finding a way to actually resolve any of these issues. theyjust finding a way to actually resolve any of these issues. they just want to get brexit done first because we are still tripping over that. we are tripping over that and we need to get brexit done so we can concentrate on all the other issues. but what about our first—time voter, rachel, who is undecided. did she hear anything that might help her at the ballot box? thing so students weren't mentioned. it's not aimed at us again, weren't mentioned. it's not aimed at us again, it feels like they are not targeting young people, which i think at the moment is such a key vote. laughter at times, and irritation overcame the group at what they saw as point scoring from the two leaders. one of the final questions in the debate was on leadership, and our oldest photo, martin, leaning towards the liberal democrats, was singularly unimpressed. people are wising up. they are much more well—informed. but i think the nub of the

questioning is, can we trust our politicians? i don't feel we can. to get a show of hands from all of you, as to whether or not that debate we watched was useful in any way. raise handsif watched was useful in any way. raise hands if your you thought it was useful? four. and the rest of you, it wasn't useful, a waste of time? clive myrie, bbc news, in southampton. studio: clive myrie with a selection of voters' opinions from southampton a short time ago. a reminder that the brexit party leader, nigel farage, willappear on a question time leaders special, here on bbc one at 10.45pm, and other party leaders will appear on a live question time leaders special on friday. that's it from us tonight. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are.

hello. you're watching sportsday on bbc news. i'm ben croucher. your top stories. after five and a half years in charge, mauricio pochettino is sacked as tottenham hotspur wales at the double. they qualify for their second straight european championships by beating hungary 2—nil at the cardiff city stadium. and we meet the jockey who answered an sos call on twitter and then went and won the race. thanks forjoining us. on one hand, mauricio pochettino

guided tottenham hotspur to four top four premier league finishes in five years and to one champions league final and a sustained period as one of the best sides in english football. on the other, an alarming slump in form in 2019 that sees them lie 14th in the premier league. without a win since september. thrashed in the champions league by bayern munich. humbled in the league cup by colchester. tonight, pochettino has been sacked. our reporter simon stone joins me live on sportsday. simon — what more can you tell us? it was a fairly brief stay but just as the game was starting, it was not really a matter of bearing that in his, but the chairman has said that he has paid to make difficult decisions and this has been one of the hardest. it was the reluctance that he has reached this conclusion

but regrettably he has said that domestic results that include 25 points from 2a games, this is been running from february and he has left the cloud facing a situation that the field change had to be made if changes can be affected and that is what he is done tonight. 2019. a new stadium. a champions league final but theirform has really suffered — what's gone wrong? well, there form has slumped and just go back to last year and what people will talk about what happened in the summer, what happened in the summer was even around in the summer, what happened in the summer was even around reaching the champions league final, they spoke about the fact that if tottenham was victorious, that may be the time for them to leave. that creates a destabilising effect and then there we re

destabilising effect and then there were players and christine erickson, totte n ha m were players and christine erickson, tottenha m wa nted were players and christine erickson, tottenham wanted to get there, but could not. but the score changed and they wanted to put place never happened and i think that lead to frustration and led to a stagnation and it is led to a downturn in performances that have left totte n ha m performances that have left tottenham where they are now. what's been the general reaction? reaction has been fairly strong and swift. tottenham players have said that they cannot think pochettino enough for the work that he has done with him and he hopes to work with him again orsee with him and he hopes to work with him again or see him again at some point in the future. a tweet that is been liked nearly 100,000 times. totte n ha m been liked nearly 100,000 times. tottenham hot spurs, they want to know why this decision has been made at the end of an international break in out of the start of one and they

feel they felt that he had earned the right of the past five years to turn around the downturn and they wa nt a nswers. turn around the downturn and they want answers. going back to 1958 for the last time wells ran a major tournament. now — they've reached back to european championships. it comes after ryan giggs' side beat hungary 2—nil in cardiff. our correspondent andy swiss is there. andy, wales had to win their last two qualifiers and hope other results went their way. well they won their final two qualifiers and other results went their way. that is right, yes, it has been a roller coaster ride for wales fans. they had a rocky start to their campaign but they came good when it really mattered. big names tonight, a qualifier togetherfor really mattered. big names tonight, a qualifier together for the first time in two years and the combined

to stunning effects and a header put wales ahead just the start that the fence and hope to see. perfect header, wales were in the lead in the fans in the stadium sensed something special and aaron ramsey once again. really once that second goal had gone then, the celebrations could begin in the final whistle as you can imagine sparked a huge jubilation from the fans and the players and this was the second successive time that they reached the european championship finals. what an achievement from ryan, he never reached a major tournament as a player but he has guided wales to a player but he has guided wales to a major tournament in his first campaign asa a major tournament in his first campaign as a manager. and of course, the last european championship in 2016, they went to

reach the semifinals in the fans after this we are hoping that they can do something equally special at the next event. northern ireland's automatic qualification hopes ended at the weekend. they travelled to frankfurt this evening to play germany. and if they were looking for a confidence boost ahead of the playoffs next year, well they didn't get one. beaten 6—1 as craig templeton reports. qualification was not in the equation for northern ireland and providing a window into the format of the playoffs. michael smith pulled things into focus within seven minutes, hitting the kind of strike he dreamed of, this woke the germans up and it turned and shot all in one movement with the equaliser. the next goal is not quite as easy on the eye but he gave them the lead, scoring with a final touch. if germany was slow to the start of the first half, the same cannot be said for second. again,

beginning to worry because he was too quick to strong and simply too good. the second hat trick for his country. and if it was not him it wasjulian, country. and if it was not him it was julian, 6—1 for germany. i country. and if it was not him it wasjulian, 6—1 for germany. i night that started so well for northern ireland but in the end, the difference in class. scotland also knew they couldn't automatically qualify. they hosted kazakhstan at hampden park, a team they lost to in the opening group game and went behind when ba ktiyar zaynutdinov rifled in the opening goal of the game. scotland came back though with two goals from john mcginn and a steven naismith header earning steve clarke's side a 3—1win. social media sometimes gets a bit of bad press, but it was a force for good earlier today. racehorse owner vaughan lewis needed a jockey at short notice for his favourite in the first race at lingfield. racheal kneller answered the call, dashed to the surrey course and got her first win of the season. she spoke to sportsday earlier.

the secretary, your agent has been calling her, can you bring straightaway. a rank and they said, can you write today and she said, right. they need, can you get to the field by one o'clock and i said yes, i will go right now. so ijust jumped in the car grabbed my bag, went there quickly and headed to the field and got there just after 11, s0 field and got there just after 11, so it was pretty good timing really. on the way there, i was a little bit stressed to say the least. i ended up stressed to say the least. i ended up infront stressed to say the least. i ended up in front almost too soon really. but yeah, it all went to plan. coming to the last one, thought i could win the surveyjumped the last. you have flashbacks of the

horses falling at the last second but as soon as i jumped horses falling at the last second but as soon as ijumped at horses falling at the last second but as soon as i jumped at the horses falling at the last second but as soon as ijumped at the last, he just changed gear and but as soon as ijumped at the last, hejust changed gear and he has done it easy. he could come around again. that's all from sportsday. plenty more reaction to our top stories on the bbc sport website and app. coming up next — the papers.

hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the gurdian columnist, dawn foster and former trade minister, lord jones. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the guardian features boris johnson and jeremy corbyn in tonight's leaders' debate on itv, with brexit and the nhs high on the agenda. the independent features its exclusive story on the failings at shrewsbury and telford nhs trust. the metro also leads on the maternity scandal — as well as reaction to tonight's tv debate, as a poll says it was a narrow win for borisjohnson 51% to 49%. prince andrew is on the front of the mirror — the newspaper says police notebooks could hold key information relating to allegations made against the duke of york.

let us plunge in and inevitably, we're going to start with the debate. where else could we start? for most people, they may have already been decided about what they think about whether or not they're going to backjeremy corbyn urbach borisjohnson but going to backjeremy corbyn urbach boris johnson but i going to backjeremy corbyn urbach borisjohnson but i think what is particularly interesting, for me least, is that borisjohnson was openly laughed at when he talked about how this is going to be an election based on the truth. but probably unexpected was that the conservative party headquarters twitter account changed its name to fa ct twitter account changed its name to fact check and pumped out a series of lies. i think this is going to be a very dirty election and i think people are very prolabor or very

pro—tory, they have already decided, but for a lot of people were undecided, these are the dirty tricks in these reactions to certain things. you do not have to look very closely to see everything else on it is conservative, recommended following and all that is in blue. it is not that difficult to realise it is conservative. it is not that much of a dirty trick of that is what it's supposed to be. scraping the barrel. i think it is. what it's supposed to be. scraping the barrel. ithink it is. ithink most people see individual truth in their twitter feed. rather than the actual truth. if we are looking at deceit and tricks and lies, i feel that today was interesting, with jeremy corbyn and repeating this lie that if the trade deal with america that if the trade deal with america thatjohnson does for that if the trade deal with america that johnson does for some reason, he will sell the nhs to america i

can't help but think that is a big lie. but the point is, he has not said once, not once since the treaty in1982, said once, not once since the treaty in 1982, which was the real creation of the single market, yes, i was a lawyer in birmingham. we were both in our cradles at the time. i was. since the treaty and 92. the company got the right to supply the nhs and if you do a trade deal with australia, an austrian former company will have the same right what is it about america, jeremy that you hate and love so much that all you're talking about is not allowing an american pharmaceutical company to do the thing that you have been perfectly happy if you signa have been perfectly happy if you sign a deal with america and europe as you say you're going to be doing, you'll be allowing them in europe to do