'coach wcp‘cm "inf-wit wit sn’f face player coach straight out of college. i think i first went to england as a 22—year—old and i was coaching that derby rams at the time asa coaching that derby rams at the time as a head coach and i wasjust trying to work my craft and figure out if i was any good at it and it was a kind of low—budget situation, low—budget team and i remember i was not old enough to drive the team than semi stacking centre had to drive the van and i sat on the passenger side and i remember the minibus and breaking down out in the middle of the country one time and wondering where am i and what the heck am i doing here and all those things. life has since changed dramatically. last year in a series of incredible victories saw his toronto raptors secure their first nba championship. yet in a lead to bursting with international talents,

british success stories are few and far between. it is a tremendous well the right —— where the whites point it seems like the uk is missing out on it. he still seems to be an infrastructure problem of enough kids having a place to play and quality coaching, where and how we get there seems to be a 30 year battle now it only seems to be a big lea p forward battle now it only seems to be a big leap forward and then six or seven steps back. massive celebration on their way... what was once a distant dream is now a reality for nick, it's been an unconventionaljourney to the top but now he's arrived and the pressure is on to stay there. last night zak emmerson became the second youngest footballer to play in the football league when he came on as a substitute in 0ldham athletic‘s 2—0 victory over walsall. today, zak, who has onlyjust turned 15, was back at school studying for his gcses. stuart pollitt reports. and emerson at the age of 15 years

and 73 days, making history last night. today he is back to studying gcs the history. it's a realfeeling today but of the sea last night did not get home till late and it's been surreal and unbelievable. when he stepped onto the speech last night he became the second youngest player ever to play in the english football league. if he plays in the fa copy will break that competition's record and asked by every player passed by the ultimate goal of paying for ingram that record is held by everything who played when he was i7. everything who played when he was 17. it's very rare he doesn't come around often but to be fair he lives and breathes it and he does everything right. nobody when these opportunities are given to them his isjust that he is back in school.

today's pe lesson was not shooting practice. just bringing him back down to earth and he is a level— headed down to earth and he is a level—headed lad. down to earth and he is a level-headed lad. with one of his brothers also at the academy this is a spiking family. he paid not need 2d games but we have high hopes him. he is coping with balancing his studies and his football. i've a lwa ys studies and his football. i've always managed. i'm not behind in any work. you have enjoyed the extra attention today? yes. i have left it. make a big future in the dam he might need to start getting used to a little attention. remember his name. we will have more champions league results but for now goodbye. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening.

a generation of children with special educational needs are being "let down day after day", according to a report from mps. the education select committee has strongly criticised the implementation of reforms brought in five years ago in england. 0ur education correspondent, frankie mccamley, reports. if i hadn't found the group here, then i wouldn't have known where to start. whether it's just a cup of tea, a chance to meet others in a similar situation or an offer of legal advice, this group of parents, who all have children with special educational needs, get together every week. how are you coping? i don't, most days. i get up and i get dressed in the hope that at least one of them might say, "i'm going to go to school today, mum," but it never happens.

but you just keep going. we found we were discharged from speech therapist services three times at least, by the time he'd finished reception. and he's 15 now and he's still selectively mute. i have a 13—year—old with autism. i couldn't get any social care assessment for him. we've just had one, but that's been three years of asking. it'sjust culture and people's attitudes towards children with disability, and it's a real shame. following an 18—month inquiry, the education select committee says the system is not working. it's no good just throwing more money at the system, or literally using a plaster, an elastoplast, to solve individual problems as they may arise. the government needs to give it strong direction and much more guidance to councils, to see this as a major area of social injustice in our country. it is shameful, and it is wrong. councils that run the services say they they have reached a tipping point with funding not keeping up with demand. the government says it's investing more and wants the system to work for every child. but for these parents, like thousands across the country, they just want their children to have the best possible chance in life and get the support they were promised.

frankie mccamley, bbc news. shifting it was quite a task. here is more. for more than a century, it has sit on these shores affecting sailors and ships alike. but it's erosion had finally caught up near the lighthouse. it would have to be abandoned, demolished, or moved. and in the end, they went for option number three. it is a really big day for us. we have been on the sidelines for the beginning. we did not know if it was even possible to move the lighthouse. but possibly it was. the entire structure lifted up by hydraulics and slowly carried at the dizzying speed of eight metres per hour. it was pushed along two

tracks in the process described as being something like skating on rails. thousands of spectators lifting on as the lighthouse was moved 70 metres or more than 200 feet. i felt very confident but of course i'm very relieved now that it's done especially as it so important for the whole of denmark. 0nce important for the whole of denmark. once it reached its destination, concrete was poured into provide support. this whole operation is expected to safeguard the lighthouse for another a0 years or so when presumably everyone will come back and delete all over again. here is the weather. that evening. he had seen plenty of wet weather across the uk already this month and another dollop of heavy rain to come for england and wales for the next few days but by the time we had debbie anticipating

we will have an above average 0ctober rain for next week looking quieter and internal conditions but it will start to feel chillier. here currently the mercy of an area of low pressure we have got one finds towards the and another one getting down from the northwest and a band that shall waiting to move in after that. these two fronts will merge together in the next 12 hours or so bringing reigning to england and wales but actually rather like patch most of the rain across western beaches of england and wales a bit wetter overnight for the northwest of england. it's as though his friends trickled their way further east threads there is the we will see a bit of reinvigoration and perhaps some policies of heavy rain especially to the second half of the day across central and eastern areas of england. writer skies close to the low centre in northern ireland and scotland sent showers rolling through during the day. in terms of temperature is about 11 to ia should cover it but colder air starting to

dig down into the north of scotland and around that low pressure centre later on thursday and into friday. still pretty mild to the south between the two air masses, whether front that will sneak across the uk on friday sitting across england and wales and not really deviating from its track for about 36 hours, the rain will keep coming and it could potentially cause problems, quite windy to the southwest, still strong winds across scotland, drier weather here central and eastern areas, showers in the northwest. chillier air pushing him, since no upfront bumping intoa air pushing him, since no upfront bumping into a northwards and it keeps leaving its way across wales and parts of northern england went into saturday. 100 mm of rain for inches possible for some spots as it sta rts inches possible for some spots as it starts to pull away for the end of the weekend. so, the risk of some disruption i think friday and saturday for parts of wales and the northwest of england in particular chance but could be affected and a

lot of surface water. much quieter story as it pulls off into the continent for sunday. you're watching beyond 100 days. testimony from donald trump's ukraine envoy is seen as a game changer in the impeachment inquiry. bill taylor says "everything" was dependent on political investigations being opened — including military aid. the white house calls it a coordinated smear campaign, but democrats say it's the clearest example yet of a quid pro quo. donald trump says he'll lift sanctions on turkey after they agreed to a permanent ceasefire in northern syria, but he stands firm that us troops have no role there.

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