damiano david had come under suspicion afterfootage was broadcast of him celebrating the victory.the night, television pictures shows damiano david dip his head to the table for a few moments, and there was speculation online, in the press room, that he had been taking drugs. afterwards, he was asked about it in the press conference, we were there, he said, "i didn't take drugs, my band—mate, the guitarist, thomas, broke a glass and i was leaning down to clear it up". we just has the statement from ebu, the organisers. they said following these allegations of drug use in the green room, the broadcasters requested through the italian delegation a thorough review of the facts. so they studied all of the available footage, and a drug test was also voluntarily undertaken earlier today by the lead singer, damiano david. that has returned a negative result. now, they go a little bit further than this and they say no drug use took place in the green room and we consider the matter closed. we are all alarmed at the inaccurate speculation leading to fake news that's overshadowed the spirit

damiano david had come under suspicion after footage was broadcast of him celebrating the victory.ctures shows damiano david dip his head to the table for a few moments, and there was speculation online, in the press room, that he had been taking drugs. afterwards, he was asked about it in the press conference, we were there, he said, "i didn't take drugs, my band—mate, the guitarist, thomas, broke a glass and i was leaning down to clear it up." we just had the statement from ebu, the organisers. they said following these allegations of drug use in the green room, the broadcasters requested through the italian delegation a thorough review of the facts. so they studied all of the available footage, and a drug test was also voluntarily undertaken earlier today by the lead singer, damiano david. that has returned a negative result. now, they go a little bit further than this and they say, "no drug use took place in the green room and we consider the matter closed. we are all alarmed at the inaccurate speculation leading to fake news that's overshadowed the spirit, the outcome and unfa

the singer, damiano david, strongly denies allegations he was taking cocaine.lists at the rome airport that he�*s happy to take a drugs test. we told to the ebu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. the eurovision hosts have confirmed in a statement that broken glass was indeed found on site and said they are still looking carefully at footage from the night. let�*s take a look at some of the other stories making the news. some of china�*s top long distance runners are believed to be among 21 athletes who died in extreme weather during a one 100 kilometre race. the competitors were hit by plummeting temperatures freezing rain and gales on a mountainous course in gansu province. more than a thousand motorcyclists have

damiano david and the band have strongly refuted the allegations.y've now returned to italy where the test will take place. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello. yet more rain spreading east across the uk today. will eventually reach those easternmost areas. a largely dry day as we get onto the evening. within the area of rain, heavy bursts. clearing from northern ireland to sunny spells and scattered showers, parts of wales and south—west england brightening up as we get into the evening. another rather cool day. quite a windy day, strengthening southerlies along the south coast of england and wales, may gust around 50 mph in some spots. rain clearingovernight, still in northern scotland if you heavy showers. cold enough and clearing up in northern ireland for a touch of frost in the coldest rural sports here. there will be some start tomorrow with a dry and sunny spell, and a day of rain across northern and western scotland pushing down into northern ireland. it will still be quite blustery, and some of the showers and w

the singer, damiano david, strongly denies allegations he was taking cocaine.he rome airport that he�*s happy to take a drugs test. we told to the ebu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. the eurovision hosts have confirmed in a statement that broken glass was indeed found on site and said they are still looking carefully at footage from the night. you can reach me on twitter — i�*m @philippabbc just to tell you in the next few hours, one of the stories we�*ll be watching carefully is what�*s happening in minneapolis. it is the first anniversary of the death of george floyd, the african—american man who was killed by the policeman derek chauvin. lewis will be here to bring you coverage from events taking place not on

the band have strongly refuted the allegations of drug use and damiano david will take a voluntary drug look at the weather with nick miller. yet more rain spreading east across the uk today. we'll eventually reach those easternmost areas. a largely dry day as we get onto the evening. within the area of rain, heavy bursts. clearing from northern ireland to sunny spells and scattered showers, parts of wales and south—west england brightening up and south—west england brightening up as we get into the evening. another rather cool day. quite a windy day, strengthening southerlies along the south coast of england and wales, may cost around 50 mph in some spots. ray including what it is overnight, still in northern

so just to remind you what happened on the night, television pictures shows damiano david dip his headconference, and we were there he said "i didn't take drugs, my band—mate the guitarist thomas broke a glass and i was leaning down to clear it up". we just said the statements in the last 50 minutes from ebu, the organisers. they said following these allegations of drug use in the green room the broadcasters requested through the italian delegation a thorough review of the facts. so they studied all of the available footage, and a drug test was also voluntarily undertaken earlier today by the lead singer david has returned a negative result. they go a little bit further than this and they say no drug use took place in the green room and we consider the matter closed. we are all alarmed at the inaccurate speculation leading to fake news that's overshadowed the spirit, the outcome and unfairly affected the band. ebu keen now to hear the end of this and celebrate the event that successfully went ahead despite the pandemic. now it's time for a look at the weather. hello. let's start with a

lead vocalist damiano david and the band have strongly refuted the allegations.day. we told to the eu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. well, earlier i spoke with newsbeat reporter steve holden, in rotterdam, and i asked him what eurovision bosses are saying about these claims... they put out the statement earlier saying the band and everyone around them, the head of the italian delegation, they said no drugs were present last night. in the press conference yesterday when damiano from maneskin was asked about this he said that it was because he leaned forward because there was some broken glass on the floor, that one of the bottles had broken, and eurovision said there was broken glass on the floor. so they are look

the band have strongly refuted the allegations of drug use and damiano david will take a voluntary drug test after arriving home. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. yet more rain spreading east across the uk today. we'll eventually reach those easternmost areas. a largely dry day as we get onto the evening. within the area of rain, heavy bursts. clearing from northern ireland to sunny spells and scattered showers, parts of wales and south—west england brightening up and south—west england brightening up as we get into the evening. another rather cool day. quite a windy day, strengthening southerlies along the south coast of england and wales, may cost around 50 mph in some spots. ray including what it is overnight, still in northern scotland if you heavy showers. cold enough and clearing up in northern ireland for a touch of frost in the coldest rural sports here. there will be some start tomorrow with a dry and sunny spell, and a day of rain across northern and western scotland pushing down into northern ireland. it will still be quite blustery, and some of the s

just to remind you what happened, on the night, television pictures showed damiano david dipped his headnd they said following these allegations of drug use in the green room, the broadcaster has requested through the italian delegation is a review of the facts, so they studied all the available footage and a drug test was also voluntarily undertaken earlier today by the lead singer, damiano david, that has returned a negative result. now, they go a little bit further than this and they say no drug is take place in they say no drug is take place in the green room and we consider the matter closed. we are alarmed at the inaccurate speculation leading to fake news, this overshadowed the spirit, the outcome and unfairly affected the band, so the ebu keen to hear the end of this and celebrate the event that successfully went ahead despite the pandemic. successfully went ahead despite the andemic. . ., successfully went ahead despite the andemic. ., ,, , ., a bbc investigation has heard claims that vulnerable children are being failed at a school that charges more than £50,000 a year per pupi

the singer — damiano david — strongly denies allegations he was taking cocaine.ed to italy. the maneskin frontman told the journalists at the rome airport that he's happy to take a drugs test. we told to the eu, and we told them we were totally available to do the tests, but they told us there was no need because they trusted us, but again, to shut down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. the eurovision hosts have confirmed in a statement — that broken glass was indeed found on site and said they are still looking carefully at footage from the night. the organisers of the uk's glastonbury festival have apologised after thousands of people who bought tickets for a live stream concert were unable to view the show for more than two hours. the ticketing system was eventually abandonded altogether, and made the concert free for anyone to watch, as colin paterson re

the band have strongly refuted the allegations of drug use and damiano david will take a voluntary drugternoon for many others out there, particularly across the western side of the uk. some of the rain really quite heavy in two parts of wales in the western side of england at the moment. all moving its way eastwards now. northern ireland brightening up but there will be some shower is poised to move on now from the west and across the east, cloud, showers, and across the east, cloud, showers, a few spots of rain but the driest weather hanging on here on another decidedly cool day. a windy one across the south coast of england and the coast of wales. the ringer since it is this evening, stays overnight across northern and western scotland, further heavy showers running into wales and western parts of england that could wake you up the rumble of thunder. northern ireland, clear after midday and called us here tonight, could be just a frost, likely in the coldest rural sports here. some rain affecting parts of scotland tomorrow, pushing back into northern ireland, heavy and then there are

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damiano david and the band have strongly refuted the allegations. down all the rumours, i am going to do that tomorrow morning. we are totally against cocaine and the use of drugs and we would never have done it, of course, so we are really shocked that many people are believing this and we want to shut it down. let's speak now with radio 1 newsbeat reporter, steve holden — he's been following the competition in rotterdam. good evening, steve. then. what are eurovision bosses _ good evening, steve. then. what are eurovision bosses saying _ good evening, steve. then. what are eurovision bosses saying about this? they put out the statement earlier saying _ they put out the statement earlier saying the — they put out the statement earlier saying the band and everyone around them, _ saying the band and everyone around them, the _ saying the band and everyone around them, the head of the italian delegation, they said no drugs were present— delegation, they said no drugs were present last night. in the press conference yesterday when damiano from maneskin

the speculation started after television pictures showed damiano david _ television pictures showed damianos. and we spoke _ the table for a few seconds. and we spoke to— the table for a few seconds. and we spoke to the band before their performance, their winning performance, their winning performance, and then afterwards during _ performance, and then afterwards during the — performance, and then afterwards during the press conference. he was there _ during the press conference. he was there and _ during the press conference. he was there and he explained for himself. he said _ there and he explained for himself. he said the guitarist had broken a glass— he said the guitarist had broken a glass and — he said the guitarist had broken a glass and he was stepping down to clear it _ glass and he was stepping down to clear it up — glass and he was stepping down to clear it up. eurovision we spoke to wright _ clear it up. eurovision we spoke to wright afterwards as well. they say they were _ wright afterwards as well. they say they were carefully studying the footage — they were carefully study

damiano david denied taking cocaine following comments on social media that he was leaning over a tableion centres in an effort to speed up the rollout ofjabs two months before the start of the tokyo olympics. the military—run centres in the capital tokyo and osaka, will administer thousands of jabs each day. japan is trying to curb a surge in infections. here in the uk a prominent black lives matter activist remains in a critical condition in hospital after being shot in the head in south london. police said there is no evidence that 27 year old sasha johnson was the intended target of the shooting. although she had received death threats in the past. the investigation is continuing. quite a shocking incident over the weekend. it does bear some reflection that gun crime here in the uk is still pretty low. i was looking at the figures today. 33 people killed by a gun in the uk in 2019. we have a problem with knife crimes, of course, 116,000 people injured or killed by knives in 2020. you look at that figure at 33 in 2019 and compare it with the united states at the moment and you have h

damiano david denied taking drugs, following online speculation after footage showed him leaning overd final on saturday. we spoke to the band yesterday on breakfast. the european broadcasting union said the allegation had overshadowed the spirit and the outcome of the contest and unfairly affected the band. they said they were deeply offended, didn't they? he told us a couple of hours after he spent two as he was going to have that test and there is. they said it had ruined what would be —— what was a brilliant weekend for them. this year compared with last year could not be more different, could it? provisional met office figures show in wales can may well prove to be the wettest may on record. records go back a fair old way to 1862. the weather today, sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. the showers will not be as frequent as they were yesterday. what is happening is the low pressure that brought the rain yesterday is moving away. another front is coming on across the south—west. that will bring in some rain as well. we are starting on a fairly cloudy note. rain in scotland, p

damiano david denied taking drugs following online speculation afterfootage showed him leaning over ae low 20s to the mid 20s. today, well, we are still struggling to get up to average which is roughly 15 to about 18 or 19 north to south, but we do have sunny spells and scattered heavy showers. today, we are not expecting as many showers as yesterday, low pressure that brought the rain has moved away and we have a little system coming in across the south—west which will introduce some rain through today. after a cloudy start with some patchy rain, sunny spells developing but so are the showers across parts of scotland, northern and eastern england, some of those heavy and thundery with hail. it is breezy so they will move along and we have this rain across the isles of scilly, devon and cornwall and into the channel islands but in between, a lot of dry weather with sunshine and highs between roughly 11 and 17 degrees, cooler on the north sea coast line. this evening, many of the showers will fade, the rain pulls away but in its wake we see some cloud and showers, and more cloud comes