among them venice in italy, dubrovnik in croatia, bruges in belgium, north, medieval bruges is swampedy by up to 50,000vi tors. but the influx is being curtailed to prevent this ndesco world heritage city from morphing into disn we don't want to be a park, a tourist park, no. >> when we let everything free and you can do what you want, then there will be no inhabitants in bruges. it will all be lika museum, a large museum. you must work and you st live and you must create in the city. it's not only a city for amusement. reporter: last year, 8.3 million people visited bruges. most were half-day trippers. six million stayed less than three hours. many came from cruise ships. at peak times, bruges reside os can numbered three to one. not all citizens applaud the mayor's initiative. at this emporium, assistant katja debecker says bruges is only just recovering from a drop in visitor numbers after terrorist attacks in paris and brussels more than three years ago. >> it used to be packed in all the streets. not y more, no. so, what is he complaining about? maybe some of the people who live i

the night's other winners were bruges, who enjoyed a single goal win in austria against lask.pended several accounts after paul pogba was targeted with racist abuse. it's after he missed a penalty in last night's 1—all draw with wolves at molineux. manchester united has condemned the posts, saying it's trying to identify the people behind them. social media companies are also being urged to do more. the former united player and now england women's manager phil neville has called for a social media boycott. ifa if a problem not only for buck, it's a problem in society, but the pond now is at the forefront of everyone's mind in terms that we have power to do something about it andi have power to do something about it and i think the buck community well, we try, but it's getting to the point now where i think we need to make a real strong message and i say to every single footballer out there, and to every cloud and to the pfa, why don't we make a big stand and come on social media and boycott all social media now, and see if that makes a big enough impact. england manager phil n

as a spiritual as a spiritual cause but perhaps most interesting is that today the leadership of bruges for peace will be passed on to a new newly freshly elected secretary general a woman a muslim who takes over from the current secretary general who's a catholic and a man and has been at the leadership of this organization for 25 years so this is an elected position so definitely a huge sign of faith and a huge sign of changes within the world's largest interfaith alliance ok i have the delegates have been discussing how to protect places of worship at a time when attacks on sacred sites are on the rise do they come up with any solutions to this problem. so far there hasn't been anything concrete that has come from the assembly on this issue however on the on the 1st day the united nations high representative of the alliance of civilizations spoke here at the conference he directly addressed the recent attacks on the question mosque in new zealand but also the tree of life since a synagogue in the united states and he said you know back back when these attacks happened the united nati

european champions league, the former liverpool goalkeeper simon mignolet enjoyed a winning debut with brugesinals last season — drew 2—all at salonika, while the 1991 champions red star belgrade were held to a 1—all draw by copenhagen. wayne rooney will return to english football in january. england and manchester united's all time leading scorer has signed an initial 18—month deal with the championship club, derby county. he'll leave his current side dc united at the end of the mls season, as michael redford reports. the day rooney flew into cocu's nest, the day derby county fans never thought they'd see. wayne rooney has officially returned to english football, just not immediately. he signed an 18—month contract with the championship side which begins in january. i'm delighted to be back here and i'm looking forward to coming back injanuary and trying to help the team push forward and hopefully push for promotion. rooney's delay is because he stayed in america to help current side dc united compete in their end—of—season play—offs. after that, its destination derby with a twist. rooney is

elsewhere, bruges beat linz 2—1 on the night — and 3—1 on aggregate.aggregate victory. the draw for the group phase takes place on thursday at 16.00 gmt. in france, wednesday's ligue un match between nice and marseille was suspended following homophobic chants from a section of the fans. the players from both teams were escorted from the pitch midway through the first half — following repeated appeals to stop the chanting. referees in france have been instructed to halt matches — if homophobic songs are heard. the game, which was goalless at the time, resumed after a 10—minute delay. marseille went on to win 2—1. on to cycling — and there was a home victory for the crowd to enjoy after wednesday's 5th stage of the vuelta a espana. angel madrazo won the 107 kilometre stage near valencia — to claim the first world tour victory of his professional career. meanwhile, colombia's miguel angel lopez has regained the red jersey, replacing nicolas roach as the overall leader. he's14 seconds clear of the field. cricket — and australia's steve smith says he's loo

the night's other winners were bruges, who enjoyed a single goal win in austria against lask.t night's 1—all draw with wolves at molineux. manchester united have condemned the posts, saying they're trying to identify the people behind them. bury are edging closer to being kicked out of the football league — it's after their match against tranmere rovers this saturday becomes the latest to be called—off. they've also been removed from the league cup after failing to fulfil that fixture.the club's owner steve dale is thought to have turned down a new offer to buy the club, which only has until friday to avoid being kicked—out of the league altogether. it's been a disappointing day for the home nations in the hockey. england, scotland, wales and ireland have all failed to reach the men's semi—finals at the eurohockey championships. england needed to beat spain in theirfinal pool game, but could only draw 2—all. scotland lost to the netherlands after germany had beaten ireland. it looks like we're going to see a return to summary weather and for some of us, it's going to last into

picks her novel made the list with the support of just one librarian, far, far away in the city of bruger a nomination. >> reporter: we captured the moment they actually spoke for the first time. >> it's really strange to see your face after all that's happened, and i owe so much to you. >> i really enjoyed the novel, so no problem. >> the monetary aspect of it is going to help so much, but most importantly it's given me more readers. >> reporter: today with the financial support of the award, ruskovich an assistant professor of creative writing at boise state university can spend more time on her own writing, and she and her husband have moved into a new home with their young daughter june. >> one of the most important things to me as a writer is my childho childhood, and to keep my childhood self preserved and to keep her honest, i do try to remain true to the person that took baths in garbage cans on that mountain all those years ago. >> emily is already working on her second novel, and while she wouldn't get into too much detail, she says it's a story about sisters. one that's very d