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to stop using plastic cutlery, plates and bowls from october as part of a new government plan to tackle plastic pollution. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for we are england: england's next lionesses. that's a great ball, just keep another two on it. keep your ball, maisie, keep your ball. when i played football, it was literally our life. | it really was an enjoyable time of my football career. -

one day i'd love to play for england, it would be fantastic. we have to get this work done, we have to be right for that first game. good feet, millie. come on. it's football, it's my whole life, like, yeah. football is everything, yeah. one, two, three, four! cheering and shouting.

it was amazing, the start of the year, it was like a sense of adrenaline. over the years, you see how close they are getting and they've not quite got there to win that was the icing on the cake. when i went to go first, first, that was celebrations all—round when they scored, coming back. that puts the nervous feeling back inside you. it was an amazing feeling, everyonejumped up, it was just amazing. it's a really exciting time in football, it opened so many doors for opportunities. everyone wants to be in women's football.

i would say that seeing them win, the lionesses, was a massive - inspiration for everyone. seeing the lionesses winning has showed the next generation - that we can do it and we can work as hard as them and we can- become just like them. # sweet caroline...#. we've got training now with the girls, we're just getting ready for the last training session before the start of the season so it's the final session of preseason. it's the final tweaks to make sure we are ready for saturday. plenty of movement on the outside, ready to go. it's amateur football, it's for anybody of any ability.

it's at the start of where anybody�*s footballjourney begins. come on girls, ready, play. i think it's hitting right more than an all—time high where people are realising how good the girls can play and it's massive because more and more girls want to play football. right, walk in, girls. two weeks away. in fact, we can do bit away so we will have to get this work done. we have to make sure it's right for the first game. what we can't afford to do is start the season really slow and start with a defeat, draw. we need to get three points on the board straightaway. chloe, if you are heading into goal, into the box. the first game of the season is always dead important, it shows the opposition how well you have improved and it's so important to get the three points, because if you don't, you are always on the back foot

for the rest of the season. when i was their age, it was still more about fun. the coaches were never really demanding of the players as i'm quite demanding and these girls have got big dreams because they got more opportunities now when it comes to training. i think there's quite a few of them who could go on and play professionally. myjob as a coach is to get the very best out of them. good one, chloe, good information and relaxing. good little spell. at school i always liked to play with the lads and it was always i had to get involved with them, it was awkward because there were no girls at that age. following, go. a kid might not have the best start or couldn't really come into football, it gives the chance for children, especially, to come and socialise with friends. it gives them something to believe in and feel part of. it's a great ball. it's definitely somewhere where they feel like we will belong.

exactly the same. these are under 15s. i've had them since the under tens. we get on really well. we've had a lot of banter. they all go out socially. when it comes to training they are very competitive against each other and they want to win. individually, they want to win. always trying to get fast, in play, your movement has to be right, your awareness has to be right. we are working on attack and defend, maybe a hornet is a free contact, and we're trying the _ lines going forward. abbey is the captain. when i was in school, i would always mess around

with the lads and kick the ball about. year 3, i was invited to a football party with some of the lads. the coach who was, like, running it, came at the end, saying she was actually quite good. i came along to the session. i remember thinking, wow, she's got really good potential and spoke to mum and mum said she had only be doing the odd training. i couldn't believe it. straightaway i just said, "i need to sign her." i do my little drill with the blue ones. once you get into it, it's a bit hard but it can be tiring if you keep doing it but that's the fitness, keeping up with it. football became a big part of my life. i play centre midfield or maybe playing three in the middle, i will play the holding midfielder. i will come down and try to play at least once a week and keep it for training itself.

you have the team practice because even when we will practice as a team, if you want to become a better player yourself and step up and not just with teamwork, should be doing it your own because it's me standing up for other players. even if i'm just with a ball at my foot, it's what makes me happy, i enjoyjust anything to do with football really. abbey when she first came in, she never played for a team until now. she is completely gone up a few levels, worked hard and done extra sessions. my aim in football is to try and play professionally, that's what i want to do, i want to go as far as i possibly can with football and i know that's difficult but i would love to play and do that in the future, make it my full—time job. one day i would love to play for england and evenjust playing in wembley or something, when you are playing for your country, is a great feeling. the lionesses are inspiring for me, it's a great feeling to know they came

from this club. this is a scrapbook of the memories from the mid—�*90s. i was advertising classes. these were all tournament day shots. there isjill scott, 200a. the girls who played for boldon, that would be jill, demi stokes and steph wharton. jill was about nine years old, she was great from the start. we always kept in touch. she became part of our family. i was proud for an england team

to win a big tournament, it's what every footballer wants. i think in the early days, we give the young girls the opportunity to play, the opportunity to be competitive. so this is where the old youth centre used to be and this is where the girls first started playing. we're just going to do

a warm up for the girls. using both feet. i used to do football with the kids in the club. two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. at the time there was no division for girls all, as there was no league. the fa didn't need to provide anything. the problem was boys wouldn't let them play, the attitude was the girls can't play football. girls, in here! you can't go in the circle where the cones are. i would say the early �*90s it started taking off because it was set up on the back of the boys league so originally it was a boy's own league but with a girls section. and that was it. off we went. well done, daisy. you're going to run in, anybody, change direction.

as the leagues developed, they got more and more different age groups. ijust wanted the girls to play football. keep your ball, maisie, keep your ball. and stop. obviously doing it for the young people but there is the social side of it as well, parents with family members. one big family. hello, you ok? there you go. thank you. no worries at all. see you later. your all right?

my memory is we are just like a group of chavs to be honest, we used to play football in the back lanes. when we came together to play football it was like literally our life, it was a really enjoyable time of my football career. i think one of the main differences is that i can see more than one coach for the whole session. i think itjust used to be paul on his own, bless him, but obviously the detail that the girls get nowadays, the coaches are a lot more advanced. we're just sort of thrown together and playing football like we were in the back lanes. it is crazy when i come back, obviously since playing for england you are recognised a little bit more and it is still a weird feeling because i'm still kind ofjust these

girls but i've just grown up really, love the game of football. hi, girls. it's always lovely to be back. do you want to pass it around? if i can't get any work i think i can sell it for £1,000 on ebay. laughs. pass it when you are done. how much of an influence did paul smith have on you, - on your grassroots career? to be honest, i don't think i would've gone on to play for england without paul, he actually used to drive us to training, he used to run the whole team. grassroots football, yes, they are really my happiest memories, getting up early on saturday, going to play football, travelling around with the girls, having a laugh, they are literally my happiest memories.

did you have any doubts about if you are good enough to go up there and play? i think i always doubted myself deep down, i always believed i was going to work hard, i was going to run the most they were my things, but as i got older and i was playing with these incredible players i always questioned, was a good enough to play with them? that's when i look at the gold medal, i know how much hard work has gone into that, and it was through that i got myself to that level so i definitely had doubts, it's like when people say do you get nervous before games? i was still nervous at 31, 32, 33. at the final of wembley i was on the bench and i was so nervous! those things never go away. they are normal, really. i think of like the next level, what impact did that have on you? that whole tournament, i think i knew deep down it would be my last one so i think i kind of utilised every single moment, so the old trafford game, walking out in front of 70,000 people i was just taken aback

by the amount of support. if i could just put that feeling in a bottle and carry it around, yeah, it's incredible, i think it will be the best day of my life, i can't see anything else, keep working hard, keep helping each other as well, keep helping because at times you might need them and at other times they will need you. keep working hard and thank you for your questions! boldon on three! one, two two, three! i loved it, she is massively inspiring. i love her! ijust love her. it was great to come and see the girls actually because it reminds us of me when i was that age with the badge on your chest and obviously the level has gone up a lot from when i was that age but it is so nice to speak to them, to hear theirjourneys

but they sound like they really want to learn, like they know what it takes to get to the top, they know it is going to be a long i got told of the age of nine i couldn't play with the boys anymore so i had to go and find a woman steam, a girls team and that is when i found boldon girls and paul smith and that is when i was so excited to find out and go from a boys team and i was like, wow! girls play football and we can do this together! i think i got my role models were always david beckham, male footballers because that is what i saw on tv but it is great now that the women's game, obviously it is more visible, it's more accessible. hopefully by winning this gold medal it will give girls a bit of bragging rights. it is good to reflect and say, look at how far we've come. obviously the structure now

of the wsl, games being on tv, it is so much more visible but i think there is a whole other level that we can unlock. there are two under 15s teams. there is the boldon and also the boldon all—stars which i play for. i met you through primary and you through football. i feel like i trust you the same, like i have the same bond with you. my whole life has revolved around football. my whole life!

i would say they are my best friends, i have known leah for 14 years now, i met her in primary and i have known casey... we have been really close since. 50 odd year ago, women are won't allow to play football entirely and i think there are like 50,000 people watching it at wembley and that. the woman had nothing to lose, like, they could go out there and they could put everything into it and if they lost, they lost, they had nothing to lose. i think they would have gotten so much hate for it. yes, like people saying, you couldn't do it, but they went and did it. that is what i want to be a part of. i watched loads of videos and tick—tocks of them, it is likely our family.

at the all—stars we have three coaches. we have jamie, who is my dad. me and my dad, i am not allowed to treat him different and me has not allowed to treat me different but he doesn't stick to that rule because he likes to be more angry at me. him and my mum both say it is because they one what is ms rose but i don't believe them. two laps, girls! they are a bunch of rockets, live wires. they are just outgoing, fun, football is the lifeblood they are an absolutely outstanding bunch of girls who live for each other and the team. when you have possession of the ball, make it big. the england women's team has just inspired so many girls to play football and it is brilliant that the girls football is getting more competitive,

there is a lot more money in the men's game but hopefully that is where the women's game will get to and i am happy to be part of it, getting i think the first game of the season is really important, we need a good first game to show that we have developed. we have put 100% in for that. 0k, girls, in you come. there will be a lot of excitement from the girls but in the back of the heads they will have a little bit of nervousness because they have to show that we are still those top team. it should be a good game. it will start good. being captain, you have an important role. you have to keep the team going, yourself going, all of the others around you. i think there is always pressure

in everything you do but the pressure can always drive you. let's have a good start of the day, as a season, let's go show it in this game. come on, girls! whsitle. the girls are always on fire, they are entertaining to watch, superb. they are doing well, theyjust need a goal. they are all over them. i think it will be a goal just before halftime. i it is coming. applause. just scored, yeah? we have played really well, first time the ball has gone down there, we have conceded but that is football. they will pull it back.

go, move the ball, ava get across! just scored! proud of her. then last a5 minutes is what we are about because we are now creating chances which is what we weren't during the first half. the subs will be coming on soon. let's give it a good go, ok? right. i have hurt my hamstring, i had to come off with a hamstring. i think if you are going to be able to get back the way you were... you just have to do sit out for a while. sometimes it can be difficult, especially if you know you are having a bad game.

sometimes you're like i can't really keep going but you know you have to give them going. keeping yourself going as well. a lot of girls around you, you see them starting to talk and helping you on. as long as you try to keep yourself going, keep the girls going, everything will work out fine. that second half was a totally different level to how you started the first 30 minutes.

that is us, that is what we can do! happy with the final score, couldn't really ask anything more, really, that is what you want. it was unbelievable, watching that, knowing you are a part of that whether you are on the pitch on it. be honest about it, i said this to you before, it was hurting you last night, you should have said i need to stop instead of pushing yourself, all right? get your head up, you? i think i'm on the right path. at the minute i'm getting the best coaching i could, possibly... especially from shannon, she is amazing. ijust need her to keep being abbie not forget who she is, she needs to keep working hard because i no doubt that she can progress and play where she needs to be. it would be an amazing feeling to be a professional footballer. having a stadium full of fans, the atmosphere you would get from it.

i think it's a really difficult path to get there but i think if you put in the hard work then you'll be able reach it. my hope for the future, especially for my girls is just to progress the best they possibly can, and if they gave up i offered a good stamp on them to be the best that they can be. whether they still play football as a hobby, professional, ijust hope they keep loving the game and keep going with it.

hello. it may be brighter this afternoon, but, for many areas, rivers still responding to last night's rain — there could still be some ongoing flooding for some. and rain still falling to start the afternoon through parts of east anglia, the south—east, the channel islands. it may take a while before we start to see brightness break through here. persistent rain remains in orkney and that curls back into some outbreaks of rain, sleet and hill snow in central western scotland, to the north of northern ireland. frequent showers here and a strengthening wind. a0 or 50mph gusts, if not a bit more. a colder end to the day than we started and a cold night come tonight, particularly across scotland where we'll see rain turn to sleet and snow. a band of rain pushes through northern ireland, northern england. that could be sleet and snow in the higher ground. that could be the same too as it finishes the night across north wales. north of it some clear skies develop. frost, ice, frequent snow showers on sunday in the north of scotland. a band of cloud through wales, the midlands, east anglia producing some outbreaks of rain and a bit of hill snow, but for many away from that it's going to be a dry

and bright day for most part, but it will feel cold, particularly in the wind.

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