the lionesses celebrate and inspire — as they roar through to the final of the women's euros. in a thrilling performance, england thrashed sweden — ranked the second best team in the world — a—nil. at its peak, over nine million people watched the match on tv — and the team encourages the next generation. i the next generation. am at the england camp wher lionesses i am at the england camp where the lionesses go back to business today after their triumphant evening. we'll hear more about what this means for women and girls participating in sport. also this lunchtime. more misery for rail passengers — only one in five train services are running today as thousands of workers stage another strike about jobs and pay.

the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it'sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth — the queen's baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow's opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi—final this evening. so who will england face at wembley?

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night — as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday's women's euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi—final at bramall lane in sheffield 4—0 — with goals from beth mead, lucy bronze, alessia russo and fran kirby. on sunday they'll face either germany or france at wembley — in what will be their first major final since 2009. 0ur correspondent laura scott is at the team's training camp in south west london. iam here i am here at the lansbury hotel where the lionesses have been based

during this tournament. we expect them back from sheffield in around half an hour them back from sheffield in around halfan hourand them back from sheffield in around half an hour and today they will recover and have training sessions. as they turned their attention to the final on sunday at wembley last night they spent a long time on the pitch sucking up the stunning victory as my colleague now reports. the relief was palpable, thejoy was intense, and the dancing... ..fit for a wembley final. sweden are ranked second in the world and from the off were intent on showing us why. commentator: earps forced into a very early save. - england yet again started with the same 11 sarina wiegman had put her faith in throughout. within four minutes, top scorer beth mead almost repaid that trust. it's a good one. off the bar! heart in mouth moments. england's goalkeeper busier than in all previous matches. england needed to take a breath and with calm heads, came the breakthrough. mead! she's done it again!

england lead in the semi—final! halftime brought a welcome respite and a chance to remind each other to leave no regrets on the bramhall lane pitch. lucy bronze got the memo. lucy bronze strikes goalfor england! england once again had to be alert. oh, and what a save, earps. it wasn't a clean shot, but the save needed to be perfection. mary earps, take a bow. from one goalkeeper�*s pleasure, to an absolute howler. russo, an absolute menace in sweden's box but this backheel was audacious. england's march to the wembley arch was becoming a canter and fran kirby's mastery in midfield reaped the reward she so deserved. delirium inside bramall lane! and when the final whistle blew and that semi—final hoodoo had been banished, the emotions could finally flow

for players and for fans. i think when the full time whistle came, we didn't really know what to do. as you can tell, an unbelievable atmosphere. we're excited for finals. oh, it was brilliant. brilliant. absolutely brilliant, yeah. i'm buzzing for the final. ithought, "oh, my, this is going to be hard." - and then, bam! 4—0, it's a great game, though. great game, crazy! 4—0, who would have thought it? semi final, on to the final now. i think serena wiegman's done a fantasticjob. yeah. she's brought the youth back in, she's got the experience there. these fans, these players, in sarina they trust. it's been less than a year she's been in thejob, but the impact she's made is clear. 13 years it had been since england had been in the final of a major tournament. who would bet against them now? natalie pirks, bbc news, sheffield.

the match was watched by a peak television audience of 9.3 million on bbc one with a further 2 million streaming online and it goes to show the swell of support around the nation for this team and how their performance at this home euros has captured the imagination of many. thejubilant captured the imagination of many. the jubilant scenes women's football craved. across the country from trafalgar square to pubs in bristol millions of fans roared in support of the lionesses as they swept sweden aside. for the home fans packed in the stands at sheffield their unbridled joy was epitomised by a child as from manchester who celebrated like her idol is on the pitch. celebrated like her idol is on the itch. ,., celebrated like her idol is on the itch, , ., ., , celebrated like her idol is on the itch. ,., ., , .,, pitch. going through my mind was when i'm older i _ pitch. going through my mind was when i'm older i want _ pitch. going through my mind was when i'm older i want to _ pitch. going through my mind was when i'm older i want to be - pitch. going through my mind was when i'm older i want to be a - when i'm older i want to be a footballer so i was looking at how they were celebrating and thinking of how i would celebrate. itruiith

they were celebrating and thinking of how i would celebrate. with 'ust 6396 of schools fl of how i would celebrate. with 'ust 6396 of schools currently �* of how i would celebrate. with just 6396 of schools currently offering i 63% of schools currently offering girls football mp lessens a former england legend gave an impassioned plea that this tournament could be a catalyst for change. we plea that this tournament could be a catalyst for change.— plea that this tournament could be a catalyst for change. we need to make sure something _ catalyst for change. we need to make sure something happens _ catalyst for change. we need to make sure something happens off— catalyst for change. we need to make sure something happens off the - catalyst for change. we need to make sure something happens off the back| sure something happens off the back of these girls and what they are it is notjust legacy. ten of these girls and what they are it is notjust legacy.— of these girls and what they are it is notjust legacy. is not 'ust legacy. ten years to the date is notjust legacy. ten years to the date since london _ is notjust legacy. ten years to the date since london 2012 _ is notjust legacy. ten years to the date since london 2012 began - is notjust legacy. ten years to the date since london 2012 began the| date since london 2012 began the issue legacy was already being hotly debated. for girls like tess it is notjust debated. for girls like tess it is not just about seeing it to believe it but having access to play the sport they have fallen in love with. tonight england will discover who they will play on sunday in the final is the second semifinal is played in milton keynes between france and the eight times champion germany. england women may never have lifted a picture trophy but their manager sarina wiegman knows exactly what it takes to take a team to victory in a home tournament. she did it with the netherlands in euro

2017 and what is clear is the lionesses prowl on to wembley for the first major tournament final since 2009, they are the pride of the nation. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain's train services are running — many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating — but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. 0ur correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk's rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly

some trains were leaving with travellers trying to navigate the disruption. stressful. yeah. just a big change of plans. we've been up since 3:00 in the morning and flying from malaga. london euston is normally the sixth busiest station in the uk, but only a skeleton service today. actually no problems. it's about four trains an hour, which is pretty good. good on them. i support them. i think it's appalling actually what people are expected to live off. it wasn't just train disruption. at glasgow central station, protesters briefly descended to show their support for the walkout. a rail dispute that's getting messy. more picket lines with the two sides seemingly as far apart as ever. the rmt now accused of blocking an 8% pay deal over two years. well, we haven't got an offer from network rail, all the train operating companies that suits the needs of the dispute. the train operating companies have made no offer on pay

and they've given us no guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. so the gap between the two parties is too big and the responsibility for that lies with grant shapps and this government who dictate the terms that the companies can offer, and he's refusing to budge. the transport secretary says only the union and the employers can reach a settlement, but the industry has to modernise to survive and he wants changes to restrict further strikes coming down the tracks. what you've got is one union, the rmt, on strike today, a different union, the aslef on strike in in three days time. and because they're colluding between themselves to set these strike dates, they're causing maximum damage to the passenger, to the traveller. now, i don't think that they should be able to go around doing that. we don't allow flying pickets, but we're allowing this form of collusion in order to make sure there's permanent chaos on the railways. but many will have avoided it by working from home. this is already a miserable summer for travel. without a major breakthrough,

more rail strikes will follow next month. emma simpson, bbc news. lets get more on the situation around the uk. in a moment we can talk to our correspondent rachel bell in aberdeen. but first lets talk to tomos morgan in cardiff. what is it like today? there are so few peeple — what is it like today? there are so few peeple know _ what is it like today? there are so few people know in _ what is it like today? there are so few people know in cardiff- what is it like today? there are so few people know in cardiff central| few people know in cardiff central that the cafe decided to close as there is no one coming through. i spoke to a member of transport for wales who are not striking today because they are not in dispute with any of the unions, they are owned by the welsh government and they said in rush hour this morning the footfall was down to just 10% of what they would normally expect on a weekday. nothing going up north today. a few more running today across wales and we had in the strike last month but really the strike last month but really the strike today looks like a

preliminary for saturday which could be worse with the company that runs the railway to england saying they will not maybe run any services on saturday. we had a few people because it is the holidays travelling through cardiff and coming in looking a bit lost and been directed towards the bus station so the strikes causing issues for people trying to commute across wales. issues for people trying to commute across wales-— issues for people trying to commute acrosswales. , . , ., , across wales. usually on a wednesday lunchtime this — across wales. usually on a wednesday lunchtime this train _ across wales. usually on a wednesday lunchtime this train station _ across wales. usually on a wednesday lunchtime this train station in - lunchtime this train station in aberdeen would be busy with travellers hopping on and off trains trying to make it across the uk. trains to london and glasgow and edinburgh would be among the busiest but also some shorter commuter routes. just take a look, it is eerily quiet because there are no trains running here in the north—east today at all. in fact across scotland there are just five routes in operation and all around

the glasgow and edinburgh area. scott railed the operator here in scotland is not part of this dispute today but it all centres around the role of the network rail signallers as without them these trends just cannot operate. this is causing major disruption up and down the country. i should say not for the first time this summer because there was a dispute between scotrail and its train drivers which led to massive disruption and weeks of cancellations and services have only just returned to normal. of course this is causing concern for people trying just to get to work, to get to appointments and concerns about the impact on tourism and hospitality as well. the broadcaster nicky campbell has alleged that he was sexually and physically abused at a private boys' school in edinburgh in the 1970s. speaking on a bbc podcast, the 5 live presenter described being beaten up and touched inappropriately by teachers at edinburgh academy.

the school has apologised to anyone who was abused there. 0ur scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie has this report. nicky campbell has been a radio and tv presenter since the 1980s, often discussing sensitive issues experienced by others. now nicky tells his own story. i know i'm amongst friends, i may have a wobble... for the first time he's publicly said he was a victim of abuse at a private school in edinburgh in the 1970s. at school i was very horribly, badly beaten up by a teacher who is a leading light in the scripture union. at the age of ten, nicky said he witnessed his friend being abused by a teacher in a changing room. he was known to us as a predator and a sadist, but we never told anyone, and my school friends... excuse me, i'll be all right... ..my school friends and i talk

about it now to each other about him with contempt and disbelief and incomprehension, that that sort of thing happened in plain sight and nothing was done. so why didn't we as little boys tell anyone in power what was happening? i don't know. in a statement, edinburgh academy said... "it deeply regrets what has happened in the past and apologises wholeheartedly to those concerned. we have worked closely with the relevant authorities, including police scotland with their inquiries and would like to provide reassurance that things have dramatically changed since the 1970s. the academy has robust measures in place to safeguard children at the school with child protection training now core to the ethos of the academy". 0n nicky campbell's radio 5 live programme, many people called in inspired to tell their story, their experience of painful, historical abuse for the very first time.

and his testimony echoes that of fellow pupils who have given evidence to the long—running scottish child abuse inquiry. alexandra mackenzie, bbc news. if you've been affected by this, details of organisations which offer information and support are available at bbc.co.uk/actionline — or you can phone forfree on 0800 077 077. our top story this lunchtime. the lioness is celebrate and inspire as they roll through to the final of the women's euroes, beating sweden 4-0. and still to come. the swedish invention set to revolutionise office life and cut carbon.

coming up on the bbc news channel... dina asher—smith announces she won't be competing at the commonwealth games in birmingham. the former world champion says she's suffered a light hamstring strain. the queen's baton has arrived in birmingham, in preparation for tomorrow's opening ceremony of the commonwealth games. more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories are competing in this year's games, which features the largest number of women and para—sport athletes in its history. reeta is in victoria square in birmingham for us. there's a gentle buzz of excitement building in the city — you can see behind me a platform built here in the central

square for celebrations — this evening the queen's baton — together which is commonwealth games version of the olympic flame — will arrive here after a 90,000 milejourney through all the nations and territories of the commonwealth — and the final bearer is the comedian and famous west midlander sir lenny henry. these games are the biggest sporting event to be staged in the uk since the olympics ten years ago, and there are hopes that it will provide a major boost for the city and the region, as our correspondent joe lynskey now reports. birmingham has builtjust one new venue for these commonwealth games and it's here in sandwell, one of the most diverse and densely populated parts of the city. this place has never had a resource

like this before, but now, it's got an aquatic centre. it is a very diverse community and it's got a growing economy but there are still quite high levels of deprivation in the area and we are quite keen to use the games as a springboard to create opportunities and invite investment into the area. the centre has been stitched into smethwick in sandwell borough, by next year, it will be a multipurpose facility. for this community, it's a gateway to sport that without the games, would not be here. i feel extremely lucky because i don't think it willjust affect us, it will affect future generations. in like 20 years time, yeah, i was there, i saw this happen. it's really an amazing opportunity for us. there are a variety of sports, there's always something that we can do and it's going to be an amazing experience for us. ijoined smethwick swimming club when i was 11. _ we were fortunate to have pools close by but nothing _ like we are going to have now.

we have talked about this for a long time, dreams about it, _ and it's real now and it'sjust- going to give so many opportunities for youngsters around here. birmingham is the brand but this is a games across the whole of the west midlands, particularly their smethwick, one of the toughest community is really in the whole of the west midlands, if not in the uk, and the fact that they are getting something which is world—class and will be there as a facility for the community forever in the future is a brilliant example of real legacy. birmingham's only new facility has been built with a place in mind. the council says it can keep sport here affordable. the pool at these games is made notjust for medals but for a neighbourhood. joe lenski, bbc news, sandwell. as we have just heard from the mayor, he believes these games will leave a

legacy in the region and bring benefit to places that need them. looking ahead tomorrow, there are questions about whether the rail strike will affect numbers turning up strike will affect numbers turning up for the opening ceremony and for the first day of sporting events that start on friday. aside from these concerns, there is also a strong sense of excitement and opportunity as birmingham and the region prepare to host ten days of world—class sport. a un human rights committee says ukraine shouldn't be allowed tojoin the eu until it abolishes its system of institutionalising disabled people in the country. the call comes after a bbc news investigation uncovered abuse and neglect in state run orphanages. more than 100,000 children and young people live in facilities across the country — most of them do have families,

but poor community services mean the youngsters end up in a system that can't meet their needs. the country may be at war, but this is a problem that pre dates russia's invasion. danjohnson is our correspondent who uncovered the story and is just back from the country. deeply distressing, everything you uncovered here. but ukraine is a country that wants to join the eu. could there be some sort of catalyst now, a recognition that something will have to change within the country? will have to change within the count ? ., ., , will have to change within the count ? ., , , ., country? that was the sense, that if ukraine were _ country? that was the sense, that if ukraine were serious _ country? that was the sense, that if ukraine were serious about - country? that was the sense, that if. ukraine were serious about becoming an eu member, it would have to reform the system and improve the lives of these young, disabled people and there has been a strong reaction to the pictures we broadcast last night. notjust broadcast last night. not just people broadcast last night. notjust people shocked and surprised by what they have seen, that this is still they have seen, that this is still the state of things for disabled people in a country like ukraine, of

which we have become used to talking of a bastion of rights, a law—abiding democracy that want to be part of the european family of nations. but this situation has gone unrecognised and unimproved for so many years, for decades, generations with children still being brought into the system every day. and we have this pressure being brought to bear that ukraine has to make the improvements and we have the vice chair of the united nations committee on the rights for people with disabilities, should say addressing this should be a precondition of ukraine joining the european union. it needs urgent attention now and it shouldn't wait until the end of the wall, until there is peace in ukraine, because we don't know when that will be. albeit there are so many challenges the country faces, this has to be a priority that needs to be addressed. thank you, dan johnson.

rishi sunak has promised he would scrap the 5% vat rate on energy bills for a year — if the price cap goes above £3000 in the autumn if he becomes prime minister. it would save £160 a year. his rival in the conservative leadership contest, liz truss, described the move as desperate, accusing him of a "screeching u—turn". 0ur political correspondent david wallace lockhart has this report. rishi sunak emerges this morning with a new policy, a proposal to scrap vat on energy bills. but he's previously said such a move would disproportionately benefit wealthier households. and as we saw in his debate last night with liz truss, he's consistently argued against unfunded tax cuts. it's important what we leave our kids and our grandkids, and i think it is important to think about that inheritance. and i don't want to pass them a bill that we couldn't be bothered to pick up. 0k, and you made that... but with polls suggesting the former chancellor is the underdog, we now have a change in approach. allies of rishi sunak argue his new policy won't drive inflation.

this particular measure, - along with many other measures which provided £1,200 to the hardest pressed households, already- is targeted to make sure that some of those energy bills which are, - you know, been going up very fast because of putin's action - in ukraine, that that is tackled. liz truss' energy is focused on law and order. she's promising to publish crime league tables and ensure police officers attend every burglary. i want them focused on tackling crime, tackling criminals, not form filling, not bureaucracy. and i fear too much of our police time is spent on those types of activities. so new policies from both sides and more mudslinging. a source close to the liz truss' campaign described rishi sunak�*s vat announcement as a screeching u—turn, and his campaign said that her plans for police forces are lightweight. so it's a difficult question, though, isn't it? around half way through the debate

last night, it had to be called off after the presenter fainted off camera. it was a concerning moment, but she's now 0k. with more debates to come, some tory mps remain concerned about the tone of this contest. david wallace lockhart, bbc news, westminster. mcdonald's is increasing the price of a burgerfor mcdonald's is increasing the price of a burger for the first time in years. other companies have already increased their prices this year. the former us president donald trump has made his first speech in washington since leaving office, repeating false claims that the election had been stolen. he described the united states under president biden as a nation in decline. he stopped short of announcing his candidacy for 2024 but predicted

republicans would retake the white house. russia has again reduced the amount of gas being delivered to germany, and other central european countries, via the baltic pipeline nord stream 0ne. a german gas grid operator said the flow was now about a fifth of the pipeline's capacity. russia's energy giant gazprom said another turbine needed maintenance, but industry sources said that was just a pretext. vast amounts of carbon dioxide are created in every day things we use in our everyday lives. from the bricks in your walls to the steel in your fridge, it may not be obvious, but the making of these materials creates more greenhouse emissions than all the world's planes, lorries, cars, train and ships put together.

the paper industry contributes nearly one billion tonnes of carbon emissions globally every year. 0ur energy and environment analyst roger harrabin has been looking at how technology can help tackle the problem. countless millions of trees are felled worldwide to satisfy our demand for paper and cardboard. the process uses lots of heat, much of it created by polluting coal or gas. this firm in sweden is heading for zero carbon emissions, but pulp and paper worldwide is the fourth biggest carbon emitting industry. amazingly, demand for paper is still going up. after 50 years of talking about the paperless office, we haven't got there. so we could change that by changing the amount of paper and packaging that we're all using. i'm now going to introduce you to an invention that is so bold, so brilliant, and so extraordinary that you will think it is a trick. it isn't a trick. this is real. it's to do with solving the problem of what we can do with all the waste paper in the world, all the paper we print up and then just throw away.

well in here, there's a machine that's going to wipe the words off the page. this is barack, who's behind the project? barack, we've got some printed paper here. can you wipe those words off the page, please? absolutely, roger. it's done with a powerful laser and a special paper coating that stops ink soaking into the page. each sheet can be reused up to ten times. and look at the transformation. that is absolutely amazing. barack, what have you done with the words? well, we've basically evaporated the ink. and what's left is just pigments of the ink which we collect. and those can be recycled back into new printer inks. so you've vaporized the script? completely. so how is this going to become an everyday part of office life? we're converting existing printers with our solution, so we have a printer, and then you have a de—printer that

could sit next to every printer and work with every printer in the world. that invention may work with paper, but what about the cardboard that floods through our doors as retail shifts online? do we really need it? this is one household's box mountain afterjust a couple of months. we're simply consuming too much stuff. it's a terrible habit, we've got to kick it. roger harrabin, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's louise lear. good afternoon. this time last week we were still in shock by reaching the first a0 degrees temperature, not just the first a0 degrees temperature, notjust in one or two spots, but in several locations. it was hot by day but also very warm as well through the night with temperatures not

falling much