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i want to make this the best county cricket club in _ best county cricket club in the world — best county world and not just _ best county cricket club in the world and not just for - best county cricket club in the world and not just for cricketl best county cricket club in the i world and not just for cricket but actually — world and not just for cricket but actually having _ world and not just for cricket but actually having the _ world and not just for cricket but actually having the right - world and not just for cricket but actually having the right culture. and having — actually having the right culture. and having the _ actually having the right culture. and having the right— actually having the right culture. and having the right values. i actually having the right culture. | and having the right values. lord patel they are. _ and having the right values. lord patel they are. the _ and having the right values. patel they are. the man to and having the right valuesm patel they are. the man to steer yorkshire and he hopes out of this crisis. what next for the county? it was a chast

it's a dot-mac the are county cricket club. it's a dot-mac they are not _ county cricket club. y are not understanding the term that the key word cannot be categorised as banter and the hypocrisy of having having this word used for zimbabwean, and they said that if he was playing, they would put him into disciplinary action. the question actually is that the government and even sponsors are actually really unclear about where do yorkshire lie about this? do they have a firm understanding of the discomfort that the cause to the player and if so, why are they not people who have been accused to come up people who have been accused to come up and talk about this and tell us who they are. they obviously kept the report quite secret and they have given it to be investigated and they will take firm action because they will take firm action because they want to be dot—mac you know, they want to be dot—mac you know, they feel that yorkshire have brought the game into disrepute and possibly we may see some financial penalties here, could be likely that potential test matches may not be p

you were a player at yorkshire county cricket club from 1993 until 2009. us an insight because lots of people have talked about the culture at the cricket club. you were there for a long time. what was it like? it was an environment that you knew you had to work hard. it was an environment that, you know, you tried to win. i never felt anything but welcomed stop during your time there, you said you listened to what azeem rafiq said at the hearing when he talked about some of the racist comments that he had said to him, and some of the cultural issues at the club as well. were you aware of that during any of your time? he talked about cultural issues at the club and some of the racist comments sent to him. no, i never heard that. as i said before, i heard plenty of things in my 18 years as a player in the dressing room which i would not even consider to be acceptable now, and i would say any sportsperson that is out there from that era that says otherwise, i don't think they are telling the truth. there were things said and back on the day it wasn't deemed

the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club resigns over the club's handling of racism experiencede past. a culture that finds it difficult to accept challenge and change, and that, in my view, it would be great if it can move forward. greta thunberg joins thousands of young activists marching through the streets of glasgow — demanding politicians at the cop26 meeting take serious action on climate change. the swedish activist urged glasgow workers who are on strike during the summit tojoin her on the march through the city centre — this is the scene there now.

this has been a devastating| week for the most successful club in county cricket. aga now extend well beyond headingley. dan roan reporting, who's at the ground, says yorkshire county cricket club is in absolute turmoil. the implosion at york shire is like nothing i can recall. as the space ofjust nothing i can recall. as the space of just a few days' nothing i can recall. as the space ofjust a few days' time this club has lost pretty much all of its sponsors, its right to host international matches, its chairman, half of the board has allegations against two of the biggest names you play here in recent years. tonight there is another revelation around there is another revelation around the head coach, he is being investigated by both yorkshire in the ecb over an alleged anti—semitic tweet in 2010. and be fair i think is that this case perhaps has exposed an ugly side to the game and certainly when you look at professional football, this certainly when you look at professionalfootball, this port seems to suffer from much less diversity and underrepresentation of non

we must re—engage with everyone to make a better yorkshire county cricket club for everyone. he last few minutes. let's turn to other news now. thousands of people, including many schoolchildren, are protesting on the streets of glasgow, calling on world leaders at the cop26 climate summit to take action to tackle global warming. the campaigner greta thunberg is among them, on the day that debate at cop is focused on younger people. the education secretary will later set out a new strategy for schools in england, including a duke of edinburgh style award scheme recognising efforts to protect the environment. let's get more now from alexandra mackenzie, who's in glasgow. give usa give us a sense of the atmosphere. it is give us a sense of the atmosphere. it is getting — give us a sense of the atmosphere. it is getting a very, very busy and quite _ it is getting a very, very busy and quite noisy— it is getting a very, very busy and quite noisy here. i am it is getting a very, very busy and quite noisy here. lam right in it is getting a very, very busy and quite noisy here. i am

i am a member of the mcc and surrey county cricket club. i am l and surrey county cricket club. events research programme with the ecb and _ events research programme with the ecb and surrey county cricket club. anyone _ ecb and surrey county cricket club. anyone else. good morning mr rafiq, thank you forjoining us. tell us in your own words what you think went wrong at yorkshire county cricket club for you?— wrong at yorkshire county cricket club for you? thank you for giving me this opportunity _ club for you? thank you for giving me this opportunity to _ club for you? thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk- club for you? thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about | club for you? thank you for giving i me this opportunity to talk about my story _ me this opportunity to talk about my story what — me this opportunity to talk about my story. what i went through over a lon- story. what i went through over a long period of time that the club. a young _ long period of time that the club. a young kid _ long period of time that the club. a young kid from pakistan

yorkshire county cricket club, i believe, is me, it has been my life, whether i am a player or not i am a senior former player, the captain. once you have played for yorkshire, you are always a yorkshire player and i'm sorry for the hurt he has gone through. hopefully, time can't ever be a healer in the situation he has through, but hopefully time can be a way of us making sure that yorkshire county cricket club never goes through this situation again, and never puts themselves in a situation of denial that they treated a player so badly. do you think you can repair that relationship with him? anything in life is can be repaired, i would like to get the stage where we can shake hands, talk about how to get cricket back on track, how to get yorkshire county cricket club back on track, can we both help, can we both help the club to get to a position that in five or ten years time we can look at this moment has been that moment that changed the game. i would love to be a part of that, and i'm sure azeem rafiq would also like to be a part of that. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm liz

three board members including the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club have resigned over the club's handling of racism experienced by former player azeem rafiq. i would say that what i've seen is a culture that's locked in the past. a culture that finds it difficult to accept challenge and change, and that, in my view, it would be great if it can move forward. greta thunberg joins thousands of young activists marching through glasgow — demanding politicians take serious action on climate change. the campaigner has critisised leaders attending the cop26summit. we are tired of their blah blah blah. our leaders are not leading. this is what leadership looks like. a fifth teenager has been found guilty of killing 15—year—old keon lincoln who was shot and stabbed outside home in birmingham. in the united states — prosecutors in georgia have alleged an unarmed blackjogger killed last year came �*under attack�* from the three white men who confronted him. an experimental pill to treat covid—19 — new trial results show it can cut the risk of hospitalisation or death by nearly 90% in vulnera

yorkshire county cricket club is engulfed by the racism row — the biggest crisis in its history.he controversy over the club's response to the racist harassment experienced by former player azeem rafiq has prompted its chairman to step down. what i have seen is a culture that is locked in the past. a culture that finds it difficult to challenge and change. former england captain michael vaughan was accused of making a racist comment to players — something he denies. the bbc says he won't be presenting his cricket programme next week. also on the programme tonight... thousands of young climate activists march through the streets of glasgow outside cop26, led by the swedish campaigner greta thunberg. we have had 26 cops. we have had decades of blah, blah, blah. and where has that led us? the unarmed blackjogger shot dead while out on a run in the united states — three white men go on trial accused of his murder. and we speak to the hollyoaks actor dropped by channel four after she refused to remove photos of herself from an adult website. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news

compelled to take this action we have today you mention the wider game, is it so york shire county cricket clubion which is impacted yourkshire, it's emanated from allegations that emerge from yorkshire county cricket club. the allegations however have an implication for the whole game. it's really important that ecb sends a message to cricket fans across this country that we will not stand for this, that racism and anything to do with racism and discrimination of any kind has absolutely no place in the game. that's the very clear message we wanted to send through the action we take in today. are you feeling restless in yourjob? are you already looking at what else is out there? well, you're not alone. in america it's called the great resignation and it's happening everywhere. after 18 months of pandemic—induced reflection there are many people who want more from their lives and a newjob is seemingly top of the list. in the us a record 4.3 million americans voluntarily quit theirjobs in august alone according to data from the us department of labor. meanwhile here in the uk a survey by the recr

it representing yorkshire county cricket club.— representing yorkshire county cricket club. ~ ., cricketfiq, the yorkshire _ cricket club. it was azeem rafiq, the yorkshire whistleblower, - cricket club. it was azeem rafiq, | the yorkshire whistleblower, who made the initial allegation. he has said that michael vaughan might not remember the alleged remarks because they didn't mean anything to him. that hurts. that hurts, because i've always felt that every single team that i've been involved in, the biggest praise that i ever got as the england captain for six years was that i was the kind of person that really galvanise the group, got the team working together as one. i always felt that i was the person in the dressing room that really wanted everyone to feel included.— everyone to feel included. michael, ou said everyone to feel included. michael, you said you _ everyone to feel included. michael, you said you wanted _ everyone to feel included. michael, you said you wanted to _ everyone to feel included. michael, you said you wanted to sit - everyone to feel included. michael, you sa

i played for yorkshire county cricket club for 18 years, and if any way, shape or form cricket club for 18 years, and if any way, shape orform i'm responsible for any of his hurt, i apologise for that. one of the 27 people who drowned in the channel on wednesday is named as 24—year—old maryam nuri mohammed from northern iraq. # i could be free in america... and the legendary us composer and songwriter stephen sondheim, who was behind some of broadway's best—known musicals, has died at the age of 91. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the united states, australia and brazil have joined the growning list of countries to impose travel restrictions on southern african countries in response to warnings about a new covid—19 variant known as omicron. an increasing number of world leaders have announced tighter border controls since south african scientists identified the strain. the world health organisation has called it a variant of concern due to the number of its mutations and because early evidence suggests that it carries a higher risk of infection. but t

yorkshire county cricket club, i believe, is me. you know, that's been my life.er and ex—england captain, and i believe that once you've played for yorkshire you're always a yorkshire player. i'm sorry for all the hurt that he's gone through. hopefully — time, i don't think, can ever be a healer in the situation that he's gone through. but hopefully time can be a way of us making sure that yorkshire county cricket club never goes through this situation again and never puts themselves in a position of denial that they treated a player so badly. vaughan says he wants to work with azeem rafiq to repair the damage done to cricket. he also says he regrets and is embarrassed by several posts he made on social media between 2010 and 2018, insisting he wouldn't post them now. when i look back on my 12 years on social media, i regret many tweets. i regret the tweets that you've just read out. i apologise deeply to anyone that i offended with those tweets. since retirement, michael vaughan has covered cricket for bbc radio, but earlier this week it was revealed that he has

the chairman of yorkshire county cricket club resigns — in the wake of the club's inaction around racismy at night. coming up on the bbc news channel... all the latest from the t20 world cup where new zealand have set namibia a target of 164 — both teams can still qualify for the semi finals. scotland face india later. people living in a village on an island in northern alaska face being forced out of their homes because of climate change. sea levels have risen, threatening the island's infrastructure — and a reduction in sea ice, and rapid coastal erosion, is severely affecting their way of life. alaska is home to rapidly retreating glaciers where the rate of melting is among the fastest on the planet as our climate editorjustin rowlatt found when he visited the region. the top of our world is changing — warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. and it is destroying communities. my house used to be about 20 feet out where you see the water breaks. the island of shishmaref is on the front line of climate change. as temperatures rise, less sea ice forms, exposing the coast. it's ge

i have not personally met anyone that i would consider a racist at yorkshire county cricket club. headingley today, hutton blamed senior management who, he said, resisted change after a report found rafiq had suffered racial harassment. there was a failure by many in the club to accept its findings or understand them or recognise them and since then that has been incredibly frustrating. the england and wales cricket board punished yorkshire by banning headingley from hosting england matches, but hutton said it should have done more to support the investigation. i heard a statement last night from the ecb that they repeatedly offered to help me and yorkshire county cricket club do this investigation. that could not be further from the truth. yorkshire batsman gary ballance had admitted repeatedly using a racial slur towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but a panel regarded it as friendly banter and no action has been taken against any member of staff, sparking outrage. do you accept that conclusion that they reached? that it was friendly banter? is that how you would deem th

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_ future of yorkshire county cricket club is _ future of yorkshire county cricketresigned but that will not change the culture | but that will not change the culture of itself _ but that will not change the culture of itself. thirdly, there are an enormous _ of itself. thirdly, there are an enormous number of positive recommendations made by that panel, that as _ recommendations made by that panel, that as of— recommendations made by that panel, that as of the date i resigned there was no _ that as of the date i resigned there was no strategy for them to be done, and they— was no strategy for them to be done, and they also need to be done so i am hopeful— and they also need to be done so i am hopeful and optimistic that what we're _ am hopeful and optimistic that what we're talking about that these things— we're talking about that these things happen, but in the meantime... things happen, but in the meantime. . ._ things happen, but in the meantime... . ., ., . meantime... that a small lord patel, and we are — meantime... that a small lord patel, and we are hearing

for yorkshire county cricket club, this is not going away either in reputational terms or at the veryd financial terms. s know, for sure. in the way they dismissed it as banter, the remarks made against him and when you see the apology that they made, it's a qualified apology in that it says the remark in another context would have been a holy and acceptable. almost implying that because it was amongst friends and a team environment that it was ok and trying to justify what happened and not the categorical apology that you like to see and i think if i had known that is causing offence, i will diffuse the remark and culturally, we've come a long way to where it's to make very much accepted that it's simply not good enough and you don't have to rely on someone telling you that something is offensive in that way gigen someone telling you that something is offensive in that way— is offensive in that way given it is a racial slur. _ is offensive in that way given it is a racial slur. and _ is offensive in that way given it is a racial slur. and it _ is offensive in that way given it is a r

i played for yorkshire county cricket club for 18 years, and if any way, shape or form cricket club for8 years, and if any way, shape orform i am responsible for any of his hurt, i apologise for that. and the legendary us composer and songwriter stephen sondheim, who was behind some of broadway's best known musicals has died at the age of 91. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. the us and australian government have become the latest to impose travel restrictions on southern african countries, in response to warnings about a new covid—19 variant, known as omicron. a growing number of world leaders have announced tighter border controls since south african scientists identified the strain. the world health organization has called it a �*variant of concern�* due to its mutations and because early evidence suggests that it carries a higher risk of infection. but the who also said that it would take a few weeks to understand the impact of this new variant. amid the concern, the uk government has added six african countries — south africa, namibia, zimbabwe, bo

until that begins in the commons, lets talk more first of all about yorkshire county cricket club. nd the england and wales cricket board — that it is watching them, and stands ready to �*step in�* if they do not �*put their house in order�*. conservative chris philp was responding to an urgent question in the house of commons about the issue of racism in cricket, following professional player azeem rafiq's experience of �*racial harassment and bullying�* in the sport. the government is extremely concerned by the reports of racism at yorkshire county cricket club. quite simply, the situation faced by azeem rafiq was unacceptable. it should never have been allowed to happen in the first place, and it should have been dealt with properly during the initial investigation. we have been clear with the england and wales cricket board that this needs a full, transparent investigation, both into the incident involving as in rafique but also into the wider cultural issues at yorkshire cricket club. —— azeem rafiq. the ecb are investigating this fully and took action against yorkshire county

the race row at yorkshire county cricket club deepens by the hour with two more high—profile sponsorsr saying it stands firmly against racism and harrogate spring water ended its association too. last night gary ballance admitted to using a racial slur against azeem rafiq, something he said he deeply regrets but had come during immature exchanges between best friends and team—mates. he also said he didn't think it would cause azeem rafiq distress. azeem rafiq responded on social media this morning and said his grievance wasn't to do with the words of certain individuals but rather what he regarded as institutional racism and its abject failures to tackle it. in the last hour, the england and wales cricket board described the handling of the matter is wholly unacceptable. they said the matter was apparent and against the spirit of cricket. the governing body has threatened financial sanctions but it's already suspending yorkshire from hosting major matches and suspended gary ballance from england selection. yorkshire county cricket club have not commented this week but an emergency boa

organisation which enforces human rights laws warns it could take legal action against yorkshire county cricket clubas a second cricketer comes forward to say he was the subject of racist abuse while playing for the county. president biden has welcomed congressional approval of his trillion—dollar infrastructure plan as a monumental step forward for america. people living in england will be able to book their covid booster jabs a month in advance, under new plans to speed up their rollout. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show with christa larwood. coming up this week... the world's coldest cowboys. that was incredible. she sighs. absolutely dashing across the water on horseback. ancient stained glass and very careful hands. i have been working here for 30 years and every time i see this, my heart sings. they are so beautiful. and how to get your old banger across a frozen lake. oh, it is worse than i thought. it sounds very bad. it's fixed russian—style. as the seasons begin to change, icelandic farmers drive their horses down dales and mountains, to events known as roundups, so they can s

sajid javid, the health secretary, has today called for heads to roll at yorkshire county cricket clubeem rafiq had been a victim of "racial harassment and bullying. the club says it will not take disciplinary action against any player, employee or executive over the harassment. chetan pathak is here with more, just remind us of the background to this and what s been said today. azeem rafiq gave an interview in september last year, he left headingley in 2018. he said he was the victim of racial harassment and bullying during his time at yorkshire county cricket club, and he was made to feel like an outsider as a muslim, and institutional racism at the club had left him close to taking his own life. now yorkshire launched an investigation into this and found azeem rafiq was the victim of racial harassment, but no action will be taken against anyone. the england and wales cricket board is investigating separately, i'll come on to that in a moment. but yorkshire have not released their full report, they say that's because of legal reasons in relation to the privacy law and defamation. so

yorkshire county cricket club. in the situation _ the loss of his baby boy in the situation that surrounded that was very. _ situation that surrounded that was very. very— situation that surrounded that was very, very difficult to listen to. and _ very, very difficult to listen to. and to — very, very difficult to listen to. and to hear him articulate in his words _ and to hear him articulate in his words how— and to hear him articulate in his words how that was a moment in which he recognised previous incidents that had — he recognised previous incidents that had happened in his eyes during his time _ that had happened in his eyes during his time in_ that had happened in his eyes during his time in his first time with yorkshire _ his time in his first time with yorkshire cricket club and how he spoke _ yorkshire cricket club and how he spoke of — yorkshire cricket club and how he spoke of realising that he had been a victim _ spoke of realising that he had been a victim of— spoke of realising that he had been a vi

all of this commercial fallout would no doubt come up an emergency board meeting of yorkshire county cricket clubrarchy are under immense pressure, and azeem rafiq is not alone in thinking that this scandal should bring about lasting change.— this scandal should bring about lasting change. laura scott, many thanks indeed, _ lasting change. laura scott, many thanks indeed, live _ lasting change. laura scott, many thanks indeed, live from - lasting change. laura scott, many i thanks indeed, live from headingley. as laura was mentioning, so many from within the game have come forward to pass comment. the former england spinner monty panesar spoke to the bbc today. it is an interesting debate, because some people are saying that if you call an australian and ozzie, a new zealander key we, british persian brits, but a pakistani or british asian, why can we not because of the p word? i think that is a distinction that needs to be made here, you cannot advocate it is ok to use the p word because it is termed as banter, because people will search using it and a lot of people will get deeply offended, esp

cricket club - second week. it quite tarnish the j reputation of the cricket club and the counties reputation at the heart of yorkshirey cricket, it will really _ of yorkshire identity cricket, it will really have had people in a massive — will really have had people in a massive way and i completely agree with what _ massive way and i completely agree with what susie just said it would be a little — with what susie just said it would be a little soliciting that it goes a lot _ be a little soliciting that it goes a lot deeper thanjust the club, the investigation from the cricket board seems _ investigation from the cricket board seems to— investigation from the cricket board seems to have been pretty lax so far. refusing to act when they were told of _ far. refusing to act when they were told of the — far. refusing to act when they were told of the concerns about racist attitudes — told of the concerns about racist attitudes of the club the kind of existence of racist language in the banter— existence of racist language in the banter and — existence of racist language in the banter and it took protests by politicians

it is clear that yorkshire county cricket club has questions to answer. of the yorkshire cricket foundation, the official charity and community arm of the yorkshire county cricket club. there will be a lot of communities living in yorkshire watching this play out. what do you think will be the effect and the consequences on those communities following what has happened? it seems as if we are actually taking a backward step. and i think what is now likely to happen, there's a lot of young asians who won't feel comfortable in the sort of experience that azeem rafiq has had, and then that will probably force a lot of these people back into their own communities. what do you think yorkshire county cricket club need to do to repair trust between themselves and the minority communities living in yorkshire? as long as those people are allowed to get away with what they did to azeem rafiq, the asian community will never be able to trust the club or the organisation to allow their own sons and daughters to go and become part of that organisation. the yorkshire cou

and sport select committee talking about his experiences of racism and bullying at yorkshire county cricket clubricket could face the "nuclear option" of an independent regulator if the england and wales cricket board doesn't act quickly enough to address the issue. he was speaking to the dcms select committee, where mps have been asking more questions following rafiq's shocking evidence on tuesday. i think what we all want is for cricket to put its house in order and get its act together. and sort this problem out. if we don't see sufficient action taken, then we as a government will intervene if they don't get their act together. we have the nuclear option of legislating in order to bring in potentially an independent regulator. so, that is probably the route that, if we had to, we could go down. meanwhile, somerset county cricket club have reprimanded jack brooks over historical tweets he sent which contained racist connotations. the club investigated two tweets, sent in 2012 when brooks played for northamptonshire. brooks has "unreservedly" apologised. some of the biggest names in tennis are

sarah, thank you- — in the past half hour, the chief executive of yorkshire county cricket club, marking the club. let's talk to our sports correspondent, jane dougal. another resignation then, jane. remind us of how we got here. yes. remind us of how we got here. yes, another senior— remind us of how we got here. ye: another senior resignation as all from yorkshire county cricket club, and on the week of this racism scandal which was exposed by the former player as he and rafik. and as chief executive officer who has stepped down with immediate effect. —— azeem rafiq. this comes on the day that the england captain and yorkshire playerjoe root said that cricket need to educate and reset. this is the first time that he has spoken about the fair and said that it had fractured the game and touring lives apart. it significantly when asked if he had seen any racism at yorkshirejoe root said not that i can recall, no, but it's clear that things have happened at the club. at the centre of all of this is the farmer yorkshire cricketer, azeem rafiq, who responded on social media saying that he

yorkshire county cricket club is holding an emergency board meeting today to discuss the growing fall—outr, azeem rafiq, has claimed that institutional racism at the club left him close to taking his own life. sponsors have cut ties with the club and last night it was suspended from hosting international matches. simonjones reports a day of reckoning in the racism row, the most successful club in the history of county cricket has remained tightlipped this week but as the board meets, heads are expected to roll. an independent panel found at the former player, azeem rafiq had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying. yorkshire county cricket club apologised but no action against any member of staff. gary ballance says he regret it using a racial slur. he has been suspended from england selection indefinitely. the former england captain michael vaughan says he was also named in the report for allegedly telling a group of asian players including azeem rafiq that there were too many of you lot. he wrote back... the club has been suspended from hosting international matches by the eng

was really _ yorkshire county cricket club was really a _ yorkshire county cricket club was reallynt of a better phrase in it realising — for want of a better phrase in it realising that he had been a victim of racial— realising that he had been a victim of racial discrimination and harassment during his time at the cricket _ harassment during his time at the cricket club. that allegation really stuck _ cricket club. that allegation really stuck with — cricket club. that allegation really stuck with many in the way that they viewed _ stuck with many in the way that they viewed his— stuck with many in the way that they viewed his testimony two days ago and one _ viewed his testimony two days ago and one would believe that he has matured _ and one would believe that he has matured and has in the bravery to come _ matured and has in the bravery to come forward and speak with his experiences and will no doubt be aware _ experiences and will no doubt be aware of— experiences and will no doubt be aware of the repercussions of his actions _ aware of the repercussions of his actions ten —

racism row at yorkshire county cricket club — now yorkshire tea is the latest sponsor to withdraw its. missing in australia for 18 days — the moment a four—year—old was rescued from a house by police after she'd vanished from a campsite. coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel... pressure is ramping up on yorkshire county cricket club over their handling of azeem rafiq's complaints of racial harassment and bullying. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a conservative mp who was found to have broken lobbying rules won't be suspended for now after mps narrowly voted to look at an overhaul of their disciplinary process. an investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog had ruled that former minister owen paterson should be suspended for six weeks for repeatedly lobbying ministers and officials for two companies paying him more than £100,000 a year. but today's vote means his suspension is halted for now. downing street insists the move is about the fairness of the system — not one individual case. but labour called it an absolute disgrace and a

and resignations at yorkshire county cricket over the racism row which has engulfed the club. swedish climate activist greta thunberg has accused world leaders of deliberately postponing much needed drastic action against global warming and said they were fighting instead to keep the status quo. addressing thousands of young people at a rally in glasgow, she called the cop26 climate summit — a �*failure�* — and little more that a celebration of �*business as usual�*. here's our scotland editor sarah smith. a rare opportunity for protesters to loudly deliver a message, almost within earshot of the global decision makers gathered in glasgow. greta thunberg, who inspired the fridays for future movement, says those leaders have so far failed to deliver. young kids, inspired by greta, have drawn their own pictures of her. i know that she put out a sign. and then everybody else started following her, just like this. how do you talk to children this age about climate change without scaring them too much? i don't have to. they themselves are aware. they know about plastic, about pollu

two more board members of yorkshire county cricket club havejoined the chairman roger hutton in resigningonal matches. it's after a report found former player azeem rafiq had been the victim of racial harrassment and bullying, but the club said they would take no disciplinary action. england captain eoin morgan has been asked about the crisis at yorkshire while speaking to the media at the t20 world cup: there is no place in our sport for any type of discrimination and i think the actions that we have seen have indicated how serious they are about dealing with issues like this and obviously, resulting in their actions. in the t20 world cup, scotland lost by eight wickets to india in group 2. they were already out of the tournament, but that didn't stop them relishing this occasion. george munsey showed some flair, but he could only manage 2a runs they set india the target of 86. they quickly reached that. kl rahul scoring 50 injust 18 balls, that's the fastest of the tournament so far, but he was caught on the next ball he faced. sur—ya—kumar yadav completed the victory in style as india

organisation which enforces human rights laws warns it could take legal action against yorkshire county cricket club, as another cricketer comes forward to say he was the subject of racist abuse while playing for the county. president biden has welcomed congressional approval of his trillion dollar infrastructure plan as a monumental step forward for america. people living in england will be able to book their covid boosterjabs a month in advance, under new plans to speed up their rollout. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme, which brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast for audiences in their own countries from the dateline: london. this week: is china putting power before the planet? a fishy end to the british—french stand—off; and sleepyjoe just biding his time? to discuss that, we're joined by the american journalist ned temko writes for the christian science monitor. david shukman, the bbc�*s science editorjoins us from, where else this week, glasgow. here in the studio, stefanie b

the yorkshire post leads with the racism crisis at the county's cricket club, after azeem rafiq's harrowingestimony. the metro also has the cricket scandal on its front page, saying racism is a poison at the heart of the game. the ft reports on an agreement between the us and china to hold talks over the size of their nuclear arsenals. the telegraph raises questions over the role of the church of england in helping asylum seekers convert to christianity, boosting their chances of staying in the uk. the times splashes on the mps�* standards row, claiming some tory backbenchers may revolt over the proposed ban on taking second jobs as consultants. while the daily star says the latest supply problem for british shops is a shortage of rum — apparently its caused by pirates! apparently. we will start our press review by looking at the main story of the day, the testimony to parliament by the former cricketer of azeem rafiq. let's start naturally on the yorkshire post tonight, which is a picture of azeem rafiq giving testimony to parliament — clearly the total weight heavily on him as he spoke. w

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and you can trust that's the reaction of the yorkshire county cricket _ the reaction of the yorkshire county cricket club were made. they seem to try to put _ allegations were made. they seem to try to put their head in the sand, their— try to put their head in the sand, their response was inadequate and slow, _ their response was inadequate and slow, and — their response was inadequate and slow, and for too long they seemed in denial— slow, and for too long they seemed in denial about the scale of the problem — in denial about the scale of the problem. obviously this is a great that the _ problem. obviously this is a great that the stuff is come out, but i don't think— that the stuff is come out, but i don't think it really takes away from _ don't think it really takes away from his— don't think it really takes away from his testimony at all. and if anything. — from his testimony at all. and if anything, it shows what a big problem _ anything, it shows what a big problem cricket has to deal with and how it _ problem cricket has to deal with and how it really needs to start taking action— how it really n

talking about yorkshire county cricket club. gnation statement, hutton, adds, he's experienced a culture there that refuses to accept change or challenge. he speaks of his regret with the county, who's headingley home is in leeds, over their handling of the racism allegations. harrogate spring water became the latest company to withdraw their sponsorship, over the treatment of azeem rafiq, while nike will no longer be their kit supplier. yorkshire previously said it would take no disciplinary action, against its employees, players or executives, but now with the raft of resignations expected, the senior correspondent from crickinfo told us earlier this is a chance for the board to become more diverse. look, at the moment, all we're doing is knocking down. we have to rebuild. the question that naga asked is a personal one, really. we have to make sure the new yorkshire is better. i'm absolutely sure we can do that. today is a big day and there have to be new voices at that club. well, in a separate development, the former england