fans own in croydon. what is it like the are? ., ,~ , , fans own in croydon.wembley when you have croydon. this _ they are? who needs wembley when you have croydon. this is _ they are? who needs wembley when you have croydon. this is the _ they are? who needs wembley when you have croydon. this is the box _ they are? who needs wembley when you have croydon. this is the box park- have croydon. this is the box park and come and have a look. several hundred people got lucky in the balance and they have been here for the last couple of hours having a pretty good time. all of them had to provide covid—19 certificates and this is a secure location with one big screen there. there is another one here. and everyone is waiting to see what the match will be like. we have people to talk to. hello, it's us. ., have people to talk to. hello, it's us. what have people to talk to. hello, it's us- what do _ have people to talk to. hello, it's us. tags! what do you feel about us. yay! what do you feel about toniaht? us. yay! what do you feel about tonight? everything! _ us. ya

seven people died in the croydon tram crash and their families seven people died in the croydon tramited 4.5 years to find out how it was allowed to happen. jean smith lost her son mark that morning, he was 35. lack of the other passengers, he was on his way to work. she has found the inquest process unfair, she still has many questions. witnesses from transport for london and the tram operator tol did not appear. for london and the tram operator tol did notappear. i for london and the tram operator tol did not appear-— did not appear. i can't understand how two of _ did not appear. i can't understand how two of the — did not appear. i can't understand how two of the three _ did not appear. i can't understand how two of the three biggest - did not appear. i can't understand i how two of the three biggest players in that room, tfl, tol, not one witness from those companies, no drivers, controllers and no management. it feels at the moment as if they are hiding behind a blanket. , ., blanket. these are the south londoners — blanket. these are the south londoners who _ blanket. these ar

the jury at croydon town hall ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.es faster than a speed restriction and families intend to pursue legal options to demand a new inquest. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it's been a [ls—year wait, but today's inquest does not provide the answers those who lost loved ones here have hoped for. it's a shambles. absolute shambles right from the beginning. before it even started, it was a shambles. it is a disgusting... the way the whole thing is been run. i'm absolutely - disgusted, absolutely. seven people died on 9th november 2016 when the rush—hour service took a sharp corner, came off the tracks and tipped over. this reconstruction was shown at the inquest. investigators found there were no speed limit signs in the tunnel. the train was going at 45mph. the limit was 12mph. the inquest reported that the driver had become disorientated probably due to a lack of sleep. he did not brake in time. the jury found that the crash was an accident. transport for london and the tram operator were not called to

the jury at croydon town hall ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing. faster than a speed restriction and families intend to pursue legal options to demand a new inquest. 0ur transport correspondent caroline davies reports. it's been a four—and—a—half—year wait, but today's inquest does not provide the answers those who lost loved ones here have hoped for. it's a shambles, absolute shambles right from the beginning. before it even started it was a shambles. it's disgusting, the way the whole thing has been run. i'm absolutely - disgusted, absolutely. seven people died on the 9th of november 2016 when the rush—hour service took a sharp corner, came off the tracks, and tipped over. this reconstruction was shown at the inquest. investigators found there were no speed limit signs in the tunnel. the train was going at 45 mph. the limit was 12. the inquest reported that the driver had become disorientated, probably due to a lack of sleep. he didn't brake in time. the jury found that the crash was an accident. transport for london and the tram operator were no

of the financier in croydon who created a mini stadium and now we'll have to sing the night away as thepite wearing his _ tournament continues. despite wearing his best _ tournament continues. despite wearing his best outdoors - tournament continues. despite | wearing his best outdoors coat, he was safely spared from being doused in beer which is as great fear if england had been victorious. well, those scenes have been replicated in homes and streets across england. our special correspondent ed thomas reports now from second avenue on the limeside estate in oldham, where the whole community came together to celebrate — and commiserate. a moment to come together. a day to hope and believe. england to win. are you nervous7 yes, very nervous. football's coming home! very nervous, about what? come here. i can't. come here. don't show my bottom half! what do you see in this team? different backgrounds, different cultures, all coming together — brilliant. 3—2 to england. what's going on here? i'm getting my england face ready. a nation together — from the grandad who remembers �*66. did you

seven people died in the croydon tram crash and their families seven people died in the croydon tramay to work. she has found the inquest process unfair. she still has many questions. witnesses from transport for london and the tram operator tol didn't appear. i for london and the tram operator tol didn't appear-— didn't appear. i can't understand how two of— didn't appear. i can't understand how two of the _ didn't appear. i can't understand how two of the three _ didn't appear. i can't understand how two of the three biggest - didn't appear. i can't understand - how two of the three biggest players in that a room, which is tfl and tol, have not had one witness from their companies. no tram drivers, no controllers, and note management. so it'sjust controllers, and note management. so it's just feels at the moment as if they are hiding behind a blanket. these are the south londoners who died on that day when tram 2551 overturned. the driver also didn't appear at the inquest as he was too sick. this is where it happened, leaving tunnel, the driver briefly touched the brakes but it was

james reynolds has been with many in south croydon.ng the penalty shootout and then when a final penalty was saved, theyjust stopped where they were, the crowd here. music is going but they almost don't know what to do. what do you think? what do you think about the penalty shootout, losing? horrendous. we were so — shootout, losing? horrendous. we were so close. _ shootout, losing? horrendous. we were so close. so - shootout, losing? horrendous. we were so close. so close. i we were so close. so close. right there. right there. we lost it. but we will come next year. lost it. but we will come next ear. , ., , ., ., ., year. only one year to go. that's a — year. only one year to go. that's a good _ year. only one year to go. that's a good point. - year. only one year to go. that's a good point. what| year. only one year to go. i that's a good point. what did you think? we that's a good point. what did you think? ...— that's a good point. what did you think? we will be back next year- _ you think? we will be back next year. we _ you thi

let's see where else we can ping around, this is croydon, south london, people getting drinks in, stilllm, not too much early celebration, not too much gloating. and we can say that this is preston, i believe, yeah, this is preston in northern england, they are watching the football. no early celebrations yet, fans getting stuck in, we will keep you across everything that is happening. this is coventry, again, a relatively civilised scene in coventry, as they are watching the game, a nail—biting 45 minutes or so left as they see if their team, england, can hold onto this lead and the euro 2020 championship. let's move on to the rest of the day's news now. sir richard branson hasjust returned from the edge of space, during virgin galactic�*s first fully crewed flight. take—off from mew mexico was slightly delayed by bad weather but the flight is being seen as a milestone for the commencial space industry. sir richard said it was the experience of a lifetime. from spaceport america in new mexico, here's sophie long. preparations were made before take—off... about ten years, and an hour an

but they have made this box park in croydon into their own mini stadium, it is covid secure, they hadn here, and at the moment they are having a pretty good evening!— good evening! james, can you 'ust tell us, i mean, i good evening! james, can you 'ust tell us, i mean, whati good evening! james, can you just. tell us, i mean, what arrangements have a made to ensure, try and ensure that people maintain social social distancing? presumably when that goal was scored, there was a fair amount of contact, and you are undercover in there. i am not sure james hird that. i think i am going to leave james behind, i will ask him that question a little later. it is incredibly noisy down there. we can go back to preston, similarly euphoric, i'm sure, when the goal was scored. this is the scene there live, a little bit of a replay going on on the screen there, because the matches live on bbc one, and you can follow on radio 5 live as well, lots of people watching on multiple outlets. this is the scene in rome this evening, where our correspondent mark lowen was reporting from just a few moments ag

the jury at croydon town hall ruled out a verdict of unlawful killing.rs those who lost loved ones here have hoped for. it's a shambles. absolute shambles right from the beginning. before it even started, it was a shambles. it is a disgusting... the way the whole thing is been run. i'm absolutely - disgusted, absolutely. seven people died on 9th november 2016 when the rush—hour service took a sharp corner, came off the tracks and tipped over. this reconstruction was shown at the inquest. investigators found there were no speed limit signs in the tunnel. the train was going at 45mph. the limit was 12mph. the inquest reported that the driver had become disorientated probably due to a lack of sleep. he did not brake in time. the jury found that the crash was an accident. transport for london and the tram operator were not called to give evidence, nor was the driver as he was too sick. outside court, there was anger. i don't believe that the jury could have ever come back| with a different decision. bearing in mind the evidence that they've heard. _ the evid

ashleyjohn—baptiste is with fans here at wembley and james reynolds is at box park, croydon.s well! let's start with you, actually, they have been gathering here for hours and hours and hours. many of them have not got tickets, but theyjust had to be here. have not got tickets, but they “ust had to be here.�* have not got tickets, but they 'ust had to be here.�* had to be here. yes, hello, the atmosphere — had to be here. yes, hello, the atmosphere here _ had to be here. yes, hello, the atmosphere here is _ had to be here. yes, hello, the atmosphere here is electric, i had to be here. yes, hello, the. atmosphere here is electric, and had to be here. yes, hello, the - atmosphere here is electric, and as you can probably see, thousands of fans are here for tonight's final, i have two fans, kate and carl from the midlands. what does it mean to be here for tonight's final? just a once-in-a-lifetime _ be here for tonight's final? just a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity l be here for tonight's final? just a l once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for once—in—a—lifetime opportunity for us. o

thank you very much for now- _ a tram crash which killed seven people in croydon in south london was injured when the tram tipped over and spun off the tracks in november 2016. the tram was travelling three times faster than a speed restriction. the families of those who died say justice has not been done and want another inquest. tom edwards reports. seven people died in the croydon tram crash and theirfamilies have waited four and a half years to find out how it was allowed to happen. jean smith lost her son mark that morning. he was 35. like all of the other passengers, he was on his way to work. she has found the inquest process unfair. she still has many questions. witnesses from transport for london and the tram operator tol didn't appear. i can't understand how two of the three biggest players in that room, which is tfl and tol, we've not heard one witness from their companies. no tram drivers, no controllers, and no management. so itjust feels at the moment as if they are hiding behind a blanket. these are the south londoners who died on that day when tram 2551 overturned. th

more than 50 people were injured when the tram tipped over and spun off the tracks in croydon in novemberriction. the families of those who died say justice has not been done and are calling for a new inquest. the opening ceremony for the olympic games is less than 2a hours away — but it's been marred by the sacking of the show�*s director. 0lympic officials say the ceremony should go ahead as planned — and team gb has announced who will be its flag bearers. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks is in tokyo. the japanese prime minister has indeed said the show will go on but he did condemned the director after footage emerged of the comedian making a joke about the holocaust in footage from one of his shows in the late 90s. he is one of three senior officials involved with the ceremony who has had to leave because of inappropriate comments in the past few months. in many ways if it does go ahead as planned the opening ceremony will look fairly similar to what we have seen before and in many other ways it will seem so very different. it is the big moment for any host city, the way a count

_ in croydon, celebrations as the goals went in, followed by a party that went on long into the night clash with italy. we're in the final. england are in the final for the first time in, who cares, how many years. there is a sense that last night's win is what the country has been crying out for. who would have thought this, like, six months ago, in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic. this isjust what the country needed. absolutely brilliant. absolutely fantastic. this is a team that has caught the country's imagination. one of its biggest stars, mason mount, even found time to give his shirt to an adoring fan. and praise too from the prime minister. it's just euphoric. absolutely extraordinary. so i congratulate gareth southgate and the whole team. i thought they were stunning and obviously wishing them all the very best for sunday. and this morning at raheem sterling's former primary school in the shadow of wembley, despite the late night, the potential stars of the future were feeling inspired. he is a role model. his work ethic is amazing. even in the 117th minute, he was run

one was shelling out near croydon, that place was a brutal place, the inquiry found.eport follows that lambeth council failed in for particular ways. firstly they allow is known of users access to children. it failed to investigate and when abusers left theirjobs at lambeth it failed to tell their future employers about their suspicions that they were under. also it finds that lambeth, run by the labour party in the 1980s, was focusing on children but on politicised behaviour and the turmoil that resulted from the council's attempt to take on the conservative government run by margaret thatcher at the time. as a result, children became pawns in a toxic power game, the inquiry advice. it makes recommendations for the police and the council, which apologise what happened in 2016. thank you, tom. more burglars will have to wear electronic tags on release from prison, under a government plan to cut crime in england and wales. borisjohnson launched the programme on his first day out of covid isolation. it includes removing rules introduced by the former prime minister ther

the borough of croydon sees more missing person reports in a year than the whole of germany does.ber of hospitals and the number of institutions looking after people's mental health is higher here than it is in the more central areas. that leads to really high numbers of missing persons cases every year. three siblings have told the bbc how the were struck the bbc how they were struck by lightning on monday while sheltering under a tree near hampton court palace. you wouldn't know, but this was the moment it happened. rachel, isobel and andrewjobson were taking a selfie at the time and captured it on camera. they were taken to st george's hospital in tooting but later discharged. reading festival is one step closer to going ahead this summer. the local council granted an event licence, but says there needs to be detailed consideration on how to minimise the risk of covid. the festival is expected to take place during the last weekend in august. archaeologists working on the hs2 project in west london have made a once in a lifetime discovery. more than 300 iron age coins, known as

in croydon, celebrations as the goals went in, followed by a party that went on long into the night andmany years? there is a sense that last night's win is what the country has been crying out for. who'd have thought this six months ago in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic? this isjust what the country needed. absolutely brilliant. absolutely fantastic. this is a team that has caught the country's imagination. one of its biggest stars, mason mount, even found time to give his shirt to an adoring fan. praise, too, from the prime minister. it was just euphoric, absolutely extraordinary. so i congratulate gareth southgate and the whole team. i thought they were stunning. and, obviously, wishing them all the best for sunday. and this morning at raheem sterling's former primary school in the shadow of wembley, despite the late night, the potential stars of the future were feeling inspired. he's a role model. his work ethic is amazing. even in the 117th minute, he was running down players, making them tired, you know? he's just that sort of player. he never gives up. spare a thought for

the mood must be similar in croydon tonight as well. why? gives germany, when he missed a penalty, he missed a penalty, and that cost them the cost of getting into the final of course, and he has had to live that down the last 45 years. this could've been catharsis for that memory, but we will see whether or not that is the case. we can go to rome and fans there watching the match there. they are as tense as everybody else. i wonder if that man used to smoke and is just taking it up used to smoke and is just taking it up tonight, because it has been one of those matches. been pretty stressful. here we are. marcus rashford running onto the pitch, bit of extra energy, we hope, on his arrival. again, that really valuable youth... we are on the view above trafalgar square at the moment. this is one of the fanzones which has been set up, as i say. you can see the big screen there to the top of the big screen there to the top of the picture, and we will doubtless see when the match finally finishes. not yet, because if it does to penalties, the ir

in croydon. england are in the final for the first time in, who cares how many years?e. we are confident, we're on form, we are going all the way. next stop, italy. in wembley, on sunday. and the first chance at a major trophy since 1966. we can now talk to lynda courts, an england fan who was lucky enough to be at the game against denmark at wembley last night. i know you spoke to victoria yesterday ahead of the game and i spoke to you earlier in the tournament. last night, take us through your evening, it had everything, but that's what fans live for, games like that? it was 'ust live for, games like that? it was just absolutely _ live for, games like that? it was just absolutely incredible. - live for, games like that? it was just absolutely incredible. i've l just absolutely incredible. i've never experienced anything like that, i've been to wembley lots of times, i've been to the carling cup final but i think yesterday was just absolutely unbelievable. the atmosphere. it was so nerve—racking. that was the problem. i think because denmark scored and we were 1-0 bec

it will help some of the hospitality venues, might be garden is small so if i go to croydon like thaton in — positive for us. 70% of the adult population in northern - positive for us. 70% of the adult population in northern ireland i positive for us. 70% of the adult j population in northern ireland is vaccinated, the under 30s 56%. we saw a couple of the health trusts yesterday in northern ireland for off duty staff to come into work because of the pressure, including what they say is a rapid increase in patients with covid being admitted. all of that being considered, what would you like to hear from investors at stormont today? i hear what you're — investors at stormont today? i hear what you're saying _ investors at stormont today? i hear what you're saying and _ investors at stormont today? i hear what you're saying and we - investors at stormont today? i hear what you're saying and we are - what you're saying and we are dealing with covid here and we are hearing every day that these numbers are going up and we must make sure that we work according to the guidelines and keep eve

i think this is one of the fan zones in croydon.ure whether we can, i love looking at how differently people react. some people looking directly at the screen which is up here, some of them immediately turning to their friends, this lady he has done the classic turn to your mates and look at them. the fellow here who is still holding his phone up, even as he celebrates, upon the table. and all of the arms up in the air. sometimes when you get a still photograph like that, you look around and you see, this chap here also tickles me. maybe you can't see it, you can see, in amongst the melee, he is reaching for his drink, because he has got some more celebrating to do.— because he has got some more celebrating to do. obviously the football dominate _ celebrating to do. obviously the football dominate everything, . football dominate everything, rightly so, but lots of other things are going on as well. the british and irish lions tour did really well yesterday, obviously, but concerns about the teams because of covid again, being forced

one of the worst was shirley oakes near croydon, that place was a brutal place, the inquiry found.beth it failed to tell their future employers about their suspicions that they were under. also it finds that lambeth, run by the labour party in the 1980s, was focusing not on children but on politicised behaviour and the turmoil that resulted from the council's attempt to take on the conservative government run by margaret thatcher at the time. as a result, children became pawns in a toxic power game, the inquiry finds. it makes recommendations for the police and the council, which apologise for what happened in 2016. let's cross to lucy hockings in tokyo. the big story in the past hour or so is one of the superstar names, the american gymnast simone biles has pulled out of the women's team event which is happening right now. she competed in the first rotation of the vault in sport. she then went off to the treatment room and returned flexing her ankle. the treatment room and returned flexing herankle. not the treatment room and returned flexing her ankle. not necessarily a sign of i

in croydon. england are in the final for the first time in, who cares how many years?form, we are going all the way. - next stop, italy. in wembley, on sunday. and the first chance at a major trophy since 1966. last night, there were many households with split loyalties — let's speak to one of them — joining me are rob and julie smith and their two sons sebastian and marcus. good morning to all of you. rob, as we told viewers yesterday, you moved to denmark 20 years ago. you're wife is danish. the boys, marcus, i think it was you who said make the best team win, very diplomatically. what did you think of the match? i thought it was good. i think both teams played well. but harry kane made a very good goal. he teams played well. but harry kane made a very good goal.— teams played well. but harry kane made a very good goal. he made the difference, didn't _ made a very good goal. he made the difference, didn't he _ made a very good goal. he made the difference, didn't he and _ made a very good goal. he made the difference, didn't he and i _ made a very good goal. he made

breaking news about the croydon tram crash in 2016. the coroner's verdict has been release.ere should not be these prejudices. having said which, there are some difficulties. i can only speak for my own agency but around two years ago when all these issues were being raised we interviewed everyone of our ethnic minority models try and find out if they had issues. we were quite surprised because the issue thatis quite surprised because the issue that is referred to in that interview is one that comes up, recognising their specific needs. if you are a black model and nobody knows how to do your hair or you make up, and after 35 minutes you are the corner as told to do yourself, it is incredibly belittling and totally undermining. and fundamentally wrong. what we have done is that for any shoot where one of our black or coloured models with particular skin tones and so on is being shot than way make sure that we go to a list of specialists to have someone suitable on the should. we can only make that recommendation to the client because the client is the gatekeeper, the ones wh

before the england — box park in croydon before the england game. it and you could potentially be, like, oh, no, this is precious, it is ours. but he will never object to the words being changed to that. —— you would never object to it. absolutely not, just to be involved in history. — absolutely not, just to be involved in history, really. and having lots of fun, _ in history, really. and having lots of fun, backing the boys, just getting — of fun, backing the boys, just getting into the spirit of the euros. _ getting into the spirit of the euros, especially after the back of the pandemic, it's been wonderful to be a the pandemic, it's been wonderful to he a part— the pandemic, it's been wonderful to he a part of— the pandemic, it's been wonderful to be a part of it. just seeing people being _ be a part of it. just seeing people being so— be a part of it. just seeing people being so excited about the song has been brilliant.— been brilliant. natasha, over the ears, been brilliant. natasha, over the years. you _ been brilliant. natasha, over the yea