brentford— man united...we�*ve been through the absolute pain and misery so, you know, our hearts go out to those guys that they will have a successful next season but tonight is our night. shout out to all the players, all the club. yeah, brilliant. there are special, special team. special team. you are generous in victory, aren�*t you? what are your hopes, then? next step is the premier league? what are your hopes? we just want to be a team that fights and shows who we are. we want to be like wolves or leads, you know, go to the teams and fight them, and you know, that's brentford spirit. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with tomasz and more of this on the way. a little dose of summer and temperatures will continue to rise a little bit over the next couple of days. probably peeking by around tuesday. some strong sunshine out there and i�*m also going to mention the pollen. the warm weather has spread notjust across the uk put into scandinavia and many other parts of europe as this high pressure cont

from brentford's corner, bournemouth - catching him.nemouth has- catching him. from brentford's l corner, bournemouth has struck! catching him. from brentford's - corner, bournemouth has struck! a corner, bournemouth has struck! penalty, from 12 yards out, he doesn't miss. comment composed, the same cannot be said for the goalkeeper. all the bournemouth defender who did not see the striker coming and didn't see red moments later. with a man advantage, brentford levelled the tie with a moment to remember. and if that roar from the crowd felt loud, well, it was nothing compared to this. sending brentford to wembley for a second successive season, they will be hoping the ending will be different this time around. michael redford, bbc news. so, who will a face at wembley? so, who will they face at wembley? the second leg between barnsley and swansea has just got underway. it's1—0 on aggregate to swansea. 0-0 at 0—0 at the moment. meanwhile, it's going to be another season in league one for sunderland. they lost their play—off semifinal to l

with a man advantage, brentford levelled the tie with a moment to remember.at roar from the crowd felt loud, well, it was nothing compared to this. sending brentford to wembley for a second successive season, they will be hoping the ending will be different this time around. michael redford, bbc news. so who will they face at wembley? well the second leg between barnsley and swansea is well underway. it was 1—0 on aggregate to swansea. and the swans have doubled their lead... matt grimes with the goal in the first half... there is just over half an hour to go in that one. meanwhile, it's going to be another season in league one for sunderland. they lost their play—off semi—final to lincoln city. lincoln arrived at the stadium of light with a 2—0 lead from their home leg, but that was wiped out by first—half goals from ross stewart and charlie wyke. lincoln hit back after the break through tom hopper — to win the tie 3—2 on aggregate. they'll face blackpool in the final at wembley next sunday. it's the final day of the premier league season tomorrow. but thing

this was brentford�*s moment, at last.ecause it is so big. promotion and all the riches await. these are the moments the club has longed for. the pain of the past behind them. brentford�*s future now is in the premier league. adam wild, bbc news. before we go, i�*ve just time to tell that the vaccines minister, nadhim zahawi, will amongst the guests live on the andrew marr show tomorrow at 9am here on bbc one. but from me, and all the team, have a very good night. sunny skies and over 20 degrees. we�*ve got a few more days of this on the way. beautiful evenings, perfect for a walk in the park. or some time in the beer garden — you�*ve earned it. but mind the sunshine, it�*s strong, we�*ve not been used to it for quite some time now, so you may want to consider sunscreen if you�*re out the whole day. ok, let�*s have a look at the forecast, then. and the warm weather that�*s spread across the uk and into scandinavia and many other parts of europe as this high pressure continues to build. the winds are light, there�*s plenty

lead so it is now 2—0 to brentford after just 20 doubled the lead so it is now 2—0 to brentford afterjusta boss, ange poste—coglou. he�*s currently managing injapan, but could be announced as the new celtic boss as early as next week. yesterday, the club�*s number one target, eddie howe rejected the chance to replace neil lennon. fabio katarrarro will start on pole in the italian motogp on sunday. the frenchman set a new all time lap record around the mojello circuit as he claimed pole for the fourth race in a row. francesco banyaya will start his home race from second and johan zarco completes the front row. great britain suffered their fifth defeat in six games at the world ice hockey championships in latvia. they were beaten 6—1 by the czech republic — their first meeting since i948. they�*ll face switzerland in their final group game on tuesday. that�*s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories, including plenty more ahead of the champions league final. there�*s also live coverage of the european team championship athletics over on the bbc sport website. a social m

brentford levelled the tie. i moment to remember. if that roarfrom the the tie.oud, it was nothing compared to this. brentford sent to wembley for a successive season, they will hope the ending is different this time. barnsley face swansea in the other championship semifinal later. while there's one play—off semifinal in league one under way. it's the second leg between sunderland and lincoln and after starting 2—0 down, sunderland have brought the tie all square. so it's 2—2 on aggregate, just before half—time. now, after the joy of claiming the 100th pole position of his career last time out, lewis hamilton could only manage 7th on the grid for the monaco grand prix. the world champion struggled on the tight and twisty streets of the principality. on his final charge he clipped the barriers, just before the tunnel section and eased off to prepare to have another go. but before he could start another lap charles leclerc crashed, bringing qualifying to a premature end , but the ferrari driver had already set the best time ahead of red bull's max verstappen. champ

a win would see brentford entered into the premier league for the very first time. that. wembley can be cruel, but it can also bring those unimaginable riches, that famous arch, the gateway to the biggest stage. adam wild, bbc news. celtic are continuing their search for a new manager after eddie howe turned down the chance of taking over at parkhead. the former bournemouth boss was the club's preferred candidate and had been talking to them since last month. it's not clear why he decided against the move, but it's understood the make—up of his backroom team could have played a part. sale sharks have booked their place in the premiership rugby play—offs after beating leaders bristol. rob and dan du preez both scored tries for sale, who won 22—12 to reach the play—offs for the first time since they won the title in 2006. elsewhere, gloucester beat london irish, and in the pro 1a, cardiff lost to munster. meanwhile, in rugby league, st helens went level on points with super league leaders wigan after beating hull 3a—16. joe batchelor scoring the last of six saints tri

and in the other big football match of the day — brentford are promoted to the premier league after victoryy. in other news — a teenager appears in court charged with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. the 6 trillion dollar plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two — to try to reboot america's economy. �*another lost summer�* for uk musicalfestivals — a report by mps blame the government for not backing an insurance safety net for organisers. and in half an hour — george floyd — one year on — a look back at the impact his death has had on the world. thousands of fans are descending on the portuguese city of porto — for this evening's champions league final between chelsea and manchester city. champions league final 16,500 supporters will be allowed into the stadium to watch the all—english affair — the venue was switched from turkey, when the country was put on the uk�*s travel �*red list�*. our sports correspondent, laura scott, reports from porto. the morning after the night before, and whil

in other football news, brentford are finally promoted to the premier league for the first time in theiristory. they beat swansea two nil. a teenager appears in court charged with conspiracy to murder, following the shooting of sasha johnson, the black lives matter activist. the 6 trillion dollar plan. president biden pushes the biggest spending programme since world war two — to try to reboot america's economy. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. what a shame there's not much football around today. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm katie shanahan. coming up in the programme... all eyes on the prize, we're live in porto ahead of the champions league final between manchester city and chelsea. and i'm all foster at the gates are open, the fans are pouring in and the teams have just arrived. brentford are promoted to the premier league as they return to the top flight for the first time in 7a years. and, having already won the tour de france, egan bernal is on the brink of another grand tour victory at the giro d'italia. we've got an action packed programme for you tonight. and wher

let's speak now to two brentford fans who watched the game in wembley.ans have gathered to celebrate. we will do full disclosure here. you and i are colleagues and normally we work on, you are behind the scenes on home affairs stories but will talk about your real passion, which is print for it. what are your feelings this evening? we are passionate — feelings this evening? we are passionate brantford - feelings this evening? we are i passionate brantford supporters. passionate bra ntford supporters. this passionate brantford supporters. this is going to be our return after 74 years and my sun, he's been following the since he was a kid and this is the biggest event of our lives. 0ne this is the biggest event of our lives. one of the best games and football as a fan of football, anyone can appreciate that after tonight a lot of people will be tuning in to watch a great team and they do a lot for communities. find a they do a lot for communities. and a lot of new fans _ they do a lot for communities. and a lot of new fans to _ they do a lot for communities

and then you have got brentford going up to the premier league _ brentford going up to the premier league40s, ican't remember off the top of my— 1940s, i can't remember off the top of my head — 1940s, i can't remember off the top of my head how long it has been, but a very— of my head how long it has been, but a very long _ of my head how long it has been, but a very long time. of my head how long it has been, but a very long time-— a very long time. people have been sa in: a very long time. people have been saying that — a very long time. people have been saying that that _ a very long time. people have been saying that that is _ a very long time. people have been saying that that is what _ a very long time. people have been saying that that is what open - saying that that is what open competition is all about, not what the european super league was about, its critics said. the european super league was about, its critics said-— its critics said. exactly, they have been in the _ its critics said. exactly, they have been in the play-offs _ its critics said. exactly, they have been in the

that final is not the only important one, because brentford and swansea will battle it out at wembleythose final spots in the premier league. with the olympics the premier league. with the 0lympicsjust eight the premier league. with the olympics just eight weeks away, the 0lympics just eight weeks away, the japanese government is extending the state of emergency in tokyo as it battles the coronavirus pandemic. good evening, welcome to portugal. this feels really big, as big as that enormous blow—up trophy behind me, the focal point for all the fans over the next 2a hours. this time tomorrow to my manchester city and chelsea will be arriving at the stadio do dragao for the champions league final, thousands of their fans have arrived in porto, for the champions league final. and the fans are here in their thousands, and stood —— still arriving in the thousands as well as the next day or so. so special for them, as football opens up again. 6000 from each, we will get to the fans injust a moment, but let's bring in michael brown, who has promised to be impartial despite his city connectio

it is a weird one for brentford. i have i weird one for brentford.lub, we have a wicked matthew benham, we have great directors of football, phil giles, they have done great work on getting us to this position so that we can compete against the top teams in the championship. now the top teams in the premier league. they have got plans, they have had plans for years as to how we're going to do it, and the fact is that we do things differently. you know, i'm not going to go into the whole thing about how you statistics on we do all that stuff, because it sounds very mathematical. this is a magical moment for football mathematical. this is a magical moment forfootball fans, a mathematical. this is a magical moment for football fans, a small club like brentford, i used to see them playing accrington and stanley are going to wrexham in places like that, it was wicked, i love that. all of a sudden we are going to be going to manchester city and arsenal chelsea. and the way we do our business, i think we're going surprise a few people. because we pluck out

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brentford and swansea are battling it out for promotion to the premier league.er to premier league football for the first time in the club�*s history. celtic�*s search for a new manager has ta ken another twist. we understand the club are in advanced negotiations with the former australia boss, ange postecoglou. he�*s currently managing injapan, but could be announced as the new celtic boss as early as next week. yesterday, the club�*s number one target, eddie howe, rejected the chance to replace neil lennon. colombia�*s egan bernal is one stage away from victory at the giro d�*italia, having finished second on stage 20. damiarno caruso, who was second in the overall standings, put in a great ride to win the stage and gain 28 seconds on the man in the pinkjersey. but bernal, who rides for the british ineos grenadiers team, has a lead of1 minute 59 seconds going into the final time trial tomorrow. britain�*s simon yates finished 6th today. he�*s still third overall, but is nearly 3.5 minutes behind bernal, and just under two behind caruso. and harlequins have cem

at brentford, meanwhile, this is all new. a home built for the future, ready for success. you know, everyone know the headlines of the newspapers, and we also know the headlines of newspapers if we lose, and both things can happen, so we need to go in with that open minded, but of course believe and think we can do and win. a win would see brentford into the premier league they were beaten finalists last year — in fact they failed in their last nine play—off efforts. what a time to change that. wembley can be cruel, but it can also bring those unimaginable riches. that famous arch, a gateway to the biggest stage. adam wild, bbc news. kick off is at 3.00. great britain is one of seven nations taking part in the european athletics team championships in poland, which starts today. gb will be captained by european and commonwealth bronze medallist jake wightman. he usually runs the 1500 metres but has switched to the 800 metres for this event. metres for this event. you can watch it live on the red button and the bbc sport website and app, from 25 past two this afternoon. and,

brentford have booked their place in the final, so who will meet them there?g. that one kicks off at 18.30. now, after the joy of claiming the 100th pole position of his career last time out, lewis hamilton could only manage seventh on the grid for the monaco grand prix. the world champion struggled on the tight and twisty streets of the principality. on his final charge he clipped the barriers, just before the tunnel section and eased off to prepare to have another go. but before he could start another lap charles leclerc crashed, bringing qualifying to a premature end , but the ferrari driver had already set the best time ahead of red bull's max verstappen. and mick schumacher, son of five—time monaco winner michael schumacher, missed qualifying after crashing at the end of final practice. he'll have to start the race from last place. champions leeds rhinos are playing st helens in the second of today's women's challenge cup semi—finals. there's quarter of an hour gone, leeds lead 2—0. meanwhile, earlier, york city knights thrashed castleford tigers 32—1; in

and staying with football — brentford have won in the championship play—off final.stimated £178m. let�*s take a look at today�*s coronavirus daily figures there have let�*s take a look at today�*s coronavirus daily figures. there have been 3398 new cases and 7 deaths reported in the past 24 hours. infections have been rising slowly over the past week with an average of 3067 infections every day. in the vaccine roll out more than 197 thousand people have received a first vaccine dose in the last 24 hours. meaning more than 39 million people have now had their firstjab. that�*s more than 74 percent of the adult population. just over 414 thousand had their second dose in the past 24 hours meaning almost 25 million people or 47 per cent of the adult population is now fully vaccinated. vietnam�*s health minister has said the country is fighting a new covid—i9 variant, which is a combination of those first identified in india and the uk. vietnam has so far only recorded 47 covid deaths, but is seeing a fresh surge in cases. in other news — a teenager appears in court char

brentford, who finished third in the table, should have taken a draw back to west london, though.d a000 fans at 0akwell as barnsley played swansea. but this time, there was disappointment for the home fans as swansea left with a 1—0 win. andre ayew with the all—important goal in the first half. the second leg is also on saturday. tottenham have responded to reports tonight that harry kane has told told the club he wants to leave at the end of the season. kane's been frustrated after another disappointing campaign. but ahead of their final games against aston villa and leicester this week, as they chase european football, tottenham have said, "our focus is on finishing the season as strongly as possible. that's what everybody should be focused on." manchester city are at brighton tomorrow, and the champions have had some good news — kevin de bruyne is back in training after a recent injury scare. he missed the premier league games against chelsea and newcastle. he's unlikely to be rushed back for tomorrow. of more importance, of course, is his readiness for the champions league fin

the independent leads with the news brentford football club has been promoted to the premier league —s warn travellers may import variants of coronavirus when returning to the uk . the sunday times leads with the origins of covid—19. it says british spies say a lab leak from wuhan in china was feasible. the daily mail leads with the news of the prime minister's wedding. it quotes a guest who said he couldn't take his eyes of the bride who is reported to have worn a white dress. the sunday mirror also reports on the prime minister's wedding. calling the event as a whitewash. so let's begin... good to see you both. we will start with you, lizzie and the male, boris and carrie get wet in secret. it has now been confirmed by downing street. , ., ., street. they were married at westminster _ street. they were married at westminster cathedral - street. they were married at i westminster cathedral whether street. they were married at - westminster cathedral whether stan was baptised last year. it is a big secret _ was baptised last year. it is a big secret. apparently was a big secret and ev

well, there was another big final today at wembley, as brentford will be playing english premier leaguen toney in the tenth minute and then a great emiliano marcondes goal ten minutes later were the difference in a game that experts think is worth over $227 million. it's the first time the bees will play in the top flight for 74 years. in some ways empty. for notions, just after the final whistle, of course, i was very emotional and very, there were tears in my eyes and in a lot of the stuff and a lot of the players because it is so big. —— a lot at the staff. colombia's egan bernal is one stage away from victory at the giro d'italia, having finished second on stage 20. damiano caruso, who was second in the overall standings, put in a great ride to win the stage and gain 30 seconds on the man in the pinkjersey. but bernal, who rides for the ineos grenadiers team, has a lead of one minute 59 seconds going into the final time trial tomorrow. world number one novak djokovic completed his french open preparation with victory at his own tennis centre in the belgrade open. the 34—year—old sec

a win would see brentford into the premier— win.n one of the most popular sports in the land, but there are now fears the sport will die out unless more younger players take it up. club membership numbers were already falling, before the pandemic, and bowls england says there's been a further 15% fall due to the effects of coronavirus. so this weekend they're starting the fight back, with "bowls big weekend", an initiative in england to get people of all ages, to try the sport. i've been to colchester this week to see for myself. rolling back into action of the most difficult of years. colchester bowling club has been going over a century, but now more than ever, like most clubs, it needs new and younger players to ensure a long—term future. younger players to ensure a long-term future.— younger players to ensure a i long-term future.- they younger players to ensure a - long-term future.- they are long-term future. superb! they are soldierin: long-term future. superb! they are soldiering on _ long-term future. superb! they are soldi

tony and emilio and my conduct brentford had failed in that previous 9 attempts in the playoffs. and that will be the 50th club to join the premier league . david beckon's team into miami. you're getting ready for that fast game in a full home stadium on saturday. they've just been fined a record of $2000000.00 for breaking major league soccer salary rules. the league with investigating at last is signing a french international blaise ma treaty and found other findings were also under reported, or wrongly declared, or the league cleared back home and other cone is wrong doing, managing math with find it $250000.00 and the teams 20222023 roster allocations have been reduced by more than $2000000.00. crickets, indian premier league will be moved to see a nice at our emerett softer being suspended because of the current of ours pandemic. the wealth, richest annual sporting event was only half finished when it was halted on may, the 4th after a number of players and team officials, quote a virus. despite being in by a secure bubbles, the board of control for crickets and india who ar

brentford are promoted to the premier league as they return to the top flight for the first time in 7ace, egan bernal is on the brink of another grand tour victory at the giro d'italia. we've got an action packed programme for you tonight. and where else to start but the biggest game in european club football. the champions league final between manchester city and chelsea gets under way in the next few minutes. minutes' time to find out who'll be crowned champions of europe. 16,500 lucky fans will be watching the game in porto. a huge occasion for all those involved. when i start my career to play not even one final champions league and look there's another one. we are here, more than grateful, lucky all of us we are. we are not overexcited to be here. we want to be overexcited tomorrow after the match. we want to do the last step, we are here to win the trophy. for sure it's one of the proudest moments of my life. _ we have shown to the last three months that we are capable of having good performances and top teams. if you win your hero, if you lose you are almost a failure. even if y

brentford book their place in the championship playoff final. only one place to start tonight and that's in glasgow because stjohnstone have been crowned scottish cup champions. they beat hibernian 1—o. and it's the icing on the cake of a brilliant season, having already won the league cup. our sports news correspondent chris mclaughlin was at hampden park for us. green against blue in scottish football's showpiece final, no rangers or celtic inside this time. and with covid numbers rising in glasgow, no fans either. small town stjohnstone were looking for the cup double. shaun rooney's winner secured in the league cup back in february... and he was at it again on the half hour at hampden park. that is the first blow- of the scottish cup final! where the club from perth ready to upset the odds yet again? well, they had the perfect chance to put it beyond

brentford, who finished third in the table, should have taken a draw back to west london, though.—important goal in the first half. the second leg is also on saturday. tottenham have responded to reports tonight that harry kane has told told the club he wants to leave at the end of the season. kane's been frustrated after another disappointing campaign. but ahead of their final games against aston villa and leicester this week, as they chase european football, tottenham have said, "our focus is on finishing the season as strongly as possible. that's what everybody should be focused on." manchester city are at brighton tomorrow, and the champions have had some good news — kevin de bruyne is back in training after a recent injury scare. he missed the premier league games against chelsea and newcastle. he's unlikely to be rushed back for tomorrow. of more importance, of course, is his readiness for the champions league final against cheslea at the end of the month. kevin is important, like everyone is important. the final, when we are able to stick together and to push each other, wi

taken place around the world to show solidarity with the people of belarus in other football news, brentford are finally promoted to the premier league for the first time in their history. they beat swansea 2—0. now on bbc news, our world. under cover of covid, the amazon rainforest is under attack. deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. brazilian presidentjair bolsonaro talks of opening up the forest to development while the environmental police is under attack from loggers. our world has obtained a recording of the environment minister talking about using the cover of covid to "change all the rules" in the amazon. for our world, justin rowlatt is on a mission to find out how a tribe he visited a decade ago is faring the face of this assault under cover of covid, the amazon rainforest, the greatest ecosystem on earth, is under attack. deforestation is at levels not seen for more than a decade. we meet the people on the frontline of the battle to save the forest... shouting. translation: the prospectors used to be scared _ of being caught by us. now they feel the preside

at brentford, meanwhile, this is all new, a home built for the future, ready for success, the big occasionsiggest guests, now, a game away. we all know that if we win, you know. — we all know that if we win, you know, everyone knows the headlines of the _ know, everyone knows the headlines of the newspapers, and we also know the headlines of newspapers if we lose all— the headlines of newspapers if we lose all stubble things can happen. so we _ lose all stubble things can happen. so we need to go in with that open—minded, but of course believe and think_ open—minded, but of course believe and think we can do and when. a win would see it — and think we can do and when. a win would see it entered _ and think we can do and when. a win would see it entered into _ and think we can do and when. a win would see it entered into the - would see it entered into the premier league for the very first time. they were beaten finalists last year, in fact, they failed in their last nine playoff efforts. what a time to change that. wimbley can be cruel, but can also bring those unimaginable riches, that fam

rates, let's go to the next story, swansea and brentford they have been given an extra 1,000 ticketsleague one or two finals, which is capped at 10,000 spectators. antonio conte has left inter milan just three weeks after leading the club to the seria a title. the former chelsea boss spent two years at the san siro but has departed by mutual consent. he's been linked to jobs at real madrid and tottenham. egan bernal is still in the leader's pinkjersey with 4 stages to go at the giro d'italia. but for the first time, in this afternoon's stage, he's lost time. ireland's dan martin broke away impressively to win stage 17 — he's now won stages at the tour de france, the vuelta a espana and the giro. he's no threat to the overall standings — but simon yates has moved up from 5th to 3rd, after attacking and dropping bernal on the final climb. the colombian is still in the lead, by 2 minutes 23 seconds, but there are still 2 mountain stages to go. away from football, surrey wicketkeeper ben foakes has been ruled out of england's upcomming test series with new zeland, after tearing his hamst

vitality stadium on the south coast, where just over 2,000 fans are watching bournemouth take on brentfordrst leg of their championship playoff semifinal. what a game to return for. around ii,500 will will also be watching the other semi between barnsley and swansea at 8.15. large stadiums can admit up to 10,000 spectators, smaller grounds will be capped at 4,000. but with five matches in super league and two in rugby union's premiership tonight, for the first time in well over a year, fans will be swapping a spot on the sofa for a seat in the stands. and that will be a special moment. one of those is at kingston park where newcastle play northampton, katie gornall is there. katie, good evening. we'll come to how the fans are feeling in a moment. butjust give us a sense of what steps are being taken to allow fans back in? this game was originally scheduled for the weekend and it has been moved today to enable fans to be here at kingston park. a lot of hard work has gone on behind—the—scenes in a short space of time to get this under way. the fans have been given a arrival times, lots of so

the independent leads with the news brentford football club has been promoted to the premier league after years of being in the play off. it also reports scientists warn travellers may import variants of coronavirus when returning to the uk. the sunday times leads with the origins of covid—19. it says british spies say a lab leak from wuhan in china was feasible. the daily mail leads with the news of the prime minister's wedding. it quotes a guest who said he couldn't take his eyes of the bride who is reported to h ave worn a white dress. the sunday mirror also reports on the prime minister's wedding. refering to the event as a whitewash. so let's begin, good evening to you both, sian and james. a brand—new story in most of the papers today, pm marries carrie in secret ceremony, declares the sunday telegraph. i think all the papers are scrambling to get the story on two different page, came and quietly today. and everybody loves the wedding and this is certainly quite a wedding. they have been going to town on the details and a white dress, forces in a very dapper suit and they look very

we will have the latest ahead of the championship play—off final at wembley between brentford and swansea. inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers�* hall in 2019. he'd been released from prison on licence less than a year earlier, and was allowed to travel alone to the event in london, where he carried out his planned attack. the family of one of his victims was scathing about the event's organisers, accusing them of "scant regard" for safety. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports. convicted terrorist usman khan heading to london alone on a train. recently out of prison, secret intelligence had warned he might be planning an attack, but still, the trip had been authorised. it ended with hand—to—hand fighting on london bridge, just outside fishmongers�* hall, while inside, two young peopl

brentford should have taken a to west london. somehow missing the target.barnsley and swansea. 6 minutes gone at oakwell. it is goalless. today also saw racing fans return as courses have been allowed to operate at 50% capacity, up to a maximum of a,000 people. spectators at redcar lined the home straight to see miss houdini win one of this afternoon's races. spectators have also been allowed in at leicester and windsor. and the first race was at carlisle, where the excitement of having spectators back got a bit much for this runner, who got loose in the parade ring. the name of the horse? stanley snugfit. what a night for britain's ax100m relay team — as they took gold at the european championships for the first time in 9a years. lucy hope, anna hopkin, abbie wood and freya anderson were able to hold off the team from the netherlands to set a new british record of three minutes 3a.17 seconds, in the opening night of swimming in budapest. great timing with just two months to go until the start of the olympic games in tokyo. adam peaty looked in fine form, p

up in sport, on the bbc news channel — bournemouth delight a crowd of around 2,000 — as they beat brentfordof their championship play—off semi—final. good evening. across england, wales and scotland, there's been a significant easing of the lockdown restrictions, making indoor gathering and social contact possible once again. the prime minister borisjohnson said people should exercise their new freedoms with �*a heavy dose of caution�* — not least because the indian variant of coronavirus is on the rise in the uk. the caution is further underlined by the possibility that the next easing restrictions in england could be delayed. starting today — pubs and restaurants in england are allowed to serve people indoors — while cinemas, museums, soft—play centres and hotels can reopen. groups of six people or two households can meet indoors — and stay overnight. a maximum of 30 people can gather outdoors. the changes in wales are similar — but it s still only extended households allowed to meet in homes — and outdoors, groups of up to 50 will be allowed for organised events such as weddings. in scot

it's nearly half—time and it's1—1 between brentford and bournemouth, but bournemouth do lead 2—1 frome mick schumacher could miss qualifying for the monaco grand prix. the son of five—time monaco winner michael schumacher crashed his car at the end of final practice. qualifying gets underway in a less than an hour. the british sprinter adam gemili says all hell would break loose if athletes are banned from protesting against racial discrimination at this summer's tokyo 0lympics. the international olympic committe forbids any kind of demonstration or what it calls political, religious or racial propaganda. well, gemili says it would be unfair for an athlete to be stripped of a medal. i would hope it wouldn't get to that for any athlete. i hope an athlete who puts in a good performance on the track would get to keep their medal, but if it comes to that being that brutal, that's when i said all hell would break loose, because if you take an athlete's medal away from him without cheating on the track, i think that's completely unjust. the third round of golf�*s us pga championship is unde

in other football news, brentford are finally promoted to the premier league for the first time in their

important matches tonight, in the next half an hour bournemouth's championship playoff semifinal against brentfordansea at oakwell — that game kicks off at 8.15. there'll be fans at manchester united, southampton, brighton and chelsea for tomorrow night's premier league matches. three days after their fa cup final defeat, chelsea face leicester again, a huge match for both sides top—four ambitions and there'll be 8000 in the stands at stamford bridge in some matches where we have struggled a bit with momentum, maybe, and i had the feeling during their run in many matches, that support can help, could help now, and would be crucial to our team, so to our team, so having the fans back is fantastic. i hope they come at the right moment to help us to secure this last win at stamford bridge this season. manchester city are at brighton and the champions have had some good news, kevin de bruyne is back in training after a recent injury scare. he's missed he premier league games against chelsea and newcastle. he's unlikely to be rushed back for tomorrow, but of more importance is his readiness for the cha

brentford football club's manager says it might take a while for the reality of promotion to the premiertrict line is shut between west ham, edgware road and wimbledon and kensington 0lympia, richmond and ealing broadway, the metropolitan line closed between chalfont & latimer, and amersham. and the 0verground between highbury & islington and shadwell. you hardly ever see this. very quiet indeed. now the weather with sara thornton. good morning. a bank holiday monday with plenty of sunshine and warmth and staying dry — that's what we've got on the cards for the day today. a little bit of early mist here and there, like we saw through the weekend, but not as extensive, clears very quickly, and then it's dry, sunny and warm today with temperatures easily in the low 20s celsius. we could see 23 or 24 degrees — into the mid 70s in fahrenheit. 0vernight tonight, not quite as chilly as the last couple of nights — in suburbs temperatures have been falling down to mid single figures. got that warmer air with us — again, you couldn't rule out a little bit of low cloud here and there, but generall

brentford have called on football authorities and the government to increase the number of fans allowedr league. 10,000 spectators are being allowed in, while 21,000 were permitted at the fa cup final ten days ago. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on most lines this morning, but there are minor delays on thejubile linee and a planned closure at waterloo & city. turning to trains — on southeastern there are some cancellations for metro services following a derailment in the depot on the roads, in bounds green there are temporary traffic lights on the a406 north circular for repairs to a burst water main. they caused long delays yesterday, adding to the usual delays. in peckham, the a2215 consort road remains closed by the police following a shooting. nine bus routes are on diversion. now the weather with kate kinsella. good morning. well, believe it or not, our weather is set to improve over the next few days. the low pressure which brought those heavy, thundery downpours yesterday, is moving away further east. today, still could be one or two showers

hoping to reach the premier league next season are brentford.aving already won the league cup earlier this season. shaun rooney scored the only goal in that final and he scored again yesterday. 1—0 the final score, just the second time in history a club outside of the old firm have have done the double in the same season. all in manager callum davidson's first season in charge. unbelievable, you know, i don't think i have got much to describe. to get a double for a club, a double win, not many teams outside the old firm managed to do it. a small club likejohnston to achieve that, everybody involved... he like johnston to achieve that, everybody involved. . .- like johnston to achieve that, everybody involved. . . everybody involved... he had his clothes on _ everybody involved... he had his clothes on at _ everybody involved... he had his clothes on at that _ everybody involved... he had his clothes on at that point. - everybody involved... he had his clothes on at that point. his - clothes on at that point. his clothes on at that point. his clo

this is hounslow in west london, home to brentford football club. borough, so more confusion. should fans go to the play—off game at wembley this weekend? we could have had the ridiculous situation, where you can have fans coming from swansea going to wembley but people in hounslow, the fans here couldn't go! it's preposterous, isn't it? the government has now made it clear they're not imposing new restrictions, merely giving advice for people to be more cautious. it was left to local health chiefs to spell things out. actually, there are no travel restrictions in and out of north tyneside. actually people can continue to come to the borough, they can come and visit our attractions and they can come for a holiday. our businesses are open and they will continue to welcome both residents and visitors. clear messaging in a pandemic is vital. what's happened in the last 48 hours is a great deal of confusion. graham satchell, bbc news. transport secretary grant shapps said that the updated guidance doesn't mean a change in the law, and that the governmen

brentford football club have been given an extra 1,000 tickets for saturday's championship play—off final weather. at last, feeling a lot more like may, staying dry and there will be a lot of sunshine around as well. we started off this morning on a bright note but it was really quite chilly again for this time of year, a bit of short lived mist and fog around but not lasting too long at all through the morning, burnt back by that sunshine. plenty of that as we head through the morning, then a bit more cloud developing into the afternoon and that will start to bubble up, so more light sunny spells and top temperatures this time of 19 or 20 celsius, just slightly above the average for the time of year. as we head through this evening and overnight it will feel milder than it was last night, clear spells at first, then we'll see some cloud edging in from the west. that's a weather front that will be with us through the day tomorrow but it should stay dry on friday. there willjust be more cloud around than on thursday. some brightness, some spells of sunshine coming through at times and high

this is hounslow in west london, home to brentford football club.s situation, where you can have fans coming from swansea going to wembley but people in hounslow, the fans here couldn't go. it's preposterous, isn't it? the government has now made it clear they're not imposing new restrictions, merely giving advice for people to be more cautious. it was left to local health chiefs to spell things out. actually, there are no travel restrictions in and out of north tyneside. actually people can continue to come to the borough, they can come and visit our attractions and they can come for a holiday. 0ur businesses are open and they will continue to welcome both residents and visitors. clear messaging in a pandemic is vital. what's happened in the last 48 hours is a great deal of confusion. graham satchell, bbc news. let's speak now to someone who has been directly affected by the confusion. jonathan hughes lives in the kirklees district of west yorkshire. morning to you. thank you for joining us. morning to you. thank you for joining us— morning to you.

a couple of important matches tonight, bournemouth's championship play—off semi—final against brentfordo be rushed back for tomorrow, but of more importance is his readiness for the champions league final against chelsea at the end of the month. kevin is important, like everyone is important, and the final, when we are able to stick together, and to push each other, that will be possible to win it, so of course kevin is important, everybody knows it but everyone is at the same level. england's summer series against india and pakistan will go ahead despite the two countries being on the covid red list. india's men and women are scheduled to play in the country over the next few months — pakistan are due injuly. the players have been given permission to quarantine at the ageas bowl on—site hotel near southampton rather than government designated accomodation. new zealand are already at that hotel after arriving yesterday ahead of their test series next month. tyson fury says it will be the "biggest sporting event ever to grace the planet earth". he posted a video on social media last nigh

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