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the wheelchair participants all get paid exactly the same way. four british sides are hoping tojoin rangers in the last 16 of the champions league tonight. wolves have already kicked off in barcelona they're playing espanyol with a 4—0 lead from the first leg. bulls look like they are heading through. —— wolves. celtic have a bit more work to do againat copenhagen. they drew in the danish capital a week ago. keradine idissane is at celtic park for us. hello from celtic park. could we have two scottish teams in the last 16 of european competition for the first time in over 30 years? with me to find out is the former goalkeeper
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pat. there very well set tonight. they should have the second half. i thought they were dead and buried, but they turned it around and they we re but they turned it around and they were formidable. celtic are home and there stadium in front of their own crowd. they'll be on the front foot andi crowd. they'll be on the front foot and i expect them to score tonight. ido and i expect them to score tonight. i do expect them to come through. we saw terrific performance from rangers last night. what's the most important thing for her here in glasgow tonight? that's european football. that's why they play at this stage of the competition. all is very difficult, but they have to be concentrated. they got to keep a good organisation defence, and even though they will be on the front foot of the attack, that counterattack, european teams can
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play and have to be wary of that. the second half to cause some problems in copenhagen. they have to be aware that if this team goes out, they have to adapt quickly and kick on from there. make you very much. celtic have been on a fantastic run so celtic have been on a fantastic run so far this season. we'll find out if it continues later on this evening here at celtic park. arsenal have a one goal advantage to defend at home to 0lympiakos whilst at old trafford, manchester united are also aiming to qualify following their 1—1 draw againat bruges in the first leg. let's take a look at a few more football stories around today. football league clubs have agreed in principle to move the end of the summer transfer window back to the end of august. it'll bring championship clubs in line with leagues one, two and the premier league. the premier league is to introduce a hall of fame next month. there'll name two inductees initially and then allow fans to vote for some more from a shortlist.
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top scorer alan shearer has been trending on social media today so quite possibly a good shout to be included. a 30—year—old man has been arrested and released under investigation by police after allegedly hacking the emails of manchester city boss pep guardiola. the club say they were unaware of the actions of their former it contractor, including claims he tried to sell details for a six figure sum. great britain's men have afterjason kenny helped the men's team sprint to silver on the opening day, it's laura's turn to hunt silverware this evening. she just missed out in the scratch race yesterday but is part of the women's team pursuit that has high expectations. jill douglas is there for us. here at the berlin stadium, i'm joined by stephen. they are into the
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gold—medal race, they had to be canada. they were quick and the first half. they were actually quite well up. that put them on the back foot. that's got set up for quite an exciting title this evening. do you feel they've been backed up a little bit? i think there was a little bit of that in the third quarter, but in the fourth, laura was struggling in herfinal the fourth, laura was struggling in her final turn. the fourth, laura was struggling in herfinal turn. she made a huge hit in the first turn and the final turn began to pay the price for that. that dropped a little bit as well, so, they would've felt that was their best ride, but the key point was getting the job done and getting into the finals. the americans will
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be the team to beat. they have been setting the title all the way through. they've had an incredible team. their lead —— very similar in the first round. she must be getting a little bit tired. we have an opportunity to perhaps get one of oui’ opportunity to perhaps get one of our writers back in for the finals. it's gotta be very close. it will be very exciting. hopefully we have enough to get the job done. looking forward to that. thank you very much. all the action on seven o'clock. and you can watch it right 110w o'clock. and you can watch it right now on the bbc sport website. when the rugby league world cup takes place in england next year, the wheelchair version of the game will be part of the main event for the first time. as the game continues to grow across the uk, one newly formed team in the south wales valleys, the ebbw vale rollers hopes some
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of its players will make it to the tournament. ben price has been to meet them. learning the rules and getting stuck into a new sport. wheelchair rugby league prides itself on being inclusive. you don't have to be a regular wheelchair user to play and teams consist of both male and female players of all ages. we've played with, our oldest is 72. ebbw vale rollers a re played with, our oldest is 72. ebbw vale rollers are the first rugby tea m vale rollers are the first rugby team in south wales, hoping to following the success of the north wales crusaders. ready to compete in the top uk these. is basically to get more wheelchair users out and about, getting their families involved as well. the sport sits in the category we want to be in, and
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yet it's brilliant. they all enjoy it. the game is based on a version of rugby league. the ball is passed backwards and each team retains the ball for six tackles. then they must score 01’ ball for six tackles. then they must score or surrender ball for six tackles. then they must score or surrender the ball for the °p score or surrender the ball for the op —— to the opera position. a tackle is counted when a tag is taken off a player's shoulder. we got a lot of open body strength. gives you a different perspective on life. you get to the some of the difficulties that regular wheelchair users face on a day—to—day basis. difficulties that regular wheelchair users face on a day—to—day basism 2021, wheelchair rugby league will be part of the official word be league world cup. for the first time, competitors will receive equal pgy- time, competitors will receive equal pay. great thing about this league, all participants, be male orfemale,
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the wheelchair participants all get paid exactly the same money to play. the new season starts next month and the rollers are fine—tuning their preparations, excited for what will be there first time competing. ben price, bbc news. that's all from sportsday. more on those europa league matches in sportsday at 10:30pm this afternoon. you can get more in sportsday at 10:30pm. sarah mulkerrins will take you through that later on. from us, for now, we'll see you later. the government's decision to build a third runway
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at heathrow airport is overruled unlawful by the court of appeal. ministers have said they won't be appealing against the judgement at heathrow who have said that they will. alex veitch is the head of policy at the freight transport association. what's your reaction to what we heard today? it's bad news for all of the uk. it's also true that the sanction of heathrow has to...|j of the uk. it's also true that the sanction of heathrow has to... i do apologise. we seem to have a slight broken up connection to you. we'll try and get to you later. we apologise for that. we will be
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discussing this from eight o'clock here on the bbc news channel. foster ca re rs here on the bbc news channel. foster carers are operating with huge depths. the local government association says it's worried that such financial instability could put at risk the care of vulnerable children. the government is currently carrying out a review of the care system. here's our social affairs correspondent alison holt. this care home can take just three children but each place is in high demand. they get about 30 requests a day from councils. one sign of a system struggling to cope with the growing number of children needing a safe 5 pa ce. growing number of children needing a safe space. where three bed home. we don't have the means even look at the referrals. there is a need for
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more homes like ours. fees for children's homes can easily cost more than £3000 a week. this independent home says that allows them to provide quality support, but large companies now dominate children's social care. today's resort for the local government association raises concerns about debts of those firms are racking up. it found six out of the ten largest companies had more debt than assets. many of those were backed by private equity finance and some were backed by private equity finance and some were making more than 20% profit on their income. counsellors are worried by the rise in the fees they now face and the stability of they now face and the stability of the big companies. i think if you saw what happened with adult social ca re saw what happened with adult social care back in 2011, the system collapse, we don't want that to happen. we don't want to wait until that happens before the government steps in. there are also concerns that children like robin, not her
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real name, and up being sent miles from where they live because local ca re from where they live because local care home places go to the highest bidder. she was 12 when she was sent toa bidder. she was 12 when she was sent to a home nearly two hours away from family and friends. i was really close to all my teachers in the school. he and taking out of it was very ha rd school. he and taking out of it was very hard as well as being taken from my family. —— being taken out of it. some councils are now opening their own care homes like this one. but private care companies insist they provide value for money and say they provide value for money and say they want to work more closely with local authorities to meet the increasing needs of children. what we're looking at is sectors and having more homes to meet the needs ofa having more homes to meet the needs of a growing number of children. i don't think we can actually afford to say one thing isn't right, because what we need is the whole spectrum. the government says it is currently reviewing the care system to ensure it provides the best
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possible support for children. alison holt, bbc news. let's find out how the weather is looking. a quiet night ahead although there will be some showers continuing in the north and the risk of ice around as temperatures fall below freezing, but already by morning, we're watching the next area of rain. it's coming back into southern and western areas. for many, a frosty start. there could be some ice around to watch out for as well, but as the day progresses it will make the way northwards. the story really is more rain u nfortu nately, story really is more rain unfortunately, but i do think we will see some snow across the pennines into scotland. it could hang around us know for much of the day, but it looks milderfor their style. mild, wet and really rather cloudy. that's down to storm jorge which will eventually have a sting in its tail by the time we get into saturday with some severe gales, damaging winds potentially. rain is
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