bobby charlton was the greatest player i have ever seen and my brother. hievements, like the man himself, stood tall. one of english football's biggest characters. jack charlton who died, last night, at the age of 85. fiona trott is outside leeds united's elland road football ground, where floral tributes are being laid. fiona, a sad day forfans. it is, and many of them are coming here today to lay flowers amongst the regular tributes, and what has been striking here today is that many of the people we have spoken to have actually met jack charlton, and that says a lot about the man, the fact that he had time for people. they talked about his kindness and his sense of humour and the family had told us today that they get comfort from that. the fans are describing the exact same man that they knew and loved. the football capital association says we are devastated at the news at the death of jack charlton, a member of a world cup winning team of 66 has passed away. the football association of ireland says, he was the manager who changed irish football foreve

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. s achievements, like the man himself, stood tall. one of football's biggest and best—loved characters. jack charlton, who has died, at the age of 85. tributes have been flooding in to jack charlton. ireland's prime minister, michael martin, described him as an iconic figure. the english football association said they were "devastated" by his death. today, his granddaughter kate wilkinson spoke of him as a kind and genuine man. fiona trott reports. his flat caps are still hung up and i think it's the little things you miss. we have sort of lost a joker. in kate's family, he was grandad jack. 0n the other side of the city at elland road, a footballing family remembers the legend known as big jack. complete strangers sharing their grief. absolute genius. when you think about his career, allegedly internationally, it didn't take off till he was about 29. it was amazing. i remember one day when they were doing a pre—warmup, jack unfortunately hit the ball and hit a child in the crowd and he

bobby charlton with the corner. jack! perfect goal. land and after a brief spell as a miner, opted for a career in football, along with his younger brother, bobby. but while bobby's attacking flair soon made him a star, jack's defensive qualities were rather less glamorous. jack charlton. came in like a brick wall and he's hurt. he got an elbow in the face. for all his bravery, he always admitted he was no match for his brother. people try to compare us and i used to say, you shouldn't compare us. i can't play. i can stop other people playing but i can't play. bobby can play. he is a creative player. but there's a place in the game for both types. and it was a point he proved very successfully. charlton's power helped him score goals as well as stop them. he spent his entire playing career at leeds united, winning the league title in 1969. he wasn't called up for england until he was nearly 30, but soon made his mark, scoring his first international goal against finland in 1966. oh, and jacky charlton's got it. and it's a goal! and a mo

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. ggest characters. jack charlton, who has died, at the age of 85. two people have been arrested after london's trafalgar square fountains were found to have been dyed red. the stunt was carried out by the campaign group animal rebellion on saturday afternoon. it was in protest against animal farming, the campaign is claiming the government has blood on its hands. demonstrators alleged the covid pandemic was caused by animal abuse. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. well, after the disappointment of recent weekends when low pressure was in charge — we had wet, windy, and cloudy weather — actually, we have got off to a decent start this weekend. a sunny morning, a bit of cloud built up during saturday afternoon, but saturday evening time, that cloud began to fragment and we had clear spells that started to develop, and they are continuing to develop actually, right now, with those skies continuing to clear underneath this area of high pressure, but the eagle—eyed amongst you might not

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. ke the man himself, stood tall. one of english football's biggest characters. let's talk to colin young he's a sports journalist and author of the bookjack charlton: the authorised biography. he's in durham. thanks for coming on the programme. thanks for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. what kind of legacy do think this man leaves? well, i think he leaves a legacy particularly in ireland, of taking that country and transforming its football tea m that country and transforming its football team and helping them qualify to the finals for the first time ever. but also, he transformed the way that people were perceived, english people in perceived over there, he took over in ireland at there, he took over in ireland at the height of the troubles and he managed to work above that and he will forever be remembered over there for that. and yet, in the north—east, when he was manager of newcastle, it ended disastrously after a year, when perhaps it was his club and the place t

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. ck charlton, who has died, at the age of 85. more tributes to jack charlton on the bbc website. do stay with us. hello there. well, after the disappointment of recent weekends when low pressure was in charge — we had wet, windy, and cloudy weather — actually, we have got off to a decent start this weekend. a sunny morning, a bit of cloud built up during saturday afternoon, but saturday evening time, that cloud began to fragment and we had clear spells that started to develop, and they are continuing to develop actually, right now, with those skies continuing to clear underneath this area of high pressure, but the eagle—eyed amongst you might notice this approaching weather front. yes, that will bring some rain to the far north—west as we head through sunday. still, over the next few hours, it is clear skies that we've got. northern ireland, scotland, england and wales and underneath those clear skies in the countryside, it is quite chilly, temperatures getting down to about six or seve

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. l's biggest characters. jack charlton, who has died, at the age of 85. a reminder of our top story: president trump has appeared in public wearing a face mask for the first time. he put it on for a visit to the walter reed national military medical center outside washington, where he met wounded soldiers and health care workers. mrtrump, who's previously refused to wear a mask in public, and has taunted his political rivaljoe biden for wearing one, hello there. well, after the disappointment of recent weekends when low pressure was in charge — we had wet, windy, and cloudy weather — actually, we have got off to a decent start this weekend. a sunny morning, a bit of cloud built up during saturday afternoon, but saturday evening time, that cloud began to fragment and we had clear spells that started to develop, and they are continuing to develop actually, right now, with those skies continuing to clear underneath this area of high pressure, but the eagle—eyed amongst you might notice thi

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. himself, stood tall. one of football's biggest and best—loved characters. jack charlton, who has died, at the age of 85. you're watching bbc news. a reminder of the latest headlines. donald trump has been seen wearing a mask for the first time, after months of refusing to wear one in public. bosnia has marked the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 muslim men and boys were murdered. iran's president hassan rouhani says iran has no choice but to keep its economy going despite the coronavirus pandemic. the country is seeing a resurgence in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, with almost 2,600 registered in the past 26 hours. mr rouhani warned that if all activity was stopped, people would protest against the chaos. translation: the only solution is to continue economic, cultural and social activities, while observing health protocols. there's no second way. this is the only way. there are worries that iran is now facing a second wave of coronavirus infections. sia

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. and he's my brother. s achievements, like the man himself, stood tall. one of english football's biggest characters. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin lipton, who's the chief sports reporter at the sun, alongside the author and journalist yasmin alibhai—brown. the number of people reported to have died in the past 24—hour period, after testing positive for coronavirus stands at 148. that takes the total number of deaths across the uk to 44,798. it comes as certain lockdown measures have been eased in england, with the re—opening of open—air theatres, live music venues and swimming pools. and in wales, a phased re—opening for holiday—makers has also begun. charlotte gallagher reports. backin back in the water finally. these swimmers in south east london are some of the first in england to return to the pool after a wait of almost four months. it is indescribable, t

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bobby charlton with the corner. jackson is my perfect goal! s a point he proved very successfully. charlton plasma power helped him score goals as well as stop them. he spent his entire playing career at leeds united, winning the league title in 1969. he wasn't cold up for england until he wasn't cold up for england until he was nearly 30, but soon made his mark, scoring his first international goal against finland in 1966. commentator: jackie charlton has got it. it's a goal. a month later came as defining moment, both he and bobby part of the team which lifted the world cup. the brothers were now both international celebrities. after 35 caps in more than 600 appearances for leeds, charlton eventually retired as a player in 1973, before embarking on the next stage of his career. he was first a manager at middlesbrough, we re first a manager at middlesbrough, were his passion and personality proved an instant hit. if the palace coming toward you and he's gone back there is no way you're going to jump. he guided them to promotion before spells a

this is where jack and bobby charlton started their football years as young children in this part ofate just how much affection this town has forjack charlton. to the theme tune from local hero, jack charlton‘s final journey started at the beginning. he was incredibly proud of his hometown of ashington, so his family wanted him to have one last tour of it. this, after all, is where he and his brother bobby paraded in 1966 after winning the world cup. no open top bus, just the back of a vintage car. fast forward 54 years, and the affection is undiminished. the people who live here turned out in their droves. i danced with him at the harmonic when i was about 16. he could play football, but he wasn‘t very good at dancing. everybody loves jackie charlton in ashington. he is a big, big part of ashington, and he's going to be a big miss. he's been the back cloth to our lives. he's an ordinary man, he relates to common people. he's worked hard, he got out of the pits, as it were. and became a professional. he'sjust a great role model for young people. i think it‘s a fantastic representatio

it's the highest honour the university can bestow with the likes of sir alex ferguson and sir bobby charltoned the accolade. and there's live tennis going on right now. it's the return of competitive women's tennis at the progress tour championships in roehampton. katie boulter and emily arbuthnot you can watch it all live via the bbc sport website and app. that's all from us, more for you in the next hour. the uk's inflation rate rose to 0.6 percent last month as the coronavirus lockdown began to ease. but how have the big retailers been doing since their doors reopened? dixons carphone put out its financial results this morning which showed that profits roughly halved when the decision to close its carphone warehouse shops is taken into account. speaking to my colleague, annita mcveigh, the chief executive of dixons carphone said that while trade has been good this financial year, he is cautious about the outlook for the business. in the ten months, the first ten months of the financial year, the business was nicely on track. we were on track with our transformation programme, all five leg

it's the highest honour the university can bestow with the likes of sir alex ferguson and sir bobby charltonthe west indies. it's just one of three changes the selectors have made. captainjoe root is back, and has confirmed he'll replace joe denly in the side. root missed england's defeat in the first match to be at the birth of his daughter. durham's mark wood is also being rested. root‘s return for the old trafford test also means zak crawley will bat at three, but root admitted it was a tough decision to make, with denly a key part of the team over the last year. the way that he's managed some very difficult periods, batting long periods of time, of course he will have gone on and made bigger scores. but he enabled gaz below him to go and do that. so it's a shame that he misses out, but it's one of those difficult things that you have to deal with in professional sport. root will have to turn things around quickly if he's to get the better of an in—form west indies side. their captain jason holder says their opening win has brought the islands of the carribean together. he even got calls

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. he's me brother. k in ashington, the town where it all began. the streets will be lined, socially distant, but united, as elsewhere in england and in ireland, too, they will all miss big jack. patrick gearey, bbc news. fashion designer and activist dame vivienne westwood has been protesting this morning about the possible extradition to the us of the wikileaks founderjulian assange. wikileaks of course, the anti—secrecy organisation. he's accused by the american government of trying to hack into one of their defence computers and he's also facing espionage charges. dame vivienne harnessed herself into a giant birdcage, suspended 10 feet in the air in front of the old bailey. mr assange is currently injail — his extradition hearing is due to resume in september. we can speak to dame vivienne now. good morning to you, thank you very much for talking to us. why do you supportjulian assigned. much for talking to us. why do you support julian assigned. because he's got to be let out of his cage. and he cann

it's the highest honour the university can bestow, with the likes of sir alex ferguson and sir bobby charltoneally dull affairs. they‘ re always really cagey, they don't want to give anything away. well, not yesterday. manchester city's champions league repreive got some really big names really quite angry. jurgen klopp said the decision to overturn city's two—year european ban was "bad for football", and the spurs bossjose mourinho struck a more sarcastic tone... i am not saying man city is guilty. i am saying if you are not guilty, you don't pay, you are not punished, even with a pound. i know that money for them is quite easy, but it's just the principal. why are you paying 8 or 9 million or whatever if you are not guilty? perhaps they are a victim, perhaps they did nothing wrong and they are a victim of paying so many millions for nothing. maybe they are the victims. city manager pep guardiola was pretty passionate in his defence. he says the club have done nothing wrong. listen, many clubs have invested a lot. united and other clubs have invested more money than the other ones. when chel

bobby charlton is the greatest player i've ever seen. he's me brother. feud at that time. let's go to his home town of ashington now, where our correspondent fiona trott has been speaking to locals ahead of the funeral possession. good morning to you. good morning to you. this is where it started for jack charlton, you heard about him owing to the local park to play foot ball owing to the local park to play football with his brother, that was down the road, this is his old school behind me. these are his streets. what does it say about the man, despite a pandemic, the family has been working with the county council so people can come out here today and pay their respects to him. that is how much he is loved here in the north—east of england. i want to introduce you to one of his relatives, ian skinner. i suppose one of the comforting things about days like this, people can share stories and everybody here has a story about jack charlton. he spoke to everybody. he knew everyone, they knew him. what is your fondest memory? might most fondest memories will b

briefly, ben, he was very modest, jack charlton, and he said he stopped other people playing, bobby moore made it because the referee would be hard on his heart—tugging style of play and he might not have made it to the very top which would have been sad. he is someone from another era, if you like, and i think that is what people are mourning today as well. great to talk to both of you. enjoy your sunday. thank you for spending some of your sunday with us reviewing the papers. thanks to my reviewers, rosamund urwin and ben chu. that‘s it for the papers this morning. goodbye from all of us. hello there. there‘s more sunshine to come through the rest of the day, and it‘s probably going to be a warmer day than it was yesterday. for much of the country, we‘ve got high pressure still in charge, keeping it fine and dry. the fly in the ointment, this weather system coming in from the atlantic to bring some rain towards more north—western parts of the uk. but most of the cloud that we‘ll see today may well be high cloud, a bit like this. there may be some patchy fair—weather cloud here and there

bobby coming from this town. because of coronavirus many of jack charlton's own relatives are not able to attend the funeral today but it's hoped they will all gain some comfort from the number of people who have turned out on the streets of ashington today to pay their respects. not unexpected, if i'm honest, because he was a man of the people. he was a people's person and he loved nothing better than coming back to ashington whenever he could. his funeral cortege went past the park where the charlton brothers first learned to play football and their old school. his family and those on the streets were visibly moved. such an icon for this area. my children play in the same fields that he grew up in, so it's really touching my heartstrings, to be honest. jack charlton is one of northumberland's favourite sons, and he will always be remembered fondly here. after his final trip over action within the family went to a private funeral service in newcastle and those that couldn't be there because of numbers have the service relate to them on the internet, it really was quite something to see here on the streets today

charlton turned his courage and charisma to quite a remarkable career. jack! perfect girl! he grew up in northumberland alongside his younger brother bobby him a scar, jack's defensive qualities were less glamorous and he knew it. came in like a brick wall and he is hurt. people try to compare us and i say, you shouldn't compare us. i can't play. i can stop other people playing but i can't play. bobby can play. he is a creative player. but there is a place in the game for both types. england kept him waiting, though. he was nearly 30 when he was finally called up soon made his mark with the first international goal. and in 1966 came his and english football's defining moment. jack charlton, like his brother, a world cup winner. both are now international celebrities. there was club success, too. he was a legend at leeds where he won the league title in 1969 before the inspirational player became an inspirational player became an inspirational manager. there is no way going to jump. inspirational manager. there is no way going tojump. he inspirational manager. there is no way going to jump. he florist flourished at middlesbrough but it wa

washington little fumble and charlton died earlier this month at the age of $85.00 as a player he won the 1966 world cup with england in the same taking as his brother bobbyade $762.00 appearances for leeds united and managed the republic of ireland back to fight world cups in the 90s. police are calling on liverpool fans not to gather in large numbers when the team lifts the premier league trophy on wednesday because of the threat of the coronavirus pandemic officials are understandably came to avoid a repeat of things like this from last month when liverpool clinch the title you're going cops to receive the trophy after the hunger games against chelsea. yes we collectively understand the desire to celebrate and to show the team our appreciation and our master now is not a liberation we've waited 30 years so a few more months isn't too much to ask i agree 100 percent thank you very much. as you are not through this and we have to we have to we have to make sure that we don't hold anybody in risk. liverpool get ready to lift the trophy over in portugal it's porto celebrating yet another title this was the lift in the premier league trophy for the 29th tim

of washington in northumberland charlton died earlier this month at the age of 85 as a player he won the 1966 world cup with england in the same same as his brother bobby had 762 appearances village united and managed the republic of ireland back to back world cups in the 1990 s. . moved away but he never got his route to take him back and finish off is right here in which the least we can do you can tell by the street stuff is a little low for the man you know you get a lot of people whom the genes are accents and everything you would just know you just don't. and it's good just started. police are calling on liverpool fans not to gather in large numbers when the tail if the premier league trophy on wednesday because of the threat of the coronavirus pandemic officials are understandably chained to avoid a repeat of seems like this from last month when liverpool clinch the title you're going cop staying will receive the trophy after the one day against chelsea. yes we collectively understand the desire to celebrate and to show the team our appreciation and our master now is not a time for celebration we've waited 30 years so a few more months isn't too

charlton, who died earlier this month at the age of 85. ‘big jack', as he was known, won the world cup with england alongside his brother bobby in 1966 and later a fight with two former drivers. the two—day hearing will look at whether drivers are entitled to the minimum wage, paid leave and other legal protections. and gunmen who killed two people after entering an synagogue in germany is due to go on trial today. as our berlin correspondent reports, the attack has highlighted concerns about the safety of germany's jewish community. opening fire on the streets of halla, he murdered two people. but his intended target was the synagogue, and the people praying inside. the front door, newly reinforced, held firm and save their lives. christina told us, inside she and others rush to secure the other entrances to the complex.” and others rush to secure the other entrances to the complex. i didn't even understand what was happening, ijust even understand what was happening, i just knew there was some even understand what was happening, ijust knew there was some guy in full battle gear. i didn't know if he was on the premises are on the street. i sa