the funeral of six—year—old sunderland fan, bradley lowery.. go exactly as planned good afternoon. welcome to bbc newsroom live. police in east london are investigating five attacks which involved acid being thrown in people's faces. one of the victims has suffered what's been described as "life changing injuries". the incidents all happened within 90 minutes in hackney and stoke newington last night. one teenager has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and robbery. andy moore's report contains some distressing images. this was the scene of the most serious attack last night, the victim was apparantly delivering takeaway food when a pair of men tried to steal his moped. police say a corrosive substance was thrown in his face. he was taken to hospital with what they described as life—changing injuries. in the space ofjust over an hour police were alerted to five similar attacks — the motive on each occasion seems to be robbery. police believe they are linked. the government says it is keen to track down on this type of crime. thi

bradley lowery struck up a particularly close friendship with his hero, england forward jermain defoeife. danny savage has more. bradley lowery achieved a great deal in his short life. often at his side in those special moments was sunderland striker jermain defoe. each described the other as best friends. bradley loved sunderland, and the club and especially jermain defoe loved him back. it's been hard. i've just kept this in for so long. the footballer broke down yesterday at his new club bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of run over to me. and i think, from that moment, he wasjust, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart. you know, for the rest of my life. because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looks at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. please sponsor

bradley lowery struck up a particularly close friendship with his hero, england forward jermain defoeeved a great deal in his short life. often at his side in those special strikerjermain defoe. each described the other as best friends. bradley loved sunderland jermain defoe, loved him back. it's been hard. i've just kept this in for so long. the footballer broke down yesterday at his new club bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of ran over to me and i think, from that moment, he was just, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart, you know, for the rest of my life, because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looked at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. can you please sponsor me, get me better? but it didn't stop him achieving his dreams, like scoring a goal for s

and we'll be remembering young sunderland supporter bradley lowery as thousands of mourners line theeets of the city for his funeral.

bradley lowery achieved a great deal in his short life. rland strikerjermain defoe. they describe each other as best friends. bradley loved sutherland, and the club loved him back. i've kept this in for so long. the 34-year-old broke down when asked about the little boy he calls bride. from the first moment i met himi calls bride. from the first moment i met him ijust couldn't believe that he was the young kid that he was ill. he ran over to me. from that moment, it was that instant connection. i was with a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will be in my heart for the rest of my life because his love is genuine. i can see it when he looks at me. bradley has a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. syria can you please sponsor me to get a better? —— can you please sponsor me to get a better? -- can you please sponsor me. it didn't stop him from scoring a goal against asmir begovic. commentator: bradley goes straight down the middle. his story went round the world. locals helped open the quarter of

bradley lowery struck up a particularly close friendship with his hero england forward jermain defoe eat deal in his short life. often at his side in those special moments was sunderland strikerjermain defoe. each described the other as best friends. bradley loved sunderland and the club and especially jermain defoe loved him back. it's been hard. i've just kept this in for so long. the footballer broke down yesterday at his new club bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of run over to me. and i think, from that moment, he was just, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart. you know, for the rest of my life. because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looks at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. please sponsor me. get me better. but it didn't stop him achieving his

bradley lowery achieved a great deal in his short life. often at his side in those special moments wasoved sunderland and the club and especially jermain defoe loved him back. it's been hard. i've just kept this in for so long. the footballer broke down yesterday at his new club bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of ran over to me. and i think, from that moment, he was just, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart. you know, for the rest of my life. because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looks at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. please sponsor me. get me better. but it didn't stop him achieving his dreams, like scoring a goal for sunderland, against chelsea's keeper. it was even voted match of the day's goal of the month. because its joint goal of the mon

the funeral‘s held of the six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer on friday.res to so—called legal highs and provide more help for addicts in the fight against drug—related deaths. it's men's semi—finals day at wimbledon, where roger federer continues his campaign for a record eighth title. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: england make an early breakthrough against south africa on the first day of the second test at trent bridge. england lead the series 1—0. england lead the series 1—0. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a teenager has been arrested after acid was thrown in people's faces in five different attacks across east london last night. the metropolitan police say the series of attacks — carried out by two men on a moped — took place in the space of just 90 minutes. they say one of the victims has suffered life changing injuries and called the acts completely barbaric. our correspondent dan johnson is in east london now. this is where the worst of last night's attack happened. two men on a mopeds pulled up alongside and do someth

bradley lowery, the little boy whose football club took him to their heart. danny savage, bbc news. you're watching bbc news, now time for de film view. welcome to the film review on bbc news. taking us through the week's releases is mark kermode. this week we have it comes at night, which is a very creepy thriller. the midwife with catherine deneuve and catherine frot. and spider—man: homecoming. it comes at night. i have read enough to know that this is your kind of film, and so not mine. you have two minutes to persuade me. it is not a jump scare horror like the trailers make it look like. if you expect that you will be disappointed. it is a creepy thriller. it is set after the outbreak of one unspecified plague like incident which has pretty much done for civilisation. there was a family, mother, father, son living in a remote woodland. the windows are boarded up, there is a corridor with a red door which is the door to the outside world. they have to make a decision about whether or not to accept another family into their home. they would bring friendship and food supplies but

crowds are expected to line the streets for the funeral of bradley lowery. a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballerjermain defoe, who has left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from a rare cancer. two police forces have become the first in the uk to set up a dedicated drones unit. a helicopter can cost hundreds of pounds per hour but the remote—controlled miniature alternative provides an eye—in—the—sky for a fraction of the price to help with searches for missing people, responding to road crashes and tackling other major incidents. beyonce has shared the first picture of herself with her twins to celebrate them turning one month old. the us singer confirmed they are called sir carter and rumi, which had been rumoured after she and husband jay—z filed a trademark for the names. the post clocked up more than 2 million likes on instagram in an hour. that's a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 9:30am. let's catch up with the sport now with jessica. hello, good morning to you. tenni

since last friday, i have collected money for the bradley lowery foundation.s him, and we pray for him each day. bradley had a rare form of cancer. a sunderland fan, his football club did everything they could to make his short life special. but it was his friendship withjermain defoe which was especially touching. they referred to each other as best friends. a superhero's guard of honour so bradley into the church, in his home village of blackhall colliery. there's a growing demand in the area to have a stand at sunderland's stadium of light named after him. his connection, the bond he's had withjermain defoe should be remembered permanently. i think what more fitting a way than having a standard that is named after him? i think that will be an absolutely great thing. and now we've got 50,000 people who also share my idea. the love that bradley lowery‘s community had for the little boy was clear to see here today. his battle against cancer was made just that bit more bearable by his sporting heroes who, in reality, saw him as their hero. the war in syria has

thousands of people lined the streets for the funeral of six—year—old sunderland football fan bradley loweryjermain defoe, who had become friends with bradley. the budget airline easyjet is setting up a new company in austria, to protect its european business interests after britain leaves the eu. under current european law, the airline is able to fly freely throughout the european economic area. but there is no guarantee it will keep those rights after brexit. easyjet europe will be based in vienna. two police forces, devon and dorset have become the first to launch a drone it unit. they can help search for missing people, respond to road accidents and take photographs of crime scenes and are a fraction of the cost of using the helicopter. roger federer is in action on court in the mend's semifinal. marin cilic got the first spot in the final, as joe wilson reports. there is a man transported around the all—england club, as if he was the all—england club, as if he was the trophy himself up roger federer is so precious. this is what he looked like in 1998. but then your phone may have been a

bradley lowery, the little boy whose football club took him to their heart. danny savage, bbc news. a 14—year—old girl has been killed after the truck she was on collided with a bin lorry. the accident was on the a38 in the north of the city at about nine a.m.. this is the scene of the devastating crash on the a38 at castle vale, in birmingham. a 14—year—old schoolgirl ona trip birmingham. a 14—year—old schoolgirl on a trip lost her life. 20 other teenagers and three teachers were in the coach with when it was in collision with a dustbin lorry. next of kin have been informed and i've got special officers deployed with the family to support them at this very difficult time. —— support them. with bidding was contact with staffordshi re them. with bidding was contact with staffordshire police. we are liaising with the head teacher at thejohn taylor liaising with the head teacher at the john taylor high liaising with the head teacher at thejohn taylor high school and all releva nt thejohn taylor high school and all relevant support is being provided by the school and by our colleagues.

crowds are expected to line the streets for the funeral of bradley lowery later today. won a legion of supporters across the country, including footballerjermain defoe who has left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley died last friday after suffering from a rare cancer. president trump will be the guest of honour at the bastille day celebrations in paris today. he's marking france's national day at the invitation of the country's president, emmanuel macron. the two leaders will watch the traditional military parade which, this year, has french soldiers marching alongside us troops. hugh schofield joins us from paris. there will be some extraordinary scenes today, we can see some of the buildup behind you? indeed. i'm on the champs—elysee and you can see preparations were under way, they've been under way all—night. as i cycled in half an hour ago there we re cycled in half an hour ago there were military police has issued over the city marshalling the tanks, troops, the rest of the kit into bits around the champs—elysee and in a couple of hours from now they w

and we'll be remembering young sunderland supporter bradley lowery as thousands of mourners line theeets of the city for his funeral. that's all ahead on bbc news. hello and welcome to wimbledon sportsday — i'm hugh woozencroft. our main stories this evening. can he do it? roger federer is trying to book his place in his 11th final here at the all—england club. should he do it, he'll face marin cilic after his battling win over sam querrey. we'll have news of an up and down day for england's cricketers on day one of the second test with south africa. i'm nico rosberg, coming up, i will be talking tennis and the british grand prix, so please stay watching. so a quieter day for the british fans here at the all—england club, but as ever they're enjoying themselves after a pulsating few days. and one of they're favourites is out on court, still showing his quality at the age of 35. roger federer the seven—time champion is in the men's semi—finals, taking on 11th seed tomas berdych. we can go to centre court. it has been a very good start from the seven time champion. he is leading 2-0. t

thousands gather to pay tribute to six—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who died of cancer onfering incentives to uk businesses to go cashless, after introducing a similar scheme in the us. the payments company is selecting 50 small companies in the us to receive $10,000 if they only use cards. the companies have to bid by explaining how going cashless would affect them, their staff and customers. however, the idea has been criticised by consumer groups, who say cash is still vital for many people. train operators handle passenger complaints and delays almost as badly as they did a decade ago, according to research from consumer group which?. it also found punctuality levels on britain's railways were at their worst level in ten years. the group said a rail ombudsman is needed quickly to better handle disputes. but industry body the rail delivery group claimed complaints were falling. the british airline, easyjet, is setting up a new company in austria to protect its european business after britain leaves the eu. the new airline, easyjet europe, will be based in vienna. the co

press conference today he also reflected on his special bond with terminally ill sunderland fan bradley lowery. because it was a special time, really. having that relationship with bradley, that sort of first moment i met him, that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him. i felt like i was tough to see him. i felt like i was prepared for it because what i‘ve been through previously, with my dad, but he‘s obviously struggling and it‘s a matter of days. but i mean, he will always be in my heart. for the rest of my life. and understandably upsetjermain defoe. chris froome has retained the leader‘s yellow jersey after the sixth stage of the tour de france. there have been some eventful crashes earlier in the week, but the riders avoided any today. along the 216km route from vesoul to troyes, although they had to take evasive action after a spectator‘s umbrella blew into the road. the flat course was certainly one for the sprinters, and it was germany‘s marcel kittel who came out on top in the bunch sprint as he claimed his se

the funeral has taken place of six—year—old bradley lowery, who died last friday after suffering frome form of cancer. the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballer jermain defoe, who left training in spain to be at the funeral. the roads leading to the church in county durham were lined with crowds and tributes. now on bbc news, it is time for the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. coming up: the government launches its repeal bill converting eu law into uk legislation. we'll be looking at the parliamentary battles to come. as the prime minister announces an inquiry into the abuse faced by candidates at the general election, one mp worries where the harassment will end. i think there is a serious risk that actually something much worse will happen. also on this programme: we talk to nicky morgan, the new chair of the powerful commons treasury committee. and: i'll be reporting on the clash of the deputies at prime minister's questions. and mps mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. th

the funeral has taken place of six—year—old bradley lowery who suffered from a rare form of cancer.ntry, including playerjermain defoe. he left training in spain to be at the funeral. bradley lowery‘s final journey. the footballing family turned out in their many hundreds to make sure he wasn't alone. people travelled from many miles away to support his family, and reflect how the six—year—old boy had touched their lives. that smile of his was just so contagious. it didn't matter how much pain he was in, he always had that smile. it breaks my heart. we have come from rotherham in south yorkshire. since last friday, i have collected money for the bradley lowry foundation. i said to my son today, we need to get up there and show our respects because it has hit everybody. he got some of them, but he never got all his wishes. like he said, i will miss him, and i say me prayers for him each day. bradley had a rare form of cancer. a sunderland fan, his football club did everything they could to make his short life special. but it was his friendship withjermain defoe which was especially t

the funeral has taken place of six—year—old bradley lowery, who died last friday after suffering from across the country, including the footballer jermain defoe, who left training in spain to be at the funeral. the roads leading to the church in county durham were lined with crowds and tributes, as danny savage reports. bradley lowery‘s final journey. the footballing family turned out in their many hundreds to make sure he wasn't alone. people travelled from many miles away to support his family, and reflect how the six—year—old boy had touched their lives. that smile of his was just so contagious. it didn't matter how much pain he was in, he always had that smile. it breaks my heart. we have come from rotherham in south yorkshire. since last friday, i have collected money for the bradley lowry foundation. i said to my son today, we need to get up there and show our respects because it has hit everybody. he got some of them, but he never got all his wishes. like he said, i will miss him, and i say me prayers for him each day. bradley had a rare form of cancer. a sunderland fan, his fo

he became very attached to this young man, bradley lowery, who sadly died in the last week after battlingttle boy, who really did win the hearts of so many. he had an extraordinary personality. and he did indeed touch the hearts of the nation. a fitting to page tribute here in the daily mirror to bradley. as you say, he lived just six years, but what he achieved in that six yea rs was but what he achieved in that six years was extraordinary. so much good he achieved will live after him. he raised more than £1 million for cancer research and charities. he formed a very genuine friendship withjermain he formed a very genuine friendship with jermain defoe. he formed a very genuine friendship withjermain defoe. the great england star, who was among the mourners, who flew over from a training session in spain to be there. sometimes these friendships, people may be think it is a pr i can size or whatever, but in fact there was a genuine affection, as we saw in that interview —— ebola think it is maybe pr or whatever. —— people think. they formed an incredibly close bond. mark renton smith, sund

six—year—old bradley lowery, whose plight touched tens of thousands of people, has died after a long

bradley lowery may have lived a short life, but he achieved so much during it.le. bradley died on friday after battling a rare form of cancer. but he never let his illness get in his way. net bradley lived with neuroblastoma for most of his life. he was diagnosed when he was just 18 months old. a sunderland fan, he went on to become the club's mascot, and that's where he met akira, jermain defoe. the england striker described him as his best friend in this emotional tweet. many took to social media to pay tribute to a young boy, whose legacy is his energy and his smile. we're joined now by alastair whitington from neuroblastoma uk. as sian was saying, bradley really has brought to prominence to this illness and made it something that people now have heard of, if they hadn't before. just tell us a little bit more about it, and why it is such a dangerous illness for youngsters. neuroblastoma is a disease of young children, babies, normally before the age of five, although it can be later. as a disease it shows 35 children per year and 100 children are diagnosed, t