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the meeting was called by labour leaderjeremy corbyn. i will put forward a legislative proposal to prevent the government from crashing out without a deal. and that was something all the parties agreed this morning. the deadline to save both bolton wanderers and bury football clubs has just closed with the firm aiming to buy bury pulling out. police investigating alleged abuse at a hospital in county antrim say cctv footage has revealed 1500 crimes committed on one ward. documents discovered by the bbc suggest the government, and h52, knew the high speed railway was over budget and behind schedule years ago. brazil's president poulsen aaron has told local media he may reverse a decision to reject a deal with $20
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million in aid from the g7 leaders. 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 the latest on the future of the bolton wanderers and bury fc, after the deadline to save both clubs has passed. also, we'll be finding out why vets think feeding your pets insects could be the solution to helping fight climate change. and we'll be looking at tomorrow's front pages in the papers tonight, with our guests the brexit commissioning editor for the telegraph, asa bennett, and the author and journalist rachel shabi. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm 0lly foster. the headlines this evening. bury on the brink. their buyer pulls out and they now face certain expulsion from the league.
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with all the good publicity we have had from you and all the other stations on radio and television, for it to come to this is just heartbreaking. d day for bolton as well, a founding memeber of the football league is also facing liquidation. it's day 2 at the us open. british number one kyle edmund is due to get his campaign underway we'll get the latest from new york. also coming up in the programme... the teenage rhythmic gymnast ready to represent great britain for the first time. good evening, about 90 minutes ago, a deadline passed for two of the oldest clubs in the football
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league. neither bolton wanderers or bury have managed to find buyers or provide any reassurance that they can find a way out of their dire financial situations. bolton's administrator says that he will have to start the process of liquidation tomorrow after the sale of the club fell through over the weekend. for bury, insolvent, and unable to fulfill any of their six fixtures so far this season, a possible sale collapsed just a few hours ago. let's head there, to gigg lane first and speak to our sports editor dan roan. we had this frank statement from the company tutored by bury and they said that they just company tutored by bury and they said that theyjust could not proceed as they are, they say systematic failings over and number of years at the club behind you? that's right, this was the data analytics company c&n sporting risk and there was much optimism last week when they emerged as a
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potential bidderfor week when they emerged as a potential bidder for this crisis club. it was a deal that had been negotiated with the help of the local mp james chris and negotiated with the help of the local mpjames chris and a lot of help was invested in that potential deal. but be efl only gave c&n sporting risk a few days to conduct what they called due diligence which is when a prospective buyer look at an asset's books and tries to find out whether there are any dangers lurking there and normally the process ca n lurking there and normally the process can take weeks but they were just given a few days. given until 5pm today and facts so the clock was ticking and despite the scene earlier on with fans arriving here to try to get gigg lane ready to host what would have been its first match of the season after a series of matches were suspended by vfl, but despite that effort mid afternoon news filtered through here that c&n sporting risk had pulled
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out and as you say they said they had encountered certain complexities when doing the due diligence that made a deal impossible. and therefore that deadline was missed. this really was the final chance for bury and the current owner steve dale. in the last hour he gave an interview to our colleagues at radio manchester and this is what he had to say. sadly up until now the fa have not worked with us to give us a reprieve to get a deal over the line. it is notjust us but also bolton, two of the great clubs in the north being destroyed. ijust do not understand why there is no mechanism for saving them that text asa mechanism for saving them that text as a way, this threat. because what we need to do is allow them time to re cover we need to do is allow them time to recover and carry on in the league. so steve dale the current owner who bought the club for £1, now going
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into administration and he has asked for more time for the vfl have been in this tough position accused of taking on bury and also criticised for allowing steve dale to take over at the club in the first place. perhaps not doing their due diligence on him. but you feel for those fans behind you. absolutely and in the last hour bury issued a statement saying they understood the disappointment and anger of the fans here at gigg lane but they appealed for calm asking for them not to damage the stadium in any way to trespass because they say there are still some hope that some kind of deal with an alternative bidder could be found. important to stress that steve dale himself has told us in the last few minutes that he has passed three potential bids to the afl tonight, one from the former gateshead owner jess of and another from a swiss firm in the final one through
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another local mp ivor lewis. he is trying to facilitate another deal as well. so here you have time effectively asking the league yet again for extra time but in truth i think it is fair to say they are very much deep into injury time and time is very much running out. as you would imagine the fans are very upset. i had to tell my son who is in spain at the moment, he is eight years old and he says he wants to support bury. now i have to break the news, ijust thought everything was going through. we are devastated with all the good publicity we've had from you and all the other radio and television stations, for it to come to this isjust heartbreaking. i have been quite down about it, i did think over the weekend that we would be back here on saturday and i believed we would be back here on saturday. it's just not
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believed we would be back here on saturday. it'sjust not going to happen, it's never going to happen. the new potential owners should have been here today because if they had been here today because if they had been here today and seen what an asset this club is, you have broken 10,000 heights. and bolton fans also being put through the ringer. but these northwest clubs, two of the old est these northwest clubs, two of the oldest members of the football league, it really shines a light on life outside the glittering riches of the premier league and how quickly things can slide if clubs like that are mismanaged, it seems. absolutely, these two clubs highlight what is a growing concern within the english game at what appears to be this great financial and this chasm especially when it comes to tv revenue between the premier league his latest domestic
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tv deal over three years between 20 clu bs tv deal over three years between 20 clubs is £5 billion and the football league this latest deal was stretched over five years and has to be shared between many more clubs, 72 clubs and with more like £590 million. cell fraction of what the premier league gets to share out. and there are many who make the point of course thatjust a few miles down the road from two of the richest clubs not just miles down the road from two of the richest clubs notjust in the uk but in the world in manchester united and manchester city and some feel perhaps they could do more to redistribute some of their extraordinary wealth. the premier league say it is not their responsibility when it comes to bailing out clubs that perhaps have been financially mismanaged and they already give a great deal of money when it comes to solidarity payments and parachute payments to relegated clu bs. and parachute payments to relegated clubs. 0thers look at the way the efl scrutinises prospective owners and ask if they should do more and whether their test should be tougher. whatever the reasons for the predicament that these clubs face and indeed others because they
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are not alone, another number of clu bs a re are not alone, another number of clubs are struggling to pay wages in recent times, whether it is overspending, gambling into getting into the premier league orjust down to greed at the top of the game, whether it is a week football league no doubt that the dismay felt at the peril of these two clubs face at a time when the game is awash with money extends well beyond these towns in the north—west. money extends well beyond these towns in the north-west. dan, many thanks and we now wait and see what the football league decide to do at that board meeting now that the deadline has passed. many thanks indeed. let's take a look now at some of the other stories around today. robert snodgrass is back in scotland squad for the euro 2020 qualifiers against russia and belgium, he hasn't played for his country for a year. stephen naismith is also included despite a recent hamstring problem. aaron ramsey also has a hamstring problem and has withdrawn from the wales squad for their
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qualifier against azerbaijan and belarus. the juventus midfielder missed the start of the serie a season. another hamstring injury, scotland forward sam skinner will miss the rugby world cup. the exeter chiefs second row limped off during the scots victory over france last weekend and he's been ruled out next months tournament in japan. the head coach of the scotland women's national team has apologised to her players for the bust up that left some of them in tears, after they were knocked out of the world cup. shelley kerr told bbc scotland last week about her regrets over the confrontations that also left some players close to quitting. now her captain says the air has been cleared after a meeting yesterday. here's our scotland sport correspondent, chris mclaughlin. three days before european qualifying matches but the scotland captain knew few questions would be about football, most about the meeting that took place yesterday
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following a bust up between head coach and players. did the management team apologised for what happened? ultimately that has been pa rt happened? ultimately that has been part of what has happened over the last few weeks and i think as players we have also reflected and there are things we all would do differently. it is behind us now and if we dwell on that it will only have a negative effect. the sunshine of france now a distant memory, the group had a say at a meeting attended by the scottish fa chief executive ian maxwell. attended by the scottish fa chief executive ian maxwelllj attended by the scottish fa chief executive ian maxwell. i think obviously it was a conversation that needed to happen but i think it was good for everyone. especially for head coach who knew she had to for do. did she come close to losing the respect of key players? the players and managers need that element of trust in each other and it is up to
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her now to try to do that and she will work hard to try to do that whether that is successful or not, because there is a deep—rooted feeling of betrayal almost in the squad so she will have to work to do that. it is a side at the players and management are keen to put behind them for very obvious reasons. but really it is that simple, but what will help is positive results on the pitch and that starts on friday. everything that starts on friday. everything that happened in france good and bad is now gone and for a unified squad we are told, it is now on to the euros. the british company behind chris froome and geraint thomas placement tea m froome and geraint thomas placement team have made another sporting acquisition. they also bought the swiss club lausanne. we will have a plan in the next three to five years
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to become a european competition playing football, but we want to get to that point and we want to stay there. we want to put the club on a sustainable basis where it is competing regularly in european football competition. day two at the us open. let's had now to new york and russell fuller. and kyle edmund made a pretty decent start but has fallen short there in a couple of, the last couple of yea rs. a couple of, the last couple of years. a frustrating 2019 for kyle edmund, he has been working on endurance and physical strength since wimbledon. you may remember that he last from two sets to love
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up that he last from two sets to love up and three love up in the second round and admitted he just had not been able to keep them physically. he has been working hard since and promising signs here, he took the first set against pablo andujar by six games to three. he dropped his opening service game but broke back and then broke again and had other opportunities as well sell quite a convincing opening set performance at least. we had serena williams overnight back on the main show court for the first time since that final when she had that meltdown abusing the empire last year. i wonder what the defending champion miami 0saka was thinking when she stepped back out on court. miami 0saka was thinking when she stepped back out on courtm miami 0saka was thinking when she stepped back out on court. it cannot be easy defending a grand slam title for the first time and naomi 0saka had a lot of hard work in the match against the world number 84 from russia. she took it six games to
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four but at the moment she is about to face a second set point. patrick a bit gone through comfortably. and grabbing your muguruza has been beaten by alison riske of the united states. we had that wobbly but winning start from roger federer, novak djokovic looking strong and we will get to see rafa nadal in a few hours. miami sucker hasjust saved the second of those set plays. —— 0saka. rafa nadal says his knees are feeling better than the last time when he had to pull out. simona halep will also be playing shortly.
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and coco gauff, the 15—year—old who beat venus williams at wimbledon is back and she will play a bit later on. this is the fourth event she has been given a wild card for, in this year, feared that she turned 15. and thatis year, feared that she turned 15. and that is technically in contravention of guidelines issued to protect younger players but the us tennis association just could not resist and handed her a wild card nonetheless. i'm sure new york will see her as a big draw. louise christie says she feels a sense of pride after becoming the first scottish rhythmic gymnast to represent great britain in six years. the 18—year—old from aberdeen is heading to portugal to compete in the international tournament. she's been speaking to tyrone smith. poise, grace, power and
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poise, grace, powerand skill. the quality is a rhythmic gymnast needs. and louise christie has them all. it has not gone unnoticed as she has become the first scot since 2013 to represent great britain in the sport after being selected to compete at the prestigious international tournament in portugal. the prestigious international tournament in portugallj the prestigious international tournament in portugal. i feel it put some pressure on me because i wa nt to put some pressure on me because i want to do well being one representing scotland, it gives me a sense of pride that i'm the first scottish rhythmic gymnast to do this and so long and i hope it makes other gymnasts think they can do the same. it demonstratesjust that other gymnasts think they can do the same. it demonstrates just that the ha rd same. it demonstrates just that the hard work and dedication and commitment and the opportunities that we are trying to create for the gymnasts are now reaping the rewards. here is louise aged just 11 yea rs rewards. here is louise aged just 11 years old, showing off their talents at the british open where she took silver. her progress has continued and the aberdonian took bronze at the british championship last month with this routine. it is hoped her
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success could raise the profile of the sport here. team scotland said note rhythmic gymnast was sent to the gold coast commonwealth games last year but luis is confident it will be a different story when the games come to birmingham in three yea rs. games come to birmingham in three years. my ultimate goal is to compete at the 2022 commonwealth games andi compete at the 2022 commonwealth games and i think it is achievable. the sport is really small but in scotland, it is expanding a lot this year especially. and the level is definitely rising and we have a lot more girls competing at the national finals which is one of the top levels in the sport. louise will help to add to her growing reputation when she joins up with a great britain team—mates at the end of the month. there's just one year to go until the paralympic games get underway in toyko. my colleaguejohn watson caught up with amy truesdale, who will be making her debut in para taekwando, and two time paralympian champion richard whitehead.
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it will be my fourth games and hopefully standing on the podium for a fourth time in defending my 200 metres title. it will be tough, the competition obviously because of the sport and awareness of the sport is a lot more competitive now. across the field. and we want 147 medals in brazil and i know that gb are looking to push on. we are the best prepared team and with new sports like tae kwon do we're hoping to bridge new in sport. it must be exciting with tae kwon do being there for the first time. really exciting, the first para competition was in 2009 and at that point it was just see what happens now it is an official paralympic sport so to see
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