely more sexualised, and the attacks are very much based on the fetishisation of women's bodies, and what goes with that, whereas with gay men it's a bit different. it's more about the fa ct bit different. it's more about the fact that they don't sleep with women, and there may have attacks on them. thanks for coming in. the brother of the leader of the london bridge attackers says his family is sorry from the depths of their hearts for what he did. giving evidence at the inquests into the deaths of the eight people who died in 2017, saad butt said he didn't report his brother, khuram, to the authorities, because he believed he could "monitor him" alone. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports now from the old bailey. khuram butt and the other two killers on the day of their attack.

loading and fuelling a van before driving to central london to run down two people and stab six others to death. today at the inquests, his tearful older brother saad butt, said to the bereaved relatives, sorry. "sorry from the depths of our hearts. for me and on behalf of my family." if he's white and he's english, he can go. khuram butt‘s family had stopped him taking his wife and son to syria to join the islamic state group. aware of his extreme views, two brothers—in—law reported him, but his own brother didn't. saad butt says he was at these prayers at a barbecue at khuram butt‘s flat three weeks before the attack. he said... he only told police after the attack. time and again during his evidence, saad butt was asked why he hadn't reported his brother's extremism to the police. time and again he replied

that he thought he was capable of monitoring his brother himself and anyway, he never imagined that khuram butt would attack the country that had given his family refuge. in the hours after the attack, the family realised that he'd done just that. next week the inquest will question a senior officerfrom m15. the agency had been investigating khuram butt for two years at the time of the attack. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the old bailey. let's get the weather now. very u nsettled let's get the weather now. very unsettled day across the uk, some thunderstorms in the last few hours, even a report of a funnel cloud in south—western parts of england near taunton. some strong wind on the way for tomorrow as well. this area of low pressure is what brought the heavy rain over southern parts of the uk but through the night you can see it is raining in the north—east

of england, around the lake district, and some of the rain is wrapping around into the low pressure over the south. not very wet in scotland, some clear skies and a bit dry in northern ireland. as the low pressure pulls away to the north see, behind it we get strong wind from the atlantic, strong wind from the atlantic, strong westerlies. 0n strong wind from the atlantic, strong westerlies. on some southern coasts in the course of saturday, gusts may exceed 50 mph but they will at least be some sunshine. further

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the high court has thrown out a private prosecution totally trigger is released after her sentence for killing her abusive husband is reduced to manslaughter.

johanna sally challen is released. johanna sally challen is releasedlj wa nt johanna sally challen is released.” wa nt to johanna sally challen is released.” want to thank my legal team and all my family. they stood by me through all of this. thank you. three people have died in manchester and liverpool after an outbreak of listeria. the infection has been traced back to food provided to nhs patients. three more are seriously ill. labour win patients. three more are seriously ill. labourwin in patients. three more are seriously ill. labour win in the peterborough by—election narrowly holding off the brexit party by just by—election narrowly holding off the brexit party byjust under 700 votes. what you did was elect the politics of hope, not the politics of there. two women attacked on a london bus say they were targeted for being 93v- say they were targeted for being gay. police say they have arrested four boys between the ages of 1a and 18 years old. the high court has thrown out a private prosecution against borisjohnson, over allegations he lied during the eu referendum campaign. the case centred on the claim, that the uk gave the european union

350 million pounds a week. but the judges overturned an earlier decision to issue a summons, on mrjohnson. 0ur political correspondent, helena wilkinson has more details. are you going to be the next prime minister? the leadership contest is well under way but today, boris johnson had a different battle. in court, his lawyers were trying to stop him from facing a criminal trial. this is the man who accused boris johnson of misconduct in public office. last week a court decided there was a case for mrjohnson to answer and he was due to be summoned. but today, that decision was overturned. we've just given the green light for every politician to lie to us about our money for ever. that's a terrifying idea which i cannot accept, and i'm not going to give up. this was one of the main messages of the vote leave campaign. boris johnson had claimed £350 million was being sent from the uk to the eu every week.

it was a contested claim. many people said it was a lie. but did it amount to a criminal offence? in court, borisjohnson's barrister argued that the offence of misconduct in public office, which is what mrjohnson was facing, had never been used in the context of a statement in a political campaign. adrian darbishire qc said the offence was about the secret abuse of power and that there was nothing secret about what mrjohnson was claiming. £350 million a week. let's spend it on our priorities. his supporters say the case should never have gone to court. to try and fight political debate through the criminal courts is what happens in dictatorships. it's not what happens in democracies. for mrjohnson, an unwelcome distraction, now gone away, allowing him to focus on his next campaign, to become the new prime minister. helen wilkinson, bbc news.

police investigating the grenfell tower fire in west london in 2017, say they've carried out thirteen interviews under caution, as part of their inquiries. detectives say more interviews are scheduled, but won't say how many. 72 people, died in the blaze. bank overdraft fees are to undergo a major shake up, which the financial conduct authority is calling the biggest overhaulfor a generation. banks and building societies will no longer be allowed to charge fixed daily or monthly fees. there will also no longer be higher fees for unplanned overd rafts. women who experience domestic abuse are three times more likely to develop a serious mental illness, according to a new study. the research from birmingham university has also identified a significant gap between the percentage of women who suffer domestic abuse england and wales, and cases recorded by family doctors which suggests opportunities are being missed to support vulnerable women. lauren moss reports. shouting

it's described as an insidious crime which affects around a quarter of women in england and wales. now new research suggests that domestic abuse is not only under—recorded by doctors, but victims are also three times more likely to develop a mental illness. emma says she was in abused physically and emotionally by her ex—boyfriend, who later took his own life. my bruises would heal and the scars would go, but what i was left with was no self—esteem, no confidence in myself. i believed everything that he said, which was that i was unlovable, i was worthless, it was my fault that i was being abused, you know, it was my fault that he was acting that way because it was me that made him do that. emma didn't seek help for years. she suffered post—traumatic stress disorder and later received counselling. according to crime figures, around one in four women experiences domestic abuse in a lifetime. but the study found it was recorded in less than 100 gp patient files. survivors are three times as likely to develop mental

illnesses such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. victims can often take months if not years to come forward, which means that they've been experiencing that type of abuse, repeated patterns of physical and emotional, sexual, financial abuse, living in that environment of control and fear for a severely long period of time. the royal college of gps say doctors are highly trained to understand the signs of domestic abuse, but often it can be well hidden. those behind this research say it could be the tip of the iceberg, and are calling for a better screening process. one of the reasons why this piece of work is so important is actually with such significant underreporting, gps, health professionals in primary care can do a lot to support survivors of domestic abuse, and actually this could possibly mean that a huge cohort of women have got a seriously unmet mental health need that actually we could support.

earlier this year the government published a new domestic violence bill to protect victims. emma now runs a refuge for survivors. she hopes today's research will influence future policy and raise awareness about the women who may not be getting the help they really need. laura moss, bbc news. patients who would otherwise die from acute heart failure are being given a life saving operation using the world's smallest heart pump. the 15 thousand pound device isn't usually available on the nhs, but a charity has been funding the procedure while it's assessed by the national institute of health and care excellence. our health correspondent matthew hill has been given exclusive access to see a device being implanted. this patient is about to have her life saved. she is suffering from severe heart failure, and is so ill she would not tolerate conventional surgery. the cardiologist drjulian strange places the pump into her leg artery and guides it into her heart. once in place the pump is turned on, providing support to the heart

while monitoring its pumping action. the pump mimics the natural pathway of blood flow from the heart to the ascending aorta, increasing blood pressure while unloading the heart and providing the blood to vital organs, including the brain. you're looking well today. the left ventricular assist machine has already saved the life of 66—year—old michael nutland from bristol. if it weren't for the research that is going on now, i wouldn't be having this conversation with you now, to be honest with you. how do you feel about that? i'm just pleased it is all in place. dr strange and his team are absolutely fantastic. what do you say to someone who saves your life? but it's not cheap, costing around £15,000 for a one—off use. the national institute for health and care excellence is currently evaluating the device, so it is not available on the nhs. that is why the hospital's above and beyond charity has stepped in to pay for about one

operation a month. his case would be one that we may not even have attempted. it would've been such a high—risk procedure. because of the severity of the furred up arteries? he had had symptoms for five years, which — i mean, we're all human, we ignore them, and i think he'd done that until he got to a point where it was the final straw that broke the camel's back and his heart was a disaster, really. what's great is we are now in a position where he is sitting up, talking, thinking about going home. this patient has now gone home safely and is angina—free for the first time in years. the device not only saves lives but also means patients have a reduced stay in hospital. that's something that nice is weighing up now, to see if more patients across the country should benefit. matthew hill, bbc news. the women's football world cup kicks off in france tonight, with nearly a million tickets already sold for the tournament. the opening game sees the hosts take on south korea in paris, with england facing scotland on sunday.

our sports correspondent, katie gornall reports from nice in the south of france, where that home nations clash, will take place. this was when it all changed for england. four years ago, at the canada world cup, they surprised even themselves by winning a bronze medal. the outsiders were now contenders. it was also a life—changing tournament for england's right back. maybe bronze will. she does. oh, yes! after announcing herself on the global stage, lucy bronze has gone on to become one of the world's best players, the best, according to her manager. we had experience and youth last world cup but we did not have that winning feeling, that winning mentality, which we have got in abundance now. can england do it? definitely. that's what we're here for. we are here to win. we are definitely capable of doing it and i believe in every single one of us. standing in their way are noisy neighbours scotland. the last time they faced each other, scotland,

hampered by injuries, were thrashed 6—0. this time they will be far harder to beat. that is a very good effort, erin cuthbert. much of their hopes rest with 20—year—old erin cuthbert, once the team's mascot, now their young star. it's everything i dreamt of as a little child. i wanted to be a footballer. ever since i could walk i was playing football. i dreamed of playing at a world cup. i didn't know if scotland would ever make a world cup. i am incredibly honoured, honoured and privileged to be part of this team that is making history. when england and scotland walk out onto the pitch they will be taking part in the most eagerly anticipated women's world cup yet. there's more investment in the women's game now, the audiences are bigger and the standard is higher but still significant issues in the sport remain. a video announcing germany's squad went viral after it highlighted some of the struggles they have faced in the game. fifa accept women's football

still has some way to go in its fight for equality. our ultimate goal is to reach the moment when we are going to talk about women football and men's football but we just consider football as a game for everyone. this tournament could be transformational. there is already a feel—good factor and soon the football begins. here both teams will be hoping to capture the world's attention. katie gornall, bbc news, nice. johanna konta has missed out on becoming the first british woman to reach a grand slam tennis final, in more than a0 years. she lost her semi final to the czech teenager marketa vond rousova in straight sets. with more, here's our sports correspondent, andy swiss. so much hope, but ultimately, so much heartache. joanna konta emerged knowing that this was a golden chance to reach a first grand slam final. the clear favourite against the czech favourite marketa vondrousova,

and she was soon showing why. konta led 5—3 and had set point, but with the court at her mercy, it all went wrong. and that horrible miss proved the turning point, as vondrousova reeled off the next four games. another konta misjudgement and the czech was one set up. still, konta had hope. come the second set, again, she led 5—3. again, it slipped away. it went to a tie—break and it was vondrousova who was inspired. the 19—year—old duly held her nerve and seized her place in the final, leaving konta to rue what might have been. britain's hopes of ending a 42 year wait for a women's singles final at a grand slam, finished in the familiar frustration. andy swiss, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news...

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