this is bbc news — i'm samantha simmonds. the headlines: football comes home — england's women beat germany 2—1 to become champions of europe for the first time. commentator: for the first time. it commentator: for the first time. , , ~ �* , chloe kelly scored england's winner — late in extra time. it's english football's first major trophy since the men's side lifted the 1966 world cup. # it's coming home # it's coming # football's coming home # it's coming home # it's coming # football's coming home. #

conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% — if he becomes prime minister. horn blares the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of odesa under an agreement brokered by turkey. the court of appeal will hold a last—minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee — just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. hello and a very good morning. england's lionesses have made history in a dramatic win against old rivals germany, in football's european championship final. there were scenes ofjoy

on and off the pitch, as a record—breaking 87,000 fans packed wembley stadium for the nail—biting game. it's the first major trophy for england since the men's world cup win in 1966. our sports correspondent natalie pirks looks back at a historic night for women's football. commentator: the lionesses' first-ever major trophy. - they say the best things come to those who wait. england, european champions. and after waiting a lifetime, the lionesses were determined to enjoy it. from the glitter angels on the wembley turf to storming their manager's press conference. who can blame them for revelling in the moment? # it's coming home, it's coming - home, it's coming home, it's coming! in the electric atmosphere of the national stadium, sarina wiegman had yet again put herfaith in an unchanged team. she predicted a physical match and she was spot—on. that should be a foul.

one of them was. butjust when england thought they were in control, the best chance of the first half fell to germany. what a scramble! earps grabs, somehow england survive. the sight of mary earps smothering the ball was a welcome one. ten seconds of holding my breath there. the second half came and it was time to send on the super—subs. could toone and russo make the difference again? a perfectly weighted pass found ella in acres and she knewjust what to do. ella toone is through here. ella toone for england! oh, yes! wembley erupted. everyone was on their feet for this unbelievable piece of vision. we have lift—off! but, come on, this is germany. did you think they would back down? england's goal was living a charmed life and that was their final

warning as the deutsch express train kept on coming. equaliser for germany. extra time loomed. we'd all been here before. any mistake now would be punished, any goal could prove decisive. and england had a corner. cue pandemonium. another substitute, chloe kelly, had battled back from injury to keep her euros dream alive. no wonder the top was off, swirled round and round in delight. a delirious wembley held its collective breath until the final whistle. it felt like an age. it's all over! but, finally, the moment a nation had been waiting for arrived. european champions for the very first time. it doesn't seem real. i'm absolutely buzzing my head off. best day of my life. i can't even explain what it feels like. just look what it means to the players and what it means to the fans.

for the generations that came before them and for the generations that will come after them. it's impossible to overstate the impact of this win. the legacy of this tournament is the change in society, it is everything that we have done. we have brought everybody together, we have got people at games. we want them to come to wsl games. the legacy of this team and that is the start of the journey. as the players celebrated, there was a moment of reflection for the first coach in history to win the euros with two different teams. i'm kissing this little armband that was my sister's and my sister passed away during our prep camps. and i really miss, because she was my mate. but i think she was here, i think she was on the crossbar. she would have been here. she went to every game. she would be really, really proud of me and i am really proud of her, too. the queen told the players their success goes beyond this trophy.

the lionesses have set an example to the nation. nevertheless, there's a new name in the history books and it belongs to the hosts on the night football finally came home. natalie pirks, bbc news, wembley. sanchia berg is outside the team's hotel in teddington, southwest london. welcome to you. any sign of the lionesses after what must have been a big night of celebration there? it was a big night of celebration. yes, we have seen some of them, alex greenwood went out for a walk. we have seen jill scott as well, holly hamilton was on the sofa behind me speaking to the fa's channel. they are coming out, they haven't said very much, they seem quietly pleased, jill scott showed off her medal when she walked past us. we hope to hear more from them later. but yes, it was a big night of celebration, they were partying in the hotel, many of them reunited

with families they haven't seen for weeks because of the tournament. they are going to be heading off to trafalgar square shortly, aren't they? trafalgar square shortly, aren't the ? , ., , ., trafalgar square shortly, aren't the ? , . , ., , ., they? tell us what they are planning for the rest — they? tell us what they are planning for the rest of _ they? tell us what they are planning for the rest of the _ they? tell us what they are planning for the rest of the day. _ they? tell us what they are planning for the rest of the day. if _ they? tell us what they are planning for the rest of the day. if you - they? tell us what they are planning for the rest of the day. if you can - for the rest of the day. if you can see the two _ for the rest of the day. if you can see the two big _ for the rest of the day. if you can see the two big coaches - for the rest of the day. if you can see the two big coaches behind l for the rest of the day. if you can i see the two big coaches behind me, those have just pulled up, see the two big coaches behind me, those havejust pulled up, they see the two big coaches behind me, those have just pulled up, they will be taking those coaches into trafalgar square in a little while, we understand, around 9:45am, trafalgar square in a little while, we understand, around 9:1i5am,10am, we understand, around 9:a5am,10am, and then of course there will be the big celebration in trafalgar square where there will be thousands of fans, they will be able to talk to the players, there will be music, it will be first come when it comes to tickets but i'm sure there will be a big appetite for it because there has been such enthusiasm, such joy in the result, in the plane. has been such enthusiasm, such 'oy in the result, in the planed in the result, in the plane. there really has _ in the result, in the plane. there really has come _ in the result, in the plane. there really has come a _ in the result, in the plane. there really has come a record - in the result, in the plane. there | really has come a record numbers in the result, in the plane. there - really has come a record numbers of people in wembley last night, and we don't have the tv viewing figures yet but i'm sure they will be huge as well. we keep saying it has captured the public�*s imagination

but it really has come of this wonderful team. but it really has come of this wonderfulteam. it but it really has come of this wonderful team.— but it really has come of this wonderful team. it has. and even here in the _ wonderful team. it has. and even here in the hotel, _ wonderful team. it has. and even here in the hotel, there _ wonderful team. it has. and even here in the hotel, there are - wonderful team. it has. and even here in the hotel, there are not i here in the hotel, there are not fans here, but there are members of this private sports club, and quite a few of them have been stopping to look. i saw one member bringing her children, the little girl, about three, dressed in an england football kit carrying a football. there is great enthusiasm here, as there is right across the country and this team and everything they have achieved. mil and this team and everything they have achieved.— and this team and everything they have achieved. all right, thank you for now, have achieved. all right, thank you for new. keeping — have achieved. all right, thank you for now, keeping an _ have achieved. all right, thank you for now, keeping an eye _ have achieved. all right, thank you for now, keeping an eye on - have achieved. all right, thank you for now, keeping an eye on the - have achieved. all right, thank you i for now, keeping an eye on the buses and lionesses as they depart from the hotel and head to trafalgar square a little later thank you. mark bullingham, chief executive of the football association says the players have 'captured the nations hearts�* and their achievement will 'supercharge' women and girls�* football. the last two years have been incredible. we have invested really heavily but the lionesses have taken their opportunity and they have produced something incredible, and we are so proud of them. it's been an amazing month and an amazing

day yesterday. it will really encourage girls around the country to come and play, and we have always said that there is no reason why we shouldn't have the same number of girls playing as boys. and we think it will create a whole new generation of heroes for girls to aspire to be like. andy cook, head coach of the women's football club nottingham forest fcjoins us now. welcome. great to see you. what kind of impact do you think this win will have the means football in this country? i have the means football in this count ? ~ �* , ., have the means football in this count ? ~ �*, ., ., , country? i think it's going to be massive, country? i think it's going to be massive. it _ country? i think it's going to be massive, it is _ country? i think it's going to be massive, it is a _ country? i think it's going to be massive, it is a huge _ country? i think it's going to be massive, it is a huge cultural i massive, it is a huge cultural shift, ithink massive, it is a huge cultural shift, i think that's probably the best way to describe it, i heard leah williamson talking about the way society is changing and how women are viewed. been involved in it in the third tier with nottingham forest, and i believe it is a huge cultural shift, forest, and i believe it is a huge culturalshift, i've forest, and i believe it is a huge cultural shift, i've had conversations with people i wouldn't normally have conversations with around the women's game on the back of the euro is and during the game and i think it will be a huge shift. what changes do you want to see this

huge success lead to? the obvious one is to have more fans in the ground around the country. we play at eastwood town, that is where our home ground is, we have games at the city ground, that's the obvious one we would like to see off the back of it. you have almost 90,000 watching the women bring it home last night, and that's the most obvious one. but the bigger impact is probably commercial success, marketing success, i think big companies should and want to get involved with women's teams now. we have a huge brand in nottingham forest, two—time european cup winners, and such a rich history. the men have gone on to do successful things last season and we want to emulate that. and we need the backing from everyone. it is notjust us, it is clubs around the country, the teams that we play that don't have backing like brighouse, but in the wsl you have teams that have that in chelsea and man united and arsenal. but it will affect everyone from the top right

down to the bottom.— affect everyone from the top right down to the bottom. obviously you coach an amateur— down to the bottom. obviously you coach an amateur team _ down to the bottom. obviously you coach an amateur team but - down to the bottom. obviously you coach an amateur team but we - down to the bottom. obviously you | coach an amateur team but we have seen women coming up through the ranks who haven't been paid enough, if anything, to be able to train, and they have had to work at the same time. do you think that will change now?— same time. do you think that will change now? yeah, it is changing. i'm involved _ change now? yeah, it is changing. i'm involved in _ change now? yeah, it is changing. i'm involved in conversations - change now? yeah, it is changing. i'm involved in conversations and l i'm involved in conversations and discussions every day and every weekend regarding that, our team at nottingham forest is classed as an amateur side, the girls all work or are in full—time education but the work they put in on a tuesday, wednesday and thursday night is the same as any professional team. we travelled to liverpool yesterday, played against a professional outfit and did really well, in my opinion. the scoreline might not suggest it but the fact that we are only in three or four times but the fact that we are only in three orfour times a but the fact that we are only in three or four times a week and they are in full—time is huge. but it is changing. it probably will not come quick enough for some people, but

that sometimes the way that it needs to be and it is slow and steady. i think if we can just grasp on to this wave of success the lionesses have provided it is going to be a boost for everyone.— have provided it is going to be a boost for everyone. what made you want to coach _ boost for everyone. what made you want to coach women's _ boost for everyone. what made you want to coach women's football? i boost for everyone. what made you | want to coach women's football? to be want to coach women's football? trr be honest, i don't see them as women's football is, i see them as footballers and i've been asked that question many a time. do i prefer coaching male orfemale players? i've worked with both. ijust see them as footballers, they are great people to work with, some of the best people i've got to know over my time and my career in football and they are just fantastic people, and ultimately they are just very good footballers. i've been fortunate to work at arsenal, durham and oxford united in the women's game and at sunderland on the men's side. but now at nottingham forest it's fantastic. for me they are just very good footballers and i'm really fortunate and humbled and honoured to be able to do the job i

fortunate and humbled and honoured to be able to do thejob i do. really good to talk to you, and glad you can bask in their success as well. thank you forjoining us. now to other news. the first shipment of ukrainian grain has left the port of 0desa in the past couple of hours. the vessel is expected to arrive in turkish waters tomorrow and continue to the port of tripoli in lebanon after inspection in istanbul. razoni carries more than 26,000 tonnes of grain. it's thought around 20 million tonnes of grain are stuck in silos around ukraine — which many countries rely on. before the war 12% of global wheat exports came from ukraine. some countries in africa and the middle east, are being hit hard. libya relies on ukraine for over half its wheat. and lebanon where the first shipment is headed towards, around 60%. 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse, is following developments from 0desa. this represents a small but significant start for ukraine. the site of the razoni with 26,000

tonnes of ukrainian grain making its way out there into the black sea through mine infested waters, before making its way along past a russian naval blockade, before being inspected in istanbul where it will then make its way to lebanon. it is then make its way to lebanon. it is the first of what is hoped will be many but many more vessels will need to follow for a sustained period in order for ukraine's damaged economy to benefit, as well as some of the poorest countries in the world which are ukraine's biggest grain customers. for now it is holding but a lot needs to happen because this is a route coming in and out of what is a route coming in and out of what is still an active war zone. there have been air strikes all week along the 0desa region so no one is going to be getting carried away, but it is a welcome sight to so many in this country. one of ukraine's richest

businessmen has been killed along with his wife, during a russian attack on the southern city of mykolaiv 0leksiy vadatursky and his wife died when a russian missile hit their home. he owned a large agricultural company that produced and exported grain. president volodymyr zelensky described his death as "a great loss. let's get more reaction now to the lionesses' triumph at wembley last night. just how big an impact could this win have on the grassroots game? fiona lamdin is at blackburn rovers for us this morning where georgia stanway, keira walsh and goal scorer ella toone all started out their careers. welcome to you. good to see you. tell us what the reaction has been like there. ,., ., tell us what the reaction has been like there. ., ~ , like there. good morning. all these uirls are like there. good morning. all these girls are in — like there. good morning. all these girls are in exactly _ like there. good morning. all these girls are in exactly the _ like there. good morning. all these girls are in exactly the same - girls are in exactly the same pathway that ella, keira and georgia were in just a few years ago. let me show you some of these lovely things we have here, we have a shoe box to one of these girls, lily, enjoy the

boots, remember practice makes permanent, love ella. we can better it, notjust the shoe box, we have georgia's golden boot, i bet that is worth an absolute fortune. let's come and talk to these girls. come and talk to us this morning will stop the reaction, what did you do when ella toone got that goal? i was celebratin: when ella toone got that goal? i was celebrating with _ when ella toone got that goal? i was celebrating with my _ when ella toone got that goal? i was celebrating with my dad _ when ella toone got that goal? i was celebrating with my dad and my grandad — celebrating with my dad and my arandad. ~ ., celebrating with my dad and my arandad. ~ . ., i. celebrating with my dad and my grandad-_ i - celebrating with my dad and my grandad._ i ran celebrating with my dad and my i grandad._ i ran up grandad. what about you? i ran up and ave grandad. what about you? i ran up and gave my _ grandad. what about you? i ran up and gave my grandma _ grandad. what about you? i ran up and gave my grandma a _ grandad. what about you? i ran up and gave my grandma a big i grandad. what about you? i ran up and gave my grandma a big hug. i | grandad. what about you? i ran up i and gave my grandma a big hug. i did georuia and gave my grandma a big hug. georgia stanway's special dance. and gave my grandma a big hug. i did georgia stanway's special dance. all. georgia stanway's special dance. all of you are in the same stream as those lionesses were a couple of years ago. how many of you want to be professional footballers? all of you? what does it mean to see them play in front of millions, knowing that this could be you? it is amazing — that this could be you? it is amazing really _ that this could be you? it is amazing really have - that this could be you? it 3 amazing really have used to play for club that we play for now. and they play for england and it's just amazing. d0 play for england and it's 'ust amazinu. ,, ~ play for england and it's 'ust amazin., 4' ., play for england and it's 'ust amazinu. ~ ., ., ,. amazing. do you think now at school, who -la s amazing. do you think now at school, who plays football _ amazing. do you think now at school,

who plays football with _ amazing. do you think now at school, who plays football with the _ amazing. do you think now at school, who plays football with the boys? i who plays football with the boys? all of you? do you think the boys will take you more seriously now? yeah. ~ ., will take you more seriously now? yeah. . . . will take you more seriously now? yeah. ~ . ., will take you more seriously now? yeah. ~ . will take you more seriously now? yeah._ i think- yeah. what about you? i think women's _ yeah. what about you? i think women's football _ yeah. what about you? i think women's football will - yeah. what about you? i think women's football will blow i yeah. what about you? i think women's football will blow up| yeah. what about you? i think i women's football will blow up and lots of— women's football will blow up and lots of mole _ women's football will blow up and lots of mole go _ women's football will blow up and lots of people go to _ women's football will blow up and lots of people go to the _ women's football will blow up and lots of people go to the stadiumsl lots of people go to the stadiums and cheer— lots of people go to the stadiums and cheerthem_ lots of people go to the stadiums and cheer them on— lots of people go to the stadiums and cheer them on more. - lots of people go to the stadiums and cheer them on more. thankl lots of people go to the stadiums i and cheer them on more. thank you, keep— and cheer them on more. thank you, keep up— and cheer them on more. thank you, keep untraining _ and cheer them on more. thank you, keep no training-— and cheer them on more. thank you, keep op training-— keep up training. let's move to gemma, they _ keep up training. let's move to gemma, they were _ keep up training. let's move to gemma, they were your i keep up training. let's move to gemma, they were your girls, | gemma, they were your girls, describe the moment, ella's goal. massive celebrations. to come from a trio, the build—up, from georgia into keira, that sublime pass from akira into tooney and then the chip, top bins into the back of the net. what did you do? i top bins into the back of the net. what did you do?— top bins into the back of the net. what did you do? i was celebrating watchin: what did you do? i was celebrating watching the _ what did you do? i was celebrating watching the game _ what did you do? i was celebrating watching the game with _ what did you do? i was celebrating watching the game with the i what did you do? i was celebrating watching the game with the family| watching the game with the family and we werejumping around, screaming, shouting and cheering and it was a wonderful occasion. d0 screaming, shouting and cheering and it was a wonderful occasion.— it was a wonderful occasion. do you think it will — it was a wonderful occasion. do you think it will absolutely _ it was a wonderful occasion. do you think it will absolutely change i it was a wonderful occasion. do you think it will absolutely change the l think it will absolutely change the way your club is now perceived? you are obviously doing something

absolutely spot—on. not one player, not to players but three in the lionesses. we not to players but three in the lionesses-_ not to players but three in the lionesses. ~ ., ., ., ., lionesses. we have done a wonderful 'ob but lionesses. we have done a wonderful job but there — lionesses. we have done a wonderful job but there is _ lionesses. we have done a wonderful job but there is loads _ lionesses. we have done a wonderful job but there is loads more _ lionesses. we have done a wonderful job but there is loads more to - lionesses. we have done a wonderful job but there is loads more to do i job but there is loads more to do and everybody that's been involved in women's football have to reflect come and enjoy the occasion right now, and soak it up, but then we can use this as a platform to really kick on and go again. you use this as a platform to really kick on and go again. you think so much more _ kick on and go again. you think so much more needs— kick on and go again. you think so much more needs to _ kick on and go again. you think so much more needs to be _ kick on and go again. you think so much more needs to be done. i kick on and go again. you think so much more needs to be done. we| kick on and go again. you think so i much more needs to be done. we were talking earlier about this astroturf, you said the men would never have to train on anything like this. you want so much more investment? at}! this. you want so much more investment?— this. you want so much more investment? _, , ., ., investment? of course we do and it is riaht investment? of course we do and it is right and — investment? of course we do and it is right and only _ investment? of course we do and it is right and only fair _ investment? of course we do and it is right and only fair for _ investment? of course we do and it is right and only fair for us - investment? of course we do and it is right and only fair for us to i is right and only fair for us to demand this now. we shouldn't have to settle for second best and that goes up—and—down the country as well. so this has given us that next platform to go and shout from the rooftops. platform to go and shout from the roofto s. �* ., platform to go and shout from the roofto s. �* . ., rooftops. brilliant, and we will let ou aet rooftops. brilliant, and we will let you get back _ rooftops. brilliant, and we will let you get back and _ rooftops. brilliant, and we will let you get back and train _ rooftops. brilliant, and we will let you get back and train these i you get back and train these players. before we leave you, i want you to look at these girls and their faces, and remember their names, because these are the future and it probably won't be long before we are

seeing them, fingers crossed, playing with the lionesses. studio: we certainly will command the big smiles on theirfaces we certainly will command the big smiles on their faces say it all. thank you very much. just how big an impact could this win have on the grassroots game? we havejust impact could this win have on the grassroots game? we have just done that, so let's talk about politics and the leadership election. ballot papers will be delivered to conservative party members today, as they prepare to cast their vote on who they want to be the next party leader and prime minister. the final two candidates — rishi sunak and liz truss — have clashed over their differing policies on tax. we can cross to westminster and our political correspondent jonathan blake. welcome, jonathan. how many times over the past few weeks have we said they have clashed over their differing policies on tax? but rishi sunak has been making more pronouncements today. bring us up—to—date. we pronouncements today. bring us op-to-date-_ pronouncements today. bring us op-to-date-— pronouncements today. bring us u-to-date. ~ , ., up-to-date. we will be saying it for a few weeks — up-to-date. we will be saying it for a few weeks yet. — up-to-date. we will be saying it for a few weeks yet, they _ up-to-date. we will be saying it for a few weeks yet, they have - up-to-date. we will be saying it for a few weeks yet, they have until i up-to-date. we will be saying it for| a few weeks yet, they have until the 2nd of september to get their votes in, the party members can start doing that from this morning. as you

can say rishi sunak is trying to shore up support for his campaign which is trailing behind liz truss, according to the polls we have seen of conservative party members. he is announcing a significant cut to income tax, describing it as the biggest income tax cut since margaret thatcher's government. a radical but realistic, he says. as planned he will reduce the basic rate of income tax from 20p in the pound, to 19 by the end of 2024 and then go on to reduce it further if he were to be prime minister to 16p in the pound by the end of the next parliament, and that could be as late as the end of 2029. this is in stark contrast to what rishi sunak has been saying until very recently when he said that while he did want to cut taxes in the future, the priority in the immediate term was to bring inflation down under control, and you can chart that you liz truss and her campaign which has promised a raft of immediate tax

cuts which she claims are needed to boost the economy. speaking this morning rishi sunak says this is consistent with his approach so far. he has always said he would want to cut taxes eventually and it is right, he says, in his words, people know where he wants to take the economy. but he's faced accusations of u—turns from liz truss's campaign and others and going back on his initial strategy and initial promises with a move that to some looks a little bit panicky and a little bit desperate as he tries to regain some support and win over those all—important conservative those all—importa nt conservative party those all—important conservative party members who can now from today vote in this contest. i party members who can now from today vote in this contest.— vote in this contest. i was going to ask about that, _ vote in this contest. i was going to ask about that, ballot _ vote in this contest. i was going to ask about that, ballot papers i vote in this contest. i was going to ask about that, ballot papers are l ask about that, ballot papers are out today. they have several weeks still to decide. but i guess this is the unknown, when will people cast their ballot and how long do the candidates have to win anyone over? it is a very wide window. they have four weeks in which to vote, they might do it straightaway or they might do it straightaway or they might waitand might do it straightaway or they might wait and weigh up the choice before them. the received wisdom

seems to be that most members will vote early, having made up their minds already. but there will be many, a good chunk of them who are undecided, and that's why over the next few weeks we will see this campaign play out day after day. there are many different hustings event is that the two candidates are attending meeting different conservative association groups day after day after day in different parts of the country, and they will be doing that until the voting closes on the 2nd of september. tonight the candidates go to a hustings event in exeter down in the south—west of england where they will face more questions from members. will face more questions from members-— will face more questions from members. . ., ., ., ., ,, members. jonathan, for now, thank ou.

a man will appear in court this morning charged with the murder of nine year old lilia valutyte in boston, lincolnshire. twenty two year old lithuanian national deividas skebas was charged yesterday by police investigating the attack. lilia was found with a stab wound in fountain lane in boston on thursday. she had reportedly been playing hula hoop with her younger sister in the street before being attacked. the court of appeal will hold a last—minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee — just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. the 12—year—old was found unconscious at his home in southend nearly four months ago. doctors were planning to disconnect his ventilator at two o'clock this afternoon — afterjudges upheld their decision. now, a united nations committee is asking the royal london hospital to keep treating archie while it examines the case. his mother, hollie dance, spoke to the bbc outside the hospital about why she thinks the system should change. i definitely think laws need to be changed. i don't think any parent should have to go through this. the whole question on whose right it is to make these decisions with regards to your child, it needs looking at again, and the government and this hospital and these judges over in this

country did not give birth to archie. i gave birth to archie. archie is my child, archie is paul's child. it shouldn't be anybody else's decision but ours. the chief medical officer for barts health trust, which runs the hospital where archie is being treated, said in a statement: breaking news from ukraine. the international committee of the red cross are still not been granted access to a russian run detention facility in occupied eastern ukraine where around 50 ukrainian prisoners of war were killed on friday. 0n of war were killed on friday. on sunday russia said it had invited experts from the un and the icrc to investigate the deaths at the camp. this morning the icrc said in kyiv

it was not the organisation's roll or a mandate to carry out public investigations into alleged war crimes. 0ver investigations into alleged war crimes. over the weekend the icrc said it had requested access to the site and survivors of the incident. this has still not been granted, though. the secret behind how our galaxy became home 400 billion stars is being explored in a new research project. an instrument has been installed on top of a mountain on the island of la palma, in the atlantic ocean, which will analyse the stars, to reconstruct how the milky way was formed. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh explains. they shine in the night sky, but how did they get there? the answer is contained in the light they actually give off. gavin dalton has spent more than a decade developing an instrument to study the light from 5 million stars to reveal the secrets of how our galaxy was created. and now, it is ready to go. it is a fantastic achievement from a lot of people to make this happen

and it is great to see it working. so the next step is the new adventure, it's brilliant. we'll learn about this really detailed structure. we'll learn about the dynamics and how the stars are moving around. and we'll learn about the evolutionary histories. 0ur galaxy was once a small collection of stars. it grew from the merger of other galaxies over billions of years, each collision leading to the creation of brand—new stars until it became the dense spiral swirl it is today. the new instrument can piece together exactly how this happened. by using optical fibres it is able to capture the light from 1,000 stars every hour, revealing the age and direction of each one. it tells scientists where they came from and where they will go next. whenever there is a new instrument or something big going on, there is all the things for what the instrument was designed. but then there is an enormous amount of

things that we are going to discover that we still don't know because the universe is full of these surprises. so how does this instrument find out what stars are made of? scientists take starlight and pass it through a prism, splitting it into a rainbow spectrum. every element like hydrogen absorbs light in its own unique way, appearing as lines on the spectrum. different chemicals have their own characteristic bar code, allowing astronomers to work out what the star is made of. this telescope is just one of a dozen on the mountaintop, each one probing the skies in different ways. they can see much more of the cosmos than ever before. and the man in charge tells me that there is growing excitement about what lies ahead. we have been hearing for decades that we are in a golden era of astronomy. but what the future awaits is a lot more important. it's a combination of telescopes of different kinds, of different

nationalities, and also tremendous computing power that allows us to process all of this information and give it to the astronomers, to the creative minds. the new telescopes are about to lift a veil on the cosmos. uncovering the deep secrets of our milky way by revealing the path of millions of stars in the night sky, it will give astronomers the big picture of how our galaxy came to be. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. it has been a bit muggy this morning. it was for many parts of the country, except in the highlands where we had a touch of frost. a lot of cloud across many western, southern and eastern areas will melt away as we go through the course of the morning, a lot of sunshine around and then the cloud thickens

to the west, the rain moves in, the wind strengthens and temperature —wise today we are looking at 14 in the north to about 26 or 27 in the south—east. tonight we start with clear skies but the rain in the west quite quickly moves across england, also scotland, northern ireland and north wales. further south we stay dry and we are looking at a muggy night as well, overnight lows in birmingham only falling away to 17 degrees. tomorrow we have the dregs of that range rate across england and wales, heading southwards and eastwards but it will not get into the south—east where of course we need rain. to the north of that sunshine with some showers in the north and west and another humid day with highs up to 28. hello, this is bbc news — i'm samantha simmonds — the headlines. football comes home — england's women beat germany two—one to become champions of europe for the first time.

chloe kelly scored england's winner — late in extra time. it's english football's first major trophy since the men's side lifted the 1966 world cup. conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20 percent to 16 percent — if he becomes prime minister. the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of 0desa under an agreement brokered by turkey. the court of appeal will hold a last—minute hearing today in the case of archie battersbee — just hours before doctors are due to withdraw his life support. sport and for a full round—up, here's mike bushell live at the commonwealth games in birmingham. good morning...

away from the euros, from birmingham where the action is under way in the lawn bowls. there are 28 gold medals to be won today, including a great chance for northern ireland — rhys mclengahan is the defending commonwealth champion so a big day in the gymnastics and the pool, where adam peaty can bounce back from the huge disappointment for him, last night. the world record holder came 4th in the 100 metres breaststroke, won by fellow englishmanjames wilby asjoe lynskey reports ? here he is. in the life and times of adam peaty, one thing is constant. he hadn't lost a 100 metre breaststroke race for seven years, and halfway through this final, he was still on course. butjust ten weeks ago, he broke his foot. so where he'd push, instead, he faded. a different englishman pounced. james wilby wins gold! and that isjust a massive

result in his life. james wilby took the chance and peaty missed a medal, but kept perspective. when it comes down to the race, sometimes it doesn't go to plan. but you know, that's a lack of training, as you said, lack of racing. i'm a fighter. and, you know, sometimes you have got to have these moments where... ...to keep on fighting, really. at the end of the day, we're both, you know, incredible racers. we all know what adam's capable of. and, you know, taking your opportunities, racing the best race you can on the night. but, yeah, i'm so happy, so thrilled. to win gold meant so much to england's alice tyne. the para—swimmer had her leg amputated in january. she did itjust to ease the pain she felt. now things were so different. and few have earned a medal quite like her. i'vejust, you know, i've been learning to walk again, and i didn't even think i'd be able to race at the end of this season. but i'm so grateful that team england let me come here and race, and i... ..yeah, i'll try not to cry.

i can't believe that i just won that. for the athletes and the nations, these games can change the mood. james ball had made a breakthrough. he'd won three silvers before. now in the tandem sprint, got his first gold. it was wales' first of these games too. at sutton park in triathlon, england were dominance. golds in the mixed relay and in two para—triathlons, where david ellis and katie crowhurst stayed in sync with their guides. they shared the spotlight. a place jake jarman's been thrust into. atjust 20, he's risen to it. it's a hugely impressive all—around performance by the 20—year—old. jarman won all—around gold, then stood with his team—mates. james hall had been in pain, but got silver. it's why these are the friendly games, and forjarman, a first platform to make his name.

joe lynskey, bbc news. one other story to bring you up date to with — england cyclist matt walls has been released from hospital after he was involved in a crash, in which he and his bike flew into the crowd in the velodrome. walls, the olympic champion, has stitches in his forehead and scrapes and bruises, but luckily no major injuries. two spectators were also treated at the scene. laura kenny said she'd spoken to her husband jason, in the aftermath of the incident, saying she wasn't sure she wanted to carry on, and she's called for bigger barriers or screens to be fitted in velodromes, with riders reaching higher speeds. let's look at the sport taking place right now. in the hockey we have... we have...

it is the university of birmingham hockey centre. and in the polls, it is england versus wales at leamington spa. there are two gold medals up for grabs today, wales against england, semifinal triples, leading two up at the moment in victoria park over wales. plenty more to come later on, england, scotland semifinal later on. that is the latest from leamington spa. let's have a look at some of the sport going on away from the games. celtic laid down an early marker, as they began the defence of their scottish premiership title with a 2—nil win over aberdeen — jota with a thunderbolt for their second goal at parkhead. max verstappen will enjoy his summer holiday after extending his lead in the formula one championship to 80 points, with victory in the hungarian grand prix. in one of the drives of his career,

he moved up from 10th to first. lewis hamilton finished second ahead of his mercedes teammate george russell, who'd started from pole. england's cricketers lost their t—20 series, against south africa, with defeat in the decider, in southampton. tristan stubbs with the catch of the match helping to dismiss england for 101 so 90 runs short of their target. back here at the commonwealth games, it's about to get underway in the table tennis. it is the busiest day and the hottest day so far in birmingham. back to the studio. more now on the conservative leadership contest. former chancellor rishi sunak has unveiled a new pitch to party members calling for a 4% reduction in income tax by the end of the next parliament. he insisted the cut would be paid for through an increase in growth and would only come into force once inflation had come down.

it has been intrepreted by some as an attempt to catch up with his rival liz truss who has pledged immediate tax cuts. mr sunak defended his proposal on the bbc�*s today programme a short while ago. now, the last week or so of this contest we have been focused on the here and now about how best to fight inflation, and i think everyone knows where we stand on that, and we have different points of view. but as chancellor i was very keen to make sure that i started cutting taxes, and what i've announced today build on that, and that's because i believe in rewarding work, and the best way for government to signal that is to cut people's income tax. and in this parliament as chancellor i already said we are going to cut income tax for the first time in almost 15 years, and as prime minister i want to go further than that and cut income tax at the basic rate by a fifth to 16p. but i want to do that in a way that's responsible, i want to make sure that we can pay for it, i want to make sure we can do it alongside growing the economy. so that's the vision that i have come and i think it's right that people know where i want to take the economy.

but it's entirely different to doing things right now that would make the situation far worse and endanger people's mortgages which is not something i want to do. motoring group the rac is urging the government to do more to help drivers with high fuel costs — accusing ministers of providing some of the least generous help in europe. petrol prices in the uk have hit record highs this year, partly down to russia's invasion of ukraine. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. to motorists, it can sometimes feel like fuel prices go up like a rocket and come down like a feather. after the spring spike, they are now starting to come down, but could the government be doing more to help? research by the rac shows the 5p a litre cut in fuel duty in march is the second—lowest reduction compared to 13 european neighbours. fuel tax in portugal has been cut by the equivalent of 16p a litre. in italy, it's 21p, and in germany, 25p of tax on every litre has been scrapped.

45% of your fill—up is tax. this is why we wanted the government to go further to lower prices for drivers, because clearly it has scope. and, of course, it is benefiting incredibly from the vat take because the higher the wholesale price goes, the more vat the chancellor collects. retailers are already starting to make reductions. on friday, asda led the way, cutting the price of unleaded by 5p and diesel by 3p at all 323 of its forecourts across the uk. others are already following. but it can't come soon enough for motorists. with wholesale prices steadily falling, prices at the pump should follow, and the treasury says the recent fuel duty cut has already saved the average driver £100 a year. but with any holiday—makers driving on the continent this summer likely to pay 20p to 30p a litre less to fill up, returning home could be a shock. marc ashdown, bbc news. political leaders willjoin

the family and friends of david trimble at his funeral service today. the former ulster unionist party leader — who was one of the key architects of the good friday agreement — died last week aged 77. prime minister borisjohnson will be among the mourners, along with the republic of ireland's president and taoiseach. let's return to the lionesses' victory over germany in the final of the euros at wembley. let's take a look at some of the celebrations on social media... the team's official account posted this picture of golden boot winner beth mead, surrounded by her 'mound' of trophies. still) the queen sent her message of congratulations — saying "you've set an example that will be an inspiration for girls and women today, and for future

generations. support from the men's team too — here's mason mount and phil foden filming their reactions to that historic win. we can speak now to carrie dunn, author of several books about womens football — an an expert on the history of the women's game. it has been a hugejourney, if you look back a century, in 1921 women's football was banned in england and it was not until the 1970s the ban was lifted. 50 years of women organising their own leagues and tournaments, playing football, but no one acknowledged or recognised it was happening. it was not until the first england official team in 1972 that it started to be flagged up as something that was happening. in 1984 was the first euros final and

england lost to sweden. it has been a huge amount of change in a short space of time, only four years the four women still super league has been fully professional. we are seeing the combination of all that with the lionesses and there is amazing the summer. it has been huge journey. tell! amazing the summer. it has been huge 'ourne . , ., , amazing the summer. it has been huge 'ourne . , . , ., journey. tell us what this will mean for women's _ journey. tell us what this will mean for women's football? _ journey. tell us what this will mean for women's football? it _ journey. tell us what this will mean for women's football? it will i journey. tell us what this will mean for women's football? it will mean | journey. tell us what this will mean | for women's football? it will mean a hue for women's football? it will mean a huge amount. _ for women's football? it will mean a huge amount, not _ for women's football? it will mean a huge amount, not only _ for women's football? it will mean a huge amount, not only verbal- for women's football? it will mean a huge amount, not only verbal and i huge amount, not only verbal and women's sport, women in society is seeing women at the top level, being celebrated for those achievements and being supported to reach those achievements. it has been incredible, and i think investment and greater sponsorship and more infrastructure for the women's game is necessary to encourage more girls and women to the game and ensure there are more victories like that in the years to come. aha, there are more victories like that in the years to come.— there are more victories like that in the years to come. a victory of course is — in the years to come. a victory of course is to _ in the years to come. a victory of course is to be _ in the years to come. a victory of course is to be celebrated i in the years to come. a victory of course is to be celebrated on i in the years to come. a victory of course is to be celebrated on the | course is to be celebrated on the scale, where does that put women on terms of a par with men's football because there's still nowhere near?

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one girls team. they are big figures, but when you think about it in the grand scheme of things, it is not that much. there needs to be a first stepping stone, you need money, you need summer to play, you need pitches and facilities. it is a good top line, there needs to be a lot more detail, a lot more money and make sure that comes to fruition. ~ . . , ., fruition. what are the rules at the moment? how — fruition. what are the rules at the moment? how much _ fruition. what are the rules at the moment? how much access - fruition. what are the rules at the moment? how much access to i fruition. what are the rules at the l moment? how much access to girls fruition. what are the rules at the - moment? how much access to girls how to football in primary and secondary schools? it to football in primary and secondary schools? u, to football in primary and secondary schools? . , to football in primary and secondary schools? ., , , schools? it can vary massively across the _ schools? it can vary massively across the country, _ schools? it can vary massively across the country, primary i schools? it can vary massively - across the country, primary schools offer more girls and secondary schools because they have to divide up schools because they have to divide up the girls and boys to play together from a certain up the girls and boys to play togetherfrom a certain point. when you have divided girls and boys pe lessons, that is one of the problems for skills. a lot of girls drop out of the game after primary school level. hopefully, this bill is being supported to offer more and more grassroots teams for girls of all ages, that problem should start to be sold. , , .,

be sold. very interesting to get our be sold. very interesting to get your thoughts. _ be sold. very interesting to get your thoughts. thank _ be sold. very interesting to get your thoughts. thank you - be sold. very interesting to get your thoughts. thank you very l be sold. very interesting to get - your thoughts. thank you very much being with us. do you remember this? as england hammered sweden eight year old tess captured the nation's hearts by dancing and singing along to sweet caroline. what followed was a whirlwind 2a hours in which the bbc helped tess to get to the final. john watson was there to follow the big day.. who's going to win? england! is that tess from tv? yeah! _ tess, you're here! wahey! can you believe what the last few days have been like? crazy. they've been crazy. because i've been on a lot of phone calls, running around, jumping on the sofas, like, "yeah!" shall we get you ready for this game? yeah! come on, let's do it. let's go, come on.

so, you got the face paint? yeah. you got the flag? yeah. how are the dance moves? # i'm feeling fine...# tess? yeah. as if the day can get any crazier... yeah. ..you're about to go live on bbc one with gabby and the crew. i can't wait. are you ready? i'm nervous. don't be. you'll be fab. 0k. let's go, let's do it. hello. she's made it down to wembley. tess, welcome. hello. how positive are you feeling about england today? i'm feeling very positive, and i feel like we can win this match. do you? and you still... i know russo's a big fan

of yours — you're a big fan of hers, should i say? she probably is a big fan of yours! yeah. do you still feel she could be the difference today? yeah. i feel like she can do a lot of things to help our team. yeah, she's been doing brilliantly, hasn't she? actually, speaking about that, i've got a little message for you. just have a little look over there for me, will you? hi, tess. - it's alessia here. just wanted to say a massive thank you for all your- support this summer. we've loved hearing - you on the tv and on twitter. so much so, i'd likel to give you this shirt just to say thank you. hope you love it. - and we hope to see you soon. wow! and look what i've -ot here for you. oh, my gosh! there you go. it says, "to tess, best wishes, russo, a. russo. " wow! alex is a big fan of yours as well. i'm a huge fan, and i'm a huge fan of your dancing as well. _ are we going to see| more of that today? yes, definitely! it's so great to meet you in the flesh, tess. you've given so many people such joy. and i think you personify what this is all about.

so, enjoy today. thank you. bye! oh, my goodness! commentary: toone is through here. emma toone for england... _ oh, yes! what a goal! it's deep. oh, it's in! it's all over! england... ..european champions.

woo! tess! hello! they did it! how are we feeling? good. great. woo! that is great. can you believe they won? no! yes! what did you make of the game? it was amazing! how were your nerves in there? scared. i was very scared. and you've got your shirt? woo! show us the shirt. can you believe you got an england win and alessia russo's shirt? no, i can't believe it. has this been the best day ever? yes! are you going to be singing all the way home? yes! woo! # sweet caroline, bom, bom, bom. # good times never felt so good. # so good, so good, so good.#

one of 80,000 people, an all—time record for a uefa tournament in wembley. the peak audience of 70.4 million —— 17.4 million viewers were watching at the final whistle as england beat germany last night. the most watched five minutes of tv of 2022. 17.42 watching that final last night. thousands of people in northern california have been evacuated as the us state battles a second major wildfire this season. the mckinney fire started in northern california, near the border with oregon on friday and has spread rapidly to become the largest this year. it's already scorched tens of thousands of acres. two—thousand residents have been forced to leave their homes, and dozens of trekkers on the pacific crest hiking trail have been evacuated to safety. no injuries have been

reported so far. meanwhile search and rescue crews continue to look for survivors in the us state of kentucky, where record flooding has wiped out entire communities. at least 28 people have died — although the state's governor warned the number could rise. president biden has declared the floods "a major disaster" — and there's a warning of more rain today. our north america correspondent, peter bowes, has the latest. catastrophic scenes in eastern kentucky, muddy waters as far as the eye can see. these narrow valleys are prone to flooding, but never this part. the rain was torrential. some areas in the mountainous region are still inaccessible. homes have been ripped apart and cars swept away in the mud. many people have seen everything they had destroyed. as well as their home and business, sandy tackett�*s family lost their three dogs in the fast—moving water. i have never seen anything like this. the waters were just

raging and it took so many buildings and stuff that we thought would never even flood. we had one that was a little tiny dog that we called little bridges. but it was so sweet, it was the sweetest dog ever. much of the devastation is still under water and there are fears that as the levels go down, more victims will be found in the debris. we do know of additional bodies that have been recovered but we cannot confirm those deaths at this time. we have hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, hundreds of people displaced, but we are moving and moving fast. the national guard has been brought in to help with the rescue operation, scouring the area for survivors and delivering much needed supplies. a state of emergency here means that there are extra funds from the us government and heavy equipment to deal with the clean—up. urban search and rescue teams have been deployed to the region from out of state.

i don't know that it's people at their worst, but in their worst situations and we are able to provide assistance to them and provide reassurance and help them and the appreciation that you see from those people is the thing that keeps us doing this. this is the second major disaster to strike kentucky in seven months. nearly 80 people died in a series of tornadoes in the western part of the state last december. climate change has been blamed for this catastrophe. it will take years for these communities to rebuild and recover, but the immediate danger is far from over with more rain forecast for the next few days. peter bowes, bbc news. could virtual reality help people to deal with anxiety? researchers at the university of cambridge have teamed up with a bafta award—winning games developer to find out. they've produced a programme which will expose patients to stressful experiences, while guiding them through helpful breathing techniques. richard westcott has

been finding out more. this very chilled virtual reality breathing exercises to calm me down. it's designed to teach me to control my heart rate in preparation for what researcher lucy is going to throw at me next. you might find this bit a little scary. this fellow is specifically designed to make me anxious, and it's working. it can only hear me when my heart rate goes up. the breathing exercise keeps me calm and hidden. good job, you're all done. hurray! i survived. can i start off with a daft question? sure. why if you are suffering with anxiety, do you put people into an actual situation? doesn't it exacerbate

it or make it worse? yeah, a lot of kind of treatment is based around dealing with things that make you feel anxious. so this isn't necessarily a treatment. but it would be really useful to not only learn skills to cope with your anxiety but then try to apply them to situations in which you are actively anxious. lucy teamed up with local gaming company ninja theory who have already won awards for their sensitive depiction of psychosis in another game, hellblade. we all know there is loads of pressure on mental health services at the moment. can you see technology replacing some of it, or playing a big role in helping? so i don't think technology should replace the mental health service. but i do think it could play a role in helping with some of those low—lying things like teaching people some basic emotional regulation, or maybe even just getting people to a place where they are literate enough about their mental health to go and seek help. so far more than 50 people have tested the breathing exercises in the dungeon for lucy's research. and she will be looking

for more volunteers soon. richard westcott, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. it is going to feel muggy by day and by night, the next few days and nights and it will feel different as we head into the weekend. a range of high pressure across is keeping thing settled, a clutch of fronts coming from the atlantic will introduce thicker cloud, some rain and strengthening winds later on. we started with cloud across the south and east, it is melting away, showers moving along the bristol channel and adjacent areas, and some showers across the north and west of scotland. the cloud will break across east anglia and the south—east where we could still catch the old rogue shower but not much more than that. for most of us

a dry day until the cloud and rain arrived in the west later on accompanied by strengthening winds. temperatures 19 celsius in aberdeen, 27 degrees in london. as for the commonwealth games, we are looking at a lot of dry weather, variable cloud sunny spells, light breezes and temperatures of 26 celsius. this evening, we start off on a dry note before the rain pushes eastwards, we have a weather front draped across parts of england and wales which will produce some rain, it will be breezy and it is going to be muggy overnight, falling to 18 degrees in hull. as we head through the course of tuesday, we have this weather front in southern areas, it is weak, another one coming across the north west, in between you can see the isobars telling you that once again it is going to be breezy. from the weather front sinking size, cloud

and rain, it continues itsjourney towards south—east itself looks like it will stay dry. behind the cloud and the rain, some sunshine coming across the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland except for some showers in the north and west of scotland. 24 celsius in aberdeen, 29 degrees as we push further south. muqqy degrees as we push further south. muggy overnight, we have the dregs of the weather front in the far south, producing cloud and spots of rain. move north, another weather front brings rain from the west to east. in between, there will be some sunshine. temperatures ranging from 15 celsius in the north to 29 celsius as we push further south. after that, things turn a bit fresher.

this is bbc news — i'm samantha simmonds — the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. england's women beat germany 2—1 at wembley to become champions of europe for the first time. it's english football's first major trophy since the men's side lifted the 1966 world cup. the first ship carrying grain leaves the ukrainian port of odesa under an agreement brokered by turkey. conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% — if he becomes prime minister. nichelle nichols — the trailblazing star trek actress — has died at the age of 89. and — scientists supercharge one

of earth's most powerful telescopes with new technology — that will reveal how our galaxy