this is bbc news. thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans are in portugal where the teams meet for the champions league final in a few hours�* time. it will mean absolutely everything. we've been fantastic since sheikh mansour purchased the club back in 2008. we've won every trophy that's available to us apart from this one. you have to wear that, wear a mask around all the time. it's quite hot and sweaty. it's really inconvenient, and obviously on the flight as well, but it's worth it. and this is where the fans and the teams will be heading in the next couple of hours, the stadium, the

dragon stadium is set for the champions league final. in other news, a teenager appears in court charged with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war ii — to try to reboot america's economy. "another lost summer" for uk musicalfestivals — a report by mps blame the government for not backing an insurance safety net for organisers. coming up at a50, the media show asks, "what next for the bbc "after the bashir scandal?"

thousands of fans are descending on the portuguese city of porto — for this evening's champions league final between chelsea and manchester city. 16,500 supporters will be allowed into the stadium to watch the all—english affair — the venue was switched from turkey, when the country was put on the uk's travel �*red list�*. our sports correspondent, laura scott, reports from porto. the morning after the night before, and while the clean—up job began for some, for fans the party in porto is onlyjust getting going. thousands of chelsea and manchester city supporters have now arrived, including a large number on special charter flights this morning, and they only want one thing. waited a long time for this. so, we'rejust happy, but we, obviously, we want the right result first, don't we? great thing is, you can see a bit of the city, have a drink or two,

and then go and win the champions league tonight. you know, this is a lifetimei experience, and it really is. i think for us as a family, . we're really going to always rememberthis, no matter how the result ends. - final preparations by both teams have been made, and there may be few secrets between them, having already played each other three times this season, but this one is extra special and both managers know what's at stake. i'm the happiest man in the world to be in here. so, it's a privilege, it's an honour, and we are going to try to do our best. man city is the benchmark. again, they are the champions, they are the benchmark in europe and in this league, and we are the guys who... who want to hunt them and who want to close the gap. chanting. skirmishes between fans have broken out on the last two nights, although local police dismissed the incidents as minor and no arrests were made. authorities are alert to trouble, patrolling outside two dedicated fan zones, where supporters without tickets can

watch the game on big screens. many are expecting them and the 16,500 fans allowed inside the stadium to see a tight contest. i'm going to say, i think city willjust edge it. i don't think chelsea... i don't think chelsea can beat manchester city three games in a row. i think it'll be pep's trophy. having only been moved here at the 11th hour, the stage is finally set for the biggest contest in european club football. we know there'll be an english champion — it's time to find out which shade of blue it will be. laura scott, bbc news, porto. 0lly foster is in porto. with me very close to the stadium. as close as they allowing you to get? it as close as they allowing you to net? , ., ., . ., ,

get? it will be frozen now comes. it is all getting _ get? it will be frozen now comes. it is all getting a _ get? it will be frozen now comes. it is all getting a bit _ get? it will be frozen now comes. it is all getting a bit too _ get? it will be frozen now comes. it is all getting a bit too lively - get? it will be frozen now comes. it is all getting a bit too lively for - is all getting a bit too lively for us downtown. we expect the teams to arrive here probably a couple of hours before kick—off for a game of this magnitude and we are about two or three miles out to the centre to the north of the city and the fans will be bused here, make their own way, and it will be operating at a 33% capacity, usually 50,000, so thatis 33% capacity, usually 50,000, so that is where you get your 16,500 for the official and location, 6004 man city and chelsea, but we are expecting 10,000 from manchester city to be making their way to porto this match. that 4000 will be trying to get some tickets off touts and there are plenty of touts trying to tell max sell their tickets but being herejust tell max sell their tickets but being here just to say that they were here, those city fans for what is their first champions league final and, is their first champions league finaland, of is their first champions league final and, of course, they hope

their first final and, of course, they hope theirfirst champions final and, of course, they hope their first champions league total. those touts you can see about a quarter of the pitch from here probably touts will charge about £150 for that view.— probably touts will charge about £150 for that view. what we know about any covid _ £150 for that view. what we know about any covid arrangements - £150 for that view. what we knowl about any covid arrangements and spacing. clearly, you have explained that the stadium is not going to be full, so is their strict spacing out of spectators because that is that what the organisers are hoping for? what are they saying?— what are they saying? obviously, if ou're what are they saying? obviously, if you're coming _ what are they saying? obviously, if you're coming from _ what are they saying? obviously, if you're coming from uk _ what are they saying? obviously, if you're coming from uk you - what are they saying? obviously, if you're coming from uk you have . what are they saying? obviously, if you're coming from uk you have to | you're coming from uk you have to take a bmc artist before you even arrive. there are lots of pop—up covid testing stations all around town —— take a pcr test. that is for the fans to get back into the uk, most of them tomorrow, you have got to take this lateral flow antigen testing you get your results in 30 minutes and we are all going to take them before our return so there is a dilemma forfans, do i cue for a pint or do i queue, long here, probably about the same way, 20

minutes to get my covid test. it is a match day experience like no other book football has found a way over the last 12 months and if this is what it takes and this is what the fans have been telling us then they will go through with it because obviously they just want to get into that stadium as fans of chelsea or manchester city and just be there and they hope those two sets of supporters that porto will go down in history as where they did it to win the champions league. we a bettin: win the champions league. we a betting man? — win the champions league. we a betting man? have _ win the champions league. we a betting man? have you - win the champions league. we a betting man? have you got - win the champions league. we a betting man? have you got your best guess as to the result? i betting man? have you got your best guess as to the result?— guess as to the result? i wouldn't like to say- _ guess as to the result? i wouldn't like to say. chelsea _ guess as to the result? i wouldn't like to say. chelsea have - guess as to the result? i wouldn't like to say. chelsea have beaten i like to say. chelsea have beaten manchester city twice in the last six weeks, knocked manchester city out of the fa cup semifinals. that was a big blow for city because, remember, they've romped to the league cup and romped to another premier league title and this, they thought, would be the crowning glory of a quadruple, just a treble for poor old city fans should they do it

and chelsea who took over at the turn of the year from the sacked frank lampard, they went on this amazing run and had little wobble for the past few weeks towards the back end of the season and they lost in the cup final to leicester, obviously, they lost on the last day of the season they thought that be curtains for them to get into the top for them to get into the top four that carries with it champions league qualification but they scraped into that and so the pressure is off chelsea to actually win it for that so it is all about the glory of lifting the european cup cup now but pep guardiola won it as a player with barcelona and won it twice as a coach with barcelona, 2009-2011 and it twice as a coach with barcelona, 2009—2011 and then buy in munich employed him to try and crack their european drought and he didn't manage it in their time there but then manchester city poached him and then manchester city poached him and then his five seasons at manchester city that is the one thing they have been building towards, a couple of near misses, never been to the final before, but he has got them there and they got past psg in the semifinals and you just feel with the attacking strength that they've

got that they must have too much for chelsea and you, sort of, discount those defeats against chelsea over the last month or so. there was a feeling that in the league when they lost to chelsea they were sort of playing possum, they put out a weakened side, and everything has been building towards this match in the next few hours for pep guardiola to try and finally get city on that elevated tier of european football to join a very, elevated tier of european football tojoin a very, very elevated tier of european football to join a very, very elite club, but chelsea have had the better of them over the last month or so and, fold all their attacking talents, their top score of injured himself in training at the stadium and took a nasty knock and had to limp off with some reports saying he's going to be ok another saying he is out. there 0k another saying he is out. there are lots of people that can come into that side when you consider that their record scorer is only likely to be on the bench. you have got all sorts of players and, of course, the breakthrough season for

the young england starlet phil foden who i'm sure most of the viewers will be keeping everything crossed that he can start for england over the summer, and so they have got a loss of attacking options that they will be wary of chelsea.— loss of attacking options that they will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much- _ will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much- all— will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much. all the _ will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much. all the a _ will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much. all the a bear- will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much. all the a bear at - will be wary of chelsea. thank you very much. all the a bear at the i very much. all the a bear at the stadium in porto. —— 0lly foster there. they can use of new covid cases. 3398 new cases of covid—19 and the 24—hour period seven new deaths recorded in the last 24—hour period within 28 days of a positive covid test. so there are the latest

coronavirus figures that are just coming through. an 18—year—old man has been charged with conspiracy to murder, in connection with the shooting of black lives matter activist sasha johnson in south london last week. she remains in hospital. 0ur correspondent tim muffett was in court. it's almost one week since sasha johnson was shot at a house party in peckham in south london. thank you all for coming today. the black lives matter activist remains in a critical condition in hospital. this morning, 18—year—old cameron deriggs of bromley hill in lewisham appeared at westminster magistrates�* court. he�*s been charged with conspiracy to murder in relation to the shooting. an application for bail was rejected byjudge michael snow. cameron deriggs is now due to appear at the old bailey onjune 25th. four other men who�*ve also been arrested in relation to the incident have been bailed until latejune. detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone with information in relation to the shooting, which took place in the early hours of last sunday morning, to contact police.

tim muffett, bbc news at westminster magistrates�* court. republicans have criticised president biden�*s plan to increase federal government spending to the highest level since the second world war. his 6 trillion dollar budget would include money to invest in infrastructure, education and green technology. the white house says it�*s needed to get america�*s economy moving. but one senator has called the plan �*insanely expensive�*. 0ur north america correspondent, david willis, reports. president biden is looking to boost american manufacturing, and with it the lower and middle class. he�*s proposing a massive programme of public spending, the largest since the second world war, a plan that would add trillions of dollars to this country�*s national debt. last month, in a presidential

address to congress, he said america�*s economy needed to be reimagined and rebuilt. my fellow americans. "trickle down." trickle—down economics has never worked, and it�*s time to grow the economy from the bottom and the middle out. applause. the president�*s proposals include spending $4.5 trillion on infrastructure and social programmes over the course of the next decade, an additional $14 billion on climate initiatives designed to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels, and more than $2 billion on addressing the problems caused by gun violence, including provisions for tighter background checks. all paid for by tax increases on wealthy americans and big corporations. republican reaction was sharp and severe. "president biden�*s proposal would drown american families in debt, deficits and inflation," tweeted

mitch mcconnell, the republican leader in the senate. all setting the stage for a bitter fight in congress over what democrats regard as the long—overdue redistribution of wealth, and their opponents see as a return to the dark days of big government. the party�*s differences were laid bare only hours earlier, when senate republicans voted to block the formation of a commission to investigate the events of january the 6th, a day which saw hundreds of donald trump supporters storm the capitol building in washington, dc, delaying the certification ofjoe biden as president. republicans feared such a commission could harm their chances in next year�*s congressional elections. the senate leader accused them of seeking to sweep the events ofjanuary the 6th under the rug. out of fear or fealty to donald trump, the republican minorityjust prevented the american people from getting the full truth about january the 6th. the republican minorityjust prevented the senate from even debating the bill.

no opportunity for amendments, no opportunity for debate. there was an attempt by the republican minority to shunt this vote into the dark of night. but because of today's senate time agreement, it was done in broad daylight. the american people will see how each republican senator voted. the vote ends any chance of a nonpartisan inquiry into the events of that fateful day. it also underlines the widening gulf between the two parties going into the difficult months of budget negotiation that lie ahead. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. the headlines on bbc news... thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans are in portugal where the teams meet for the champions league final in a few hours time. a teenager appears in court charged

with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. the $6 trillion plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two — to try to reboot america�*s economy. uk music festivals could be facing another �*lost summer�* according to mps, who blame the government for not introducing an insurance safety net for organisers. a report from the digital, culture, media and sport committee said ministers had refused to take multiple opportunities to address concerns — and that�*s now too late for many festivals to go ahead this year. i�*ll be talking to the organiser of one music festival in just a moment, but first this report from sarah campbell. early may, and a test event at liverpool�*s sefton park.

more than 5,000 people were allowed in to enjoy the atmosphere, the music, the food. they were tested and their behaviour was monitored to see whether a festival could be a safe place during a pandemic. leeds, 2016, and even if it means getting a little muddy, thousands of people are desperate to get back to the festival experience. and the reading and leeds festivals 2021 are on at the end of august, and are sold out. but glastonbury, probably the best—known event of its kind, was online only this year — for the second year running, this corner of somerset wasn�*t the focus of global music interest. and many other festivals won�*t happen either this year, the parliamentary committee argues, because the government won�*t provide back—up insurance to cover costs if events have to be cancelled at the last minute. there�*s 975 festivals across the uk each year. a quarter of them are already gone, and that�*s worth £1.7 billion and tens of thousands ofjobs. all they need is a little

bit of certainty, so that if they can�*t go ahead, they will ensure that at least their costs, not their profits, are covered. the government department responsible says, "indemnity cover will be looked at," adding they are, "working flat out to support festivals and live events." and following on from promising test results from this event in liverpool, it has been announced that the download music festival — which had been cancelled — will now go ahead injune, as a government test event. sarah campbell, bbc news. i�*ve been speaking to anna wade from boom town fairfestival, which was meant to take place in august but isn�*t now going ahead. she told me that tickets had already sold out by the time the decision was taken to cancel. we actually sold out in february fully for our 60,000 tickets. and i was part of the government dcms select committee back in january, where we first announced

— well, called on the government to provide a government—backed insurance scheme, due to the fact that there was no insurance available out there, so we�*d said that, basically, by the end of march most festivals would need to know by then due to our timelines, so we actually cancelled boom town, i think on the 20th of april because we held out that long, but we just realised that without the certainty and the safety net of government—backed insurance then rhe risks were just far too high for us to be able to proceed much further, unfortunately. and ou are presumably hugely out of pocket, even with that, because have you had to refund all those tens of thousands of people who bought a ticket? well, quite a few of our... well, a huge majority of our ticket holders have actually rolled them over to the 2022 event, which is amazing, and that�*s such a lifeline for all events out there, really, so, yeah, we have had to refund a few, but we don�*t really touch the ticket money anyway,

thatjust stays in a completely different bank account that we don�*t touch until we are able to actually put the show on. so it�*s a kind of different cash flow and different pocket of money, maybe, there. i�*m with you. in terms of this report from the committee, i mean, it must feel galling for you because you would have been sitting there explaining how you felt you could make things go ahead, how you could make it covid—safe, and this group of mps is, essentially, backing you up, saying more could have been done to help music festivals, which are... it�*s notjust disappointing for people who love going to them, there�*s a lot ofjobs at stake here too? yeah, absolutely, and i think that all credit to the select committee, they have been absolutely amazing and it is the first time in our industry has actually had that level of government interaction and attention and they�*ve really been dedicated to really digging into what the festival industry is, what we need, and what we provide, and how, as you mention, how many other industries we actually support, especially as independent festivals as well, so there�*s a huge supply chain

and freelancers�* network and huge economy within the actual festival market itself, so, yeah, it�*s been quite a tough journey, but the industry has come together as a whole, and we have really called on the government to be able to throw us this vital lifeline and it does look as though there may potentially be some hope post the 21st ofjune. i think the government have mentioned that they are looking to do that, so i think the next step would be just to ask for that to be implemented as soon as possible to help save the rest of the events out there for the rest of the summer. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here�*s katie sha na han. good afternoon. as you�*ve been hearing, we�*re just a few hours away from the all—english champions league final between chelsea and manchester city in porto. the two premier league sides will compete for the biggest prize in european club football. chelsea are aiming to lift the trophy for a second time,

having won it back in 2012. while for manchester city, this is the prize they�*ve longed for in recent years. they may have won the premier league in three out of the last four years, but for pep guardiola�*s side this will be theirfirst champions league final. to perform for the highest stage in the world _ to perform for the highest stage in the world and something of a privilege _ the world and something of a privilege and i think everybody understands, you know, the pressure that it _ understands, you know, the pressure that it has _ understands, you know, the pressure that it has booked at least we can be enjoying this game, so we should take it _ be enjoying this game, so we should take it with— be enjoying this game, so we should take it with a smile and, you know, take it with a smile and, you know, take it _ take it with a smile and, you know, take it as_ take it with a smile and, you know, take it as something where you want to perform _ take it as something where you want to perform and show your best. your dream to be playing this kind of games, to lead a team out in the final of the champions league is obviously a moment but i�*m really proud of but we want to win it and, of course, i wish, i�*m even prouder after the game, you know, we are

ready to give everything, we know that it ready to give everything, we know thatitis ready to give everything, we know that it is a massive opportunity and it took nine years to be back in a final and the champions league for a club, obviously, it is a big opportunity for everybody. the game in porto will have a crowd of up to 16,500 lucky fans. many of the supporters from both clubs are travelling in and out of the country over 24 hours on specially chartered flights. we�*ve won the lottery! can�*t wait for tonight. hopefully ends well. it's been a long time. it's what we've - waited for for years. the premier league is always amazing but to get the - champions league finals is unreal. it is great it has all come together and we have got this chance. bit nervous, but i think we're going to turn up, good win and then bring it home. we�*re into the second half at wembley in the championship play—off final.

brentford and swansea are battling it out for promotion to the premier league. and it�*s brentford who are in control, with around 25 minutes remaining. they lead 2—0. ivan toney opened the scoring with a penalty, before emiliano marcondes doubled their lead, edging brentford closer to premier league football for the first time in the club�*s history. celtic�*s search for a new manager has ta ken another twist. we understand the club are in advanced negotiations with the former australia boss, ange postecoglou. he�*s currently managing injapan, but could be announced as the new celtic boss as early as next week. yesterday, the club�*s number one target, eddie howe, rejected the chance to replace neil lennon. colombia�*s egan bernal is one stage away from victory at the giro d�*italia, having finished second on stage 20. damiarno caruso, who was second in the overall standings, put in a great ride to win the stage and gain 28 seconds on the man in the pinkjersey. but bernal, who rides for the british ineos grenadiers

team, has a lead of1 minute 59 seconds going into the final time trial tomorrow. britain�*s simon yates finished 6th today. he�*s still third overall, but is nearly 3.5 minutes behind bernal, and just under two behind caruso. and harlequins have cemented their spot in the premiership play—offs with a 44—33 win over bath in a topsy—turvy game at the stoop. despite scoring four first half tries, they had to come from behind to confirm their spot in the top four, with two games still to play. a losing bonus point takes bath into 8th, as they chase a champions cup spot. that�*s all the sport. you can find more on all those stories, including all the build—up to the champions league final, on the bbc sport website. bye for now.

the duchess of cambridge has received her first dose of a coronavirus vaccine. the duchess, who�*s 39, had herfirst jab at london�*s science museum. she said she was �*hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in the rollout�*. with indoor pools closed for most of the last year, swimming in the uk�*s rivers has become increasingly popular — but brings with it concern about the state of the country�*s waterways. as we go into a bank holiday weekend, an ocean conservation charity is launching an app to provide the uk�*s only real—time water quality information for water sports enthusiasts. tom webb reports. at a time when many of us have been discovering our natural waterways as a place for leisure, the uk ranks just 25th out of 30 european nations for water quality, which is why the usually ocean—focused charity surfers against sewage is turning its attention inland

with the use of a new app. 0ur rivers are sadly in a shocking state — only 14% meeting good ecological status, and none meeting good chemical status. and the app is really, really important. it gives people the real—time, live data on sewage and agricultural pollution of their favourite beaches and bathing spots on rivers. sewage discharges are only legal in certain very limited circumstances. but despite this, last year water companies in england did so more than 400,000 times, 837% rise from the previous year. this occurred for 3 million hours. 0ne treatment work alone dumped over 1 billion litres in one day, the equivalent of 400 0lympic swimming pools of sewage. and it�*s not only a threat to the environment, as andy tassell discovered when swimming with friends in the river dee in chester last summer. when we got in, the water looked pretty clear. within a matter of an hour or two, started to feel pretty queasy.

it knocked me off pretty much anything, spent two days in bed. but for many, the benefits outweigh the potential risks. health worker susi halley discovered her love for wild swimming with herfriends, even turning it into a way to raise money for fellow front line workers experiencing problems with their mental health. i kind of took on this challenge to swim in the thames every day for 28 days in february, which was magical, and this really incredibly positive thing alongside this really challenging and difficult thing i was doing in the hospital. while surfers against sewage are hoping that users of the app will be more safe when using the waterways, they�*re also hoping it will act as a campaigning tool. the safer seas and rivers service allows people to contact their mp and their water company�*s ceo in their catchment every time there is a pollution incident.

the environment agency says it�*s working actively with the water companies to ensure overflows are properly controlled, and the harm they do to the environment is stopped. many of us will continue to use the rivers this weekend, despite the potential pollution from sewage, but environmental charities are hoping that the increasing use of our waterways will turn the tide in the campaign for cleaner waters. tom webb, bbc news. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz. and the weather is still looking good this weekend. now, at the moment, it is not the case of clear blue skies across the country. in fact, you can see earlier on a bit of cloud here and there, but that is an old weather front, it is in the process of fizzling away and i think for the second half of the afternoon at the very least it�*s decent sunny spells and warm, temperatures up around 19—21 celsius. but — and there often is a "but", isn�*t there? there is a lot of low,

grey cloud in the north sea and that means that sunday morning some coastal areas — along the north sea coast and down to east anglia — will start off cloudy and some of the coasts, the very coastal strip, may hang on to some of that grey cloud into the afternoon. so we are talking cooler weather in norwich — 15 degrees — maybe 17 in hull, but inland it is going to be a beautifully sunny day tomorrow and that fine weather is expected to last into monday and tuesday. hello, this is bbc news with me, jane hill. the headlines: thousands of manchester city and chelsea fans are in porto, where the teams meet for the champions league final in a few hours�* time. it will mean absolutely everything. we have been fantastic since sheikh mansell purchased the club back in 2008. we have won every trophy that�*s available to us, apart from this one.

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