tv BBC News BBC News May 18, 2021 6:45pm-7:01pm BST
6:45 pm
�*than rainfall. felt no more severely than here at worchester. since 1899, the club has suffered major repeated flooding on three occasions, all occurring in the last 1a years last february where i'm standing right now i will would be waist deep in water and the increasing severity and frequency is having a profound impact. iii and frequency is having a profound im act. . ., and frequency is having a profound imact. . ., , _, ., impact. if that were to become an even more — impact. if that were to become an even more regular— impact. if that were to become an even more regular event - impact. if that were to become an even more regular event that - impact. if that were to become an i even more regular event that would raise issues for us. that is when you are are reliant on ticket sales orfood you are are reliant on ticket sales or food and you are are reliant on ticket sales orfood and beverage you are are reliant on ticket sales or food and beverage and having to really locate that summary. the financial impact of a summer light is anything after two or 50,000. —— 250,000. is anything after two or 50,000. -- 250,000. ~ ., u, is anything after two or 50,000. -- 250,000. ~ ., . ., ., 250,000. what can cricket do to fi . ht the 250,000. what can cricket do to fight the currents? _ 250,000. what can cricket do to fight the currents? lawrence - 250,000. what can cricket do to | fight the currents? lawrence gets 250,000. what can cricket do to i fight the currents? lawrence gets a lot of its electricity from the win. cambridge have come up with a bamboo bat cricketers are taking responsibility. joe cook volunteers from the winds of the earth and wants to be part of climate change for the better.—
6:46 pm
for the better. cricket is a sport in a position — for the better. cricket is a sport in a position to _ for the better. cricket is a sport in a position to lead _ for the better. cricket is a sport in a position to lead in - for the better. cricket is a sport in a position to lead in the - in a position to lead in the conversation. if are trying to grade a group of athletes that can go around and organisations that are involved in that those stories that look what this cricketer or this footballer has done for sustainability.— footballer has done for sustainability. footballer has done for sustainabili . �* , , sustainability. i've been very fortunate — sustainability. i've been very fortunate to _ sustainability. i've been very fortunate to him _ sustainability. i've been very fortunate to him i _ sustainability. i've been very fortunate to him i had - sustainability. i've been very fortunate to him i had a - sustainability. i've been very . fortunate to him i had a brilliant career_ fortunate to him i had a brilliant career to— fortunate to him i had a brilliant career to play around the world and i hope _ career to play around the world and i hope that— career to play around the world and i hope that is possible for future england — i hope that is possible for future england players and aspiring young cricketers _ england players and aspiring young cricketers as well.— cricketers as well. cricket in 2050 is likely to — cricketers as well. cricket in 2050 is likely to look _ cricketers as well. cricket in 2050 is likely to look and _ cricketers as well. cricket in 2050 is likely to look and feel - cricketers as well. cricket in 2050 is likely to look and feel very - is likely to look and feel very different. just how different could well depend on the actions taken right now. now for a quick round—up of some of the day's other sports stories. mitchell starc, pat cummins, josh hazlewood and nathan lyon — the four australia bowlers who played in the infamous ball—tampering match against south africa three years ago have denied knowing about the plan to tamper with the ball. batsman cameron bancroft suggested that some bowlers knew about the plot to use sandpaper. an american court has ruled that tyson fury has to fight
6:47 pm
deontay wilder for a third time before september 15th — just a month after fury is set to meet anthonyjoshua, in a world heavyweight unification fight in saudi arabia. fury�*s promoter frank warren says discussions are ongoing with wilder's team to try and make him step aside. and the tour of andalusia got under way in spain in dramatic fashion. portugal's rui 0liveira was leading at the time this happened. he was able to rejoin the race despite his injuries. spain's gonzalo serrano claimed the opening stage victory with britain's ethan hayterfourth for ineos grenadiers. at the start of the year, we told you how the double 0lympic rowing champion helen glover was hoping to make a comeback at this summer's tokyo games. now aged 3a and a mum—of—three, she could become the first woman to make a british olympic rowing team, after having children. helen's competing this
6:48 pm
week in the hope of impressing the selectors. but she still managed to take a breakfrom her demanding schedule, to give sally nugent an exclusive look, at how "thejuggle" is real. for the moment i kind of started rolling, it was nothing other than to win the olympics.— rolling, it was nothing other than to win the olympics. glover defender of her olympic _ to win the olympics. glover defender of her olympic title! _ to win the olympics. glover defender of her olympic title! when _ to win the olympics. glover defender of her olympic title! when i - to win the olympics. glover defender of her olympic title! when i was - of her olympic title! when i was re arina of her olympic title! when i was preparing for — of her olympic title! when i was preparing for london _ of her olympic title! when i was preparing for london and - of her olympic title! when i was preparing for london and rio . of her olympic title! when i was i preparing for london and rio come of her olympic title! when i was - preparing for london and rio come it was all i had. it was the most important thing in the world. now i have got my family. there's a large part of the reason i started doing this was to show them what it takes to achieve your dreams and be dedicated to something and also to be able to never have a point in your life where you feel you can do something. and ifeel your life where you feel you can do something. and i feel like your life where you feel you can do something. and ifeel like them seeing it every day, normalising it for them and i hope that 20 years in the future when they are making big decisions about their lives that might be something in there they just from watching this journey and
6:49 pm
being part of it and seeing what it takes to have commitment they will feel that little bit bolder to make a decision that is scary. what feel that little bit bolder to make a decision that is scary. what does our da a decision that is scary. what does your day look— a decision that is scary. what does your day look like? _ a decision that is scary. what does your day look like? talk _ a decision that is scary. what does your day look like? talk me - a decision that is scary. what does. your day look like? talk me through that? i your day look like? talk me through that? ., �* ., ., ., that? i don't have to leave the house to _ that? i don't have to leave the house to half _ that? i don't have to leave the house to half seven. _ that? i don't have to leave the house to half seven. those - that? i don't have to leave the l house to half seven. those first couple hours is getting real quality time in. everybody in their pyjamas having fun and spending close time with the little ones. and then i go out for my first session of the day. they have a nap in the middle of the day. nap time is normally how i work most of my training around. then i do my session while they are sleeping, on the rowing machine. i found that training is one of those things that is into the day. people put 0lympians on pedestals that aren't realistic. that is not right. they are all human and flawed and they all have struggles. i that by being open with my story and open about the fact that it is such a iuggung about the fact that it is such a juggling act. some days i get really wrong or right. the same as other parents. yet my goal is a different
6:50 pm
one. for me having this goal has helped me through the year. i'm the best mum i can be, when i have that moment to myself. and equally on the best mum i can be a mum of the best roi can be. the two tiling to other really nicely. —— the best rower i can be. i've learned that women supporting women, women lifting each other up, that is the most empowering thing.- other up, that is the most empowering thing. other up, that is the most em-aaowerinthin. ., ., ,, u ,, empowering thing. what does success look like this — empowering thing. what does success look like this are? _ empowering thing. what does success look like this are? very _ empowering thing. what does success look like this are? very much - empowering thing. what does success look like this are? very much my - look like this are? very much my definition of— look like this are? very much my definition of success _ look like this are? very much my definition of success will - look like this are? very much my definition of success will be - look like this are? very much my definition of success will be to i definition of success will be to make the team to tokyo. that still stands. i think that if i make the team selection i will have to stop and let that sink in. but as time has gone, my ambition has changed and can i get up to the podium? can igeta medal? and can i get up to the podium? can i geta medal? i and can i get up to the podium? can i get a medal? i would have died a year ago but that is becoming more my ambition now. —— i would not have thought about that a year ago. 15 years after teenager kiyan prince was stabbed and killed
6:51 pm
outside his school in london, his dream of becoming a professional footballer is being realised through the help of technology. his friends and family have worked with designers to turn kiyan into a character, in this year's fifa computer game, with the aim of discouraging young people from carrying knives. graham satchell has the story. my name is kiyan prince. and i am a professional footballer. at least, i would have been. had i not been killed when i was 15. kiyan prince was trying to break up a fight when he was stabbed and killed outside his school. he was just 15. his bubbly, joyful personality was infectious to everyone around him.
6:52 pm
for such a big guy, at such a young age, you know, looked intimidating but honestly, just a gentle giant. some people are special, like, they are, and he was special. and he didn't have, special in the sense that, never thought he was better than anyone but he was better than a lot of us. 15 years on, kiyan's friends remember him as a boy becoming a man with huge potential to be a great footballer. he'd already been signed as an academy player for qpr. from watching him play at that age, and i think the progress he would have gone through, he would have been at the euros in two weeks' time, 100%. beautiful boy. beautiful. the kind of son that every parent, especially a father, just wants to have. kiyan's dad mark was determined to do something in his son's name. he set up the kiyan prince foundation, a charity dedicated to stopping knife crime. on this, the 15th anniversary of his death, the foundation has done something remarkable to keep
6:53 pm
kiyan's name alive. this picture of star wars character han solo is by the artist chris scalf, renowned for the photorealism of his work. the foundation commissioned chris to create an image of kiyan as he would look today. there's a certain point where halfway through, when i start to feel like i'm getting it, and feeling confident, but not confident enough, until i get the final acknowledgement from the people who it really matters too. to say that it looks like kiyan. working with the special effects team behind avengers endgame, chris created this 3d model of kiyan. and this is the moment mark prince saw the picture of his son at 30 for the first time. he looks absolutely fantastic.
6:54 pm
what a greatjob. kiyan's image will be on billboards, on match attax cards, and he'll become a qpr player on fifa. kiyan prince, how about that! brought back to life as the footballer he should have been. graham satchell, bbc news. an amazing story. finally on sportsday... just imagine how you'd feel if two of your children were due to play against each other. and notjust in any game, but in a football league play—off. well claire collins finds herself in that position tonight as her sons... lewis, who plays for newport county, and aaron, who's at forest green rovers, face off in the league two play—off semi—finals tonight... first time planning to get to the
6:55 pm
other. and in the playoffs. couldn't be a bigger game. —— playing against each other. i be a bigger game. -- playing against each other. , ., ., ., each other. i 'ust wanted to have the training — each other. ijust wanted to have the training room _ each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and _ each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and i _ each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and i saw- each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and i saw a - the training room and i saw a message _ the training room and i saw a message from mum saying i'm going out drinking already. it was more of a case _ out drinking already. it was more of a case i_ out drinking already. it was more of a case i think— out drinking already. it was more of a case i think that she was more excited — a case i think that she was more excited than any of us to see it. my dad was _ excited than any of us to see it. my dad was probably the same but i think— dad was probably the same but i think everybody was shocked more than anything. everybody was like, oh my— than anything. everybody was like, oh my god, — than anything. everybody was like, oh my god, the first time they will ever play— oh my god, the first time they will ever play each other and what a game it is. ever play each other and what a game it is i_ ever play each other and what a game it is ithink— ever play each other and what a game it is ithinka— ever play each other and what a game it is. i think a bit more nervous than _ it is. i think a bit more nervous than anything. they both will come watch _ than anything. they both will come watch the — than anything. they both will come watch the games. that is the best thing _ watch the games. that is the best thing for— watch the games. that is the best thing for them.— thing for them. mum and dad obviously. — thing for them. mum and dad obviously, they _ thing for them. mum and dad obviously, they are _ thing for them. mum and dad obviously, they are happy - thing for them. mum and dad| obviously, they are happy and thing for them. mum and dad - obviously, they are happy and proud. but it is definitely been emotional for them. but it is definitely been emotional forthem. i keep but it is definitely been emotional for them. i keep saying i'm going to wembley no matter what. she is happy about that. , about that. keeping it in the famil . about that. keeping it in the family. delighted _ about that. keeping it in the family. delighted to - about that. keeping it in the family. delighted to say, - about that. keeping it in the family. delighted to say, i i about that. keeping it in the i family. delighted to say, i can speak to claire collins now. thank you forjoining us. you heard the boys there, you're going to wembley either way, out of the field to know
6:56 pm
that ahead of the game?— that ahead of the game? fantastic. so roud. that ahead of the game? fantastic. so proud- that _ that ahead of the game? fantastic. so proud. that must _ that ahead of the game? fantastic. so proud. that must be _ that ahead of the game? fantastic. so proud. that must be an - that ahead of the game? fantastic. j so proud. that must be an amazing feelin: to so proud. that must be an amazing feeling to know _ so proud. that must be an amazing feeling to know that. _ so proud. that must be an amazing feeling to know that. take - so proud. that must be an amazing feeling to know that. take us - so proud. that must be an amazing feeling to know that. take us backl feeling to know that. take us back to that first moment when the fixtures were confirmed and you knew they would be playing each other. what was that like? it they would be playing each other. what was that like?— they would be playing each other. what was that like? it was great. it was nerve-racking, _ what was that like? it was great. it was nerve-racking, exciting, - what was that like? it was great. it was nerve-racking, exciting, a - was nerve—racking, exciting, a combination of a lot of different emotions. we were glad if they would meet at all but it would be in the semifinal, wimbley is a big place for one of them to be disappointed, but yes, it has just been nerve—racking since we found out. you and your husband will be going to the first leg tonight? what will you be wearing? when are you wearing a scarf of each team or keep it low profile? a scarf of each team or keep it low rofile? , ., ., , ., a scarf of each team or keep it lowj profile?_ not profile? keeping a low profile. not even a little _ profile? keeping a low profile. not even a little flag _ profile? keeping a low profile. not even a little flag or— profile? keeping a low profile. not even a little flag or anything - profile? keeping a low profile. not even a little flag or anything like . even a little flag or anything like that? ., ., ., ., , , that? know. nothing tonight. perhaps if there had been _ that? know. nothing tonight. perhaps if there had been away _ that? know. nothing tonight. perhaps if there had been away fans, - that? know. nothing tonight. perhaps if there had been away fans, the - if there had been away fans, the half—and—half scarf would be worn
6:57 pm
but we will keep a low profile and blend into the crowd this evening. what about the boys? haste blend into the crowd this evening. what about the boys?— blend into the crowd this evening. what about the boys? have either of them actually _ what about the boys? have either of them actually who _ what about the boys? have either of them actually who want _ what about the boys? have either of them actually who want to _ what about the boys? have either of them actually who want to win? - what about the boys? have either of them actually who want to win? no. | them actually who want to win? no. they haven't — them actually who want to win? no. they haven't put _ them actually who want to win? iirm they haven't put us in that position. they appreciate that we are newport county fans but tonight we just want them both to have a great game and play to the best of their ability. aha, great game and play to the best of their ability-— their ability. a little bit came out there. newport _ their ability. a little bit came out there. newport county _ their ability. a little bit came out there. newport county fans - their ability. a little bit came out there. newport county fans but i their ability. a little bit came out i there. newport county fans but i'm sure you'll be sharing them both on as much. claire collins, thank you very much. great to speak to you. best of luck to both of them tonight. that's all we've got time for on sportsday. time to update you on the two premier league games on the way. half the time and both of them. southampton and leeds is goalless. man united still lead against fulham. —— half—time at both. have a very good night.
6:58 pm
hello again. our weather pattern continues to be very unsettled. the days showers will take a long time to fade away overnight. eventually they become a bit drier and the exception to that theme is northern scotland commitment a cloud of rain here and some heavier burst of rain pushing eastwards across southern areas of england. temperature similar to what we had over recent nights. 0r wednesday morning, we start with rain, northern scotland in southeast england and otherwise dry with some sunny spells but through the afternoon shower clouds will develop in this time the heavy showers and thunderstorms are most likely across a scotland in eastern england along the straw. further west the pressure rising in southwest england and wales in northwest england and probably the west midlands, here is much more likely to be dry to the afternoon with long spells of sunshine and in the sunshine should not feel too bad with highest after 16 degrees make the most of that. thursday, the forecast turns wet and windy, strong
7:00 pm
hello, i'm nuala mcgovern, this is 0utside source. thousands of palestinians and israeli arabs are holding a general strike. clashes between protesters and israeli security forces as palestinians took to the streets in a show of solidarity against israel's bombardment on gaza — as violence with palestinian militants continues for a ninth day. palestinian militants have fired more rockets into israel — and israel has resumed air strikes on the territory. more international leaders are calling for an end to the unrest. the priority is the immediate cessation of all violence and the
37 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
BBC News Television Archive Television Archive News Search ServiceUploaded by TV Archive on