dan roan, has a huge task on his hands. dan roan. thank— has a huge task on his hands._ the 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 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 pollution, about air po

dan roan at lord's, parliamentary committee. dan roan at lord's. thank— parliamentary committee.t a primary school in south london. pupils were evacuated from rosemead prep school in dulwich after a second—floor ceiling in a year three classroom caved in this morning. the school says none of the injuries are life threatening. the tension between the eu and belarus has increased with the eu imposing additional sanctions and thousands of migrants now moved right up to the border crossing with poland, trapped in freezing conditions with troops in front and behind them. belarus' president lukashenko is accused of orchestrating the crisis by flying in migrants from the middle east and pushing them towards the country's eu borders with poland, lithuania and latvia — all in revenge for earlier sanctions. lukashenko, who has the support of russia's president putin, has denied the allegations. he claims he's trying to convince the migrants to go home but says they don't want to. our correspondent steve rosenberg has spent the day on the belarus side of the border, from where he sent this

dan roan, bbc news.ff the mark after 15 minutes, and it took them until the second half to make the game safe. two late goals from lotte wubben—moy and this vivianne miedema wrapped things up for the gunners. arsenal look set to seal second place and a place in the quarter finals with a draw in their remaining two games. dean smith has told the norwich fans he can keep the club in the premier league. having returned to management just a week after he was sacked by aston villa, smith believes there's enough quality in the squad to survive. if i thought it was a risk, i wouldn't have taken it. we've got 27 games left. there is a lot of points to play for. we're just on the back of a win. i've seen how progressive this club has been. yes it's been difficult in the premier league so far, and mine and craig'sjob is to keep us in the league. that's firmly what we believe we can do. cameron norrie had a whirlwind day at the atp tour finals in turin. he was called into the tournament at lunchtime as a replacemen

dan roan there.ry's atacama desert. tim allman has the story. some call this the desert graveyard — an arid, desolate place. but dig down deep beneath the sand and the topsoil, and it is somewhere rich in hidden knowledge. fossils and bones, an insight into life on this planet from another age. translation: we found different types of vertebrates. _ without a doubt one of the most striking is a wonderfully large fish, a shark. it is the megalodon. it is famous because of the hollywood movie the meg and this is the place where the largest number of their teeth have been found. and this is what that wonderfully large fish might have looked like. it is believed the megalodon lived somewhere between 23 million and 3.6 million years ago. they could grow up to around 20m in length, a fierce and terrifying predator. quite the discovery, but no surprise to anyone around here. translation: atacama is nature's laboratory. i to understand the origins of the universe, and also how vertebrates have evolved, as we

here's our sports editor dan roan.ow engulfed in a racism scandal centred on former player azeem rafiq. an independent panel found the spin bowler had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying while at the club. yorkshire apologised, but took no action against any member of staff, and political pressure has been intensifying. what we've read is deeply shocking and one of the most disturbing events in modern cricket history, in my view. i can think of very few reasons why the board of yorkshire cricket club should remain in place. after a leak of the investigation�*s findings, it emerged that a current yorkshire player repeatedly used a racially offensive term towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but the panel regarded it as friendly banter, sparking an outcry. tonight, after mounting speculation, former england star gary ballance revealed he was the player concerned. in a statement the yorkshire batsman said... earlier, on a dramatic day, a host of yorkshire's sponsors ended their partnerships with the c

dan roan, bbc news, headingley.ors have just 24 hours to agree a deal that will limit global temperature rises to 1.5 degrees. there was a gloomy message today from the head of the un, antonio guterres, who said governments were unlikely to make the pledges needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the targets set. 0ur science editor david shukman is in glasgow and considers what still needs to be done, as the conference draws to a close. the endgame of the conference — urgent consultations with governments back home, checking the agreement line by line, assessing every word. the warnings about rising temperatures are clear, but national interests are at stake, so the talks go on. we are not there yet on the most critical issues. there is still a lot more work to be done and cop26 is scheduled to close at the end of tomorrow. so, time is running out. so, to try to maintain momentum, relatively easy decisions were passed tonight, and this follows initiatives by groups of nations last week. a plan to cut met

here's our sports editor dan roan. a racism scandal centred on former player azeem rafiq. an independent panel found the spin bowler had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying while at the club. yorkshire apologised, but took no action against any member of staff, and political pressure has been intensifying. what we've read is deeply shocking and one of the most disturbing events in modern cricket history, in my view. i can think of very few reasons why the board of yorkshire cricket club should remain in place. after a leak of the investigation�*s findings, it emerged that a current yorkshire player repeatedly used a racially offensive term towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but the panel regarded it as friendly banter, sparking an outcry. tonight, after mounting speculation, former england star gary ballance revealed he was the player concerned. in a statement the yorkshire batsman said:. earlier, on a dramatic day, a host of yorkshire's sponsors ended their partnerships with the club, as the fal

dan roan, bbc news, headingley.ident, barack 0bama, has been addressing the cop26 summit in glasgow, as discussions focus on how to mitigate the climate change that is already affecting the world. the uk's pledged an additional £290 million to help poorer nations, part of a $100 billion package it's seeking from richer countries. mr 0bama, who grew up on the hawaiian islands in the pacific, said action can't be delayed, as our science editor david shukman reports. deeperfloods, biggerfires, higher temperatures. climate change is being felt around the world, so the talks in glasgow are not just about the future, they're about coping with a hotter and more hostile planet right now. pushing for an urgent response is the former us president, barack 0bama. getting a rockstar reception here and saying "it's not too late". 0ur planet has been wounded by our actions. those wounds won't be healed today, or tomorrow or the next. but they can be healed. and addressing young activists, he appealed to them to keep up the pressur

dan roan, bbc news, headingley.oy has died after a dog attack near caerphilly in south wales. gwent police said they were called to the scene at around ii:00pm this afternoon and confirmed that the child had died at the scene. the dog was shot by firearms officers. the government's latest coronavirus figures for the uk, show there were more than 32,000 new infections recorded in the latest 2a hour period, which means on average there were 34,255 new cases reported per day in the last week. 57 deaths were recorded, that's of people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—i9 test. on average in the last week, 170 —related deaths were recorded each day. numbers are often lower on a monday. and just over 10.3 million people have received their boosterjab. poland has accused belarus of trying to trigger a major incident on the border between the two countries, by encouraging migrants to try to force their way across. the polish government says there are currently between 3,000 and 4,000 people at the border with thou

mr hutton has been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan, who began by asking him how big a problemis hard to know. when i firstjoined as chairman in 2020, the allegations from azeem rafiq came quickly after so i thought it was important to ask that question and we instructed an international law firm to look at that question and they have provided a report. and that report concludes, perhaps unsatisfactorily, that there is insufficient evidence whether to work out yorkshire is institutionally racist or not but what i would say is that there is a game wide issue that ultimately the ecb would be well advised to take a broader look at and approach across the whole game.— the whole game. finding there is insufficient _ the whole game. finding there is insufficient evidence _ the whole game. finding there is insufficient evidence that - the whole game. finding there is insufficient evidence that the - insufficient evidence that the county is institutionally racist is not the same thing as saying it is not the same thing as saying it is not and what do you think, based on what you have s

here's our sports editor dan roan.m that cricketer azeem rafiq suffered at yorkshire has plunged the county into an unprecedented crisis. today, as the fallout continued, the chairman bowed to intense pressure to step down, and, just hours after announcing his departure, roger hutton told me the club had let their former player down. i am sorry that he didn't have his allegations investigated in 2018. i'm sorry it has taken so long. i am sorry that, ultimately, the club hasn't shown the right contrition. i have not personally met anyone i would consider racist at yorkshire county cricket club. what i have seen is a culture that is locked in the past. amid more resignations at 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 within the club to accept its findings, understand them or recognise them. and since then, that has been incredibly frustrating. the ecb has banned headingley from hosting england mat

dan roan, bbc news.colm x are set to be exonerated. he was shot dead in new york in 1965 as he prepared to give a speech. the manhattan district attorney said muhammad al aziz and khalil islam did not get the justice they deserved. the conviction of a third man, thomas hagan, has not been overturned. poland's border force say around 1,000 migrants are still gathered at the frontier with belarus, as the european union stepped up its efforts to resolve the crisis. tensions increased yesterday after polish forces used tear gas and water cannon to stop migrants trying to enter the country. our correspondent, jenny hill, sent his report from the polish side of the border, and a warning, it does contain flashing images. fury, frustration at the gateway to europe. polish border guards released this footage. night after night, they say, belarusian troops force migrants to try and reach the border. that's what sagvan told us, too. and say, "go, go, go." "every people must go." he tell you, "if you come back i'll

dan roan, bbc news, headingley.oblems hampering growth. new figures from the office for national statistics show the uk's economy grew by 1.3% — less than many analysts had expected. here's our economics editor faisal islam. polishing metal in the midlands. this west bromwich manufacturer can see the growth in the economy since the depths of the pandemic lockdown. but some of the shine is now coming off. we've seen month—on—month growth. we did see in august and the early part of september that it dropped slightly, but a lot of that was because our customers physically couldn't get hold of the material. it was stuck at ports, it couldn't come into the uk to be processed. now that has all since come in, causing bottlenecks in production. and that is exactly what is seen in the big economic numbers, too. the pandemic rebound beginning to fade with normal service not quite resuming. we are on the right path, but of course there are global challenges ahead, and that's why the budget set out a plan to build a stronger ec

our sports editor dan roan has the story. and after the threat of a breakaway, scrutiny on football has intensified. and tonight, the woman tasked with a landmark review of the english game told me it was time for radical reform. we've seen football lurch from crisis to crisis over the last decade or so and unfortunately we haven't necessarily had the right levels of regulation in place to stop that crisis from happening. i think we've reached a point where people are saying no more. crucially, crouch wants a powerful independent football regulator that would have stopped the attempt by the premier league's big six earlier this year tojoin a european super league. overseeing financial regulation, it could even block spending by owners deemed to be irresponsible. is there a danger, though, that it makes investing in clubs here a less attractive proposition? i don't believe that anything that i do, or i've recommended in this report, will deter investors from operating in english football. if anything, i think it would encourag

here's our sports editor dan roan.m that cricketer azeem rafiq suffered at yorkshire has plunged the county into an unprecedented crisis. today, as the fallout continued, the chairman bowed to intense pressure to step down, and, just hours after announcing his departure, roger hutton told me the club had left their former player down. i hutton told me the club had left theirformer player down. i am hutton told me the club had left their former player down. i am sorry that he didn't _ their former player down. i am sorry that he didn't have _ their former player down. i am sorry that he didn't have his _ their former player down. i am sorry that he didn't have his allegations i that he didn't have his allegations investigated in 2018. i am sorry it has taken so long. i am sorry that, ultimately, the club hasn't shown the right contrition. i have not personally met anyone i would consider racist at yorkshire county cricket club. what i have seen is a culture that is locked in the past. are made more resignations at headi

dan roan, bbc news.lace and a place in the quarter finals with a draw in their remaining two games. dean smith has told the norwich fans he can keep the club in the premier league. having returned to managementjust a week after he was sacked by aston villa, smith believes there's enough quality in the squad to survive. if i thought it was a risk, i wouldn't have taken it. we've got 27 games left in the premier league. there's a lot of points to play for. we're just on the back of a win. i've seen how progressive this club has been. yes, it's been difficult in the premier league so far, and mine and craig'sjob is to keep us in the league. and that's firmly what we believe we can do. cameron norrie had a whirlwind day at the atp tour finals in turin. he was called into the tournament at lunchtime as a replacement for the injured stefanos tsitsipas. hours later, norrie, the british number one, was on court against casper ruud. but he lost in three sets and can't now qualify for the semi finals, and faces wo

dan roan, bbc news.while out walking during the lockdown. the mosaic depicts a scene from homer's epic poem, the iliad, and although a handful like it have been unearthed in other parts of europe, it's the first of its kind ever discovered in the uk. the site has now been granted protection following a recommendation from historic england. our midlands correspondent, phil mackie, has been to meet the man who stumbled across a piece of history. hidden for more than a millennium and a half — a mosaic so rare, nothing like it's ever been found in the uk before, and it's part of a much bigger roman villa complex from the third or fourth centuries. excavations were carried out this summer in a farmer's field in rutland, but the discovery was made in 2020 by the farmer's son, jim irvine. it was amazing, really. i mean, the level of preservation. he found some pottery fragments, then checked satellite imagery and noticed the outline of what looked like ancient buildings. and this is the the mosaics in this sect

he's been talking to our sports editor dan roan.onse he'd received. i'm incredibly relieved. it felt like a massive weight off my shoulders. i spoke to my dad last night. what did he say? he was just really proud of me and he said, look, no runs or wickets could have done what i did yesterday and i should be really proud of myself. rafiq's harrowing testimony to mps laid bare the racism he suffered at his former club. i'm very determined that this is going to be looked back as the moment where not only sport, but society as a whole, went in a different direction to where it's been going. it's really important that we don't let this moment go and try and use this moment as real watershed moment for the future. the ecb has been criticised for their handling of the crisis. chief executive tom harrison admitting to the committee that the sport he runs was facing an emergency over diversity. he's probably got a few months where we need to see some tangible changes and i think if it's not something that changes in the next few months, the

denied it, and says he was very proud that asian players were included in the team. 0ur sports editor dan roanlengthening shadow over english cricket is intensifying on what seems like a daily basis right now. earlier this month, michael vaughan revealed that he had been named in a landmark report that looked into azeem rafik�*s claims of institutional racism at yorkshire. now vaughan denied the allegations that he had made a racism remark to a group of asian yorkshire players backin a group of asian yorkshire players back in 2009. but today, breaking his silence was the current england star, adil rashid, who said in a statement addressing what he called an intensely personal matter, that he had heard vaughan say that, becoming the second player to corroborate the claims. now a few hours later, vaughan issued a statement reiterating his previous denial, saying it was inconceivable that he would say such a thing, and making reference to the fact that you for player in the group said he couldn't recollect the alleged event —— a fourth player in the group. meanwhile maurice chambers, a former ess

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here's our sports editor dan roan.here were questions over its governance. headingley here was meant to, next summer, be hosting two big lucrative england matches, but they could now go elsewhere. costing the club potentially millions of pounds in lost ticket revenue on top of the huge financial hit it has already taken with yet more sponsors today deserting the club. the unprecedented nature of the ecb's punishment a reflection of the gravity now of this crisis which has engulfed yorkshire. their batsman, meanwhile, gary ballance, he's been handed an indefinite international ban by the ecb after he yesterday admitted using a racial slur against rafiq, and tonight a second former yorkshire player admitted they were named in the report. former england captain and prominent pundit michael vaughn saying that he had been accused by rafiq of in 2009, using and making a racist comment towards him and two other asian players. he categorically denies the allegation, he says. meanwhile, tomorrow, the board here at yorkshire wil

our sports editor dan roan reports.s them all. today the clubs newly installed chairmen filed lessons would be learned. after 158 years we need to change, we don't need to accept the past and we don't need to accept the past and we don't need to accept the past and we don't need to become a club which people can trust to do the right thing. a, people can trust to do the right thin. �* ,., people can trust to do the right thin. . ., ., , thing. a report found former player azeem rafiq _ thing. a report found former player azeem rafiq was _ thing. a report found former player azeem rafiq was a _ thing. a report found former player azeem rafiq was a victim _ thing. a report found former player azeem rafiq was a victim of - azeem rafiq was a victim of harassment and bullying at your chart about the club took no action against anyone sparking outrage. todayit against anyone sparking outrage. today it settled a separate employment tribunal with a spinner with no gagging order imposed. i with no gagging order imposed. i thank

our sports editor dan roan is at headingley for us.n unacceptable and there were questions over its governance. headingley was meant to stage two big england matches, but they could now go elsewhere. costing the club potentially millions in lost ticket revenue, on top of the financial hit it has taken with more sponsors deserting the club. the punishment is a reflection of the gravity of the crisis that has engulfed yorkshire. gary ballance, their batsman has been handed a ban after he admitted using a racial slur against rafiq and a second player admitted they were named. michael vaughan saying that he had been accused by rafiq of in 2009 using, making a racist comment towards him and two other asian players. he denies that allegation, he says. tomorrow, the board here at yorkshire will hold an emergency meets and i have learned that a number of the board members are preparing to announce their resignation, as the fallout continues.— the bank of england has kept interest rates at the historic low of 0.1%, but warned that we should exp

our sports editor dan roan reports from headingley., but yorkshire is now engulfed in a racism scandal centred on former player azeem rafiq. an independent panel found the spin bowler had been the victim of racial harassment and bullying while at the club. yorkshire apologised, but took no action against any member of staff, and political pressure has been intensifying. what we've read is deeply shocking and one of the most disturbing events in modern cricket history, in my view. i can think of very few reasons why the board of yorkshire cricket club should remain in place. after a leak of the investigation�*s findings, it emerged that a current yorkshire player repeatedly used a racially offensive term towards rafiq about his pakistani heritage, but the panel regarded it as friendly banter, sparking an outcry. tonight, after mounting speculation, former england star gary ballance revealed he was the player concerned. in a statement the yorkshire batsman said... earlier, on a dramatic day, a host of yorkshire's sponsors ended their par

here's our sports editor dan roan.edented crisis. today, as the fallout continued, the chairman bowed to intense pressure and in his first interview after announcing his resignation, roger hutton told me that the club had let their former player down. i am sorry that he did not have his allegations investigated in 2018. i am sorry that it has taken so long. i am sorry that ultimately the club has not shown the right contrition. i have not personally met anyone that i would consider a racist at yorkshire county cricket club. what i have seen is a culture that is locked in the past. amid more resignations at 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 sh

our sports editor dan roan�*s report contains some details you may find offensive.ou feeling, azeem? all right. his allegations have already plunged yorkshire cricket into crisis. today, azeem rafiq brought them to westminster, laying bare the ordeal he says he and other asian players were subjected to at his former club, including a racist term aimed at his pakistani heritage. there were comments such as, "you lot sit over there, near the toilets." "elephant washers." the word expletivel was used constantly. and there just seemed to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no—one ever stamped it out. i felt isolated, humiliated at times. struggling to contain his emotions, rafiq went on to describe his experience at headingley after his son was stillborn in 2017. through that time, the treatment that i received from some of the club officials was inhuman. they weren't really bothered about the fact that i was at training one day and i get a phone call to say there's no heartbeat... rafiq claimed former team—mate gary ballance used the name "kevin" a

dan roan, bbc news, headingley. let's stay with today's sport. good evening. southgate has sent his best wishes to steven gerrard as he makes the move south from rangers to aston villa. the former liverpool captain leaves the scottish champions after three years in charge, having guided them to a first league title in ten years last season. he replaces dean smith, who was sacked on sunday after a run of five successive defeats. southgate has been speaking to the media this afternoon and gave his thoughts on the move. stephen has always had fantastic leadership qualities. i was 30 when he came into the england squad, he was a talent but always had great drive. he's had a fabulous start to his managerial career. he leaves one massive football club to join another. and i'm sure it's a challenge that he is looking forward to, it's a great opportunity for him. frank lampard could soon be joining steven gerrard in the premier league. the former chelsea boss is among a number of candidates in talks with norwich about becoming their new manager. the canaries sacked da

dan roan, bbc news.i—anne mcleod. the teenager was reported missing on saturday, after she left home to catch a bus into plymouth town centre to meet friends but never arrived. police found a woman's body on tuesday, in nearby bovisand, but formal identification is yet to take place. a 24—year—old man remains in custody. police say he was not known to her. a significant number of enquiries and searches have been carried out in relation to the ongoing murder investigation in plymouth. earlier today, a 26—year—old man, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, was released from police custody, having been eliminated from the enquiry. a 24—year—old man remains in police custody at this time, on suspicion of murder, under a warrant of further detention. this warrant was granted by plymouth magistrates court and allows officers to detain the man for an additional 2a hours. i can confirm that, at this time, there is no known link between the suspect and bobbi—anne, and i would like to reassure the public that a

dan roan, bbc news.iled but who have since been released under the taliban takeover. after receiving death threats, some of the judges have fled to the uk as part of a british government rescue mission. sima kotecha has been talking to two of them — we are not naming them at their request. as the taliban took charge of afghanistan again, they released thousands of prisoners. almost 300 female judges and lawyers were forced into hiding, worried about those prisoners they had convicted now coming after them. the bbc has exclusively been speaking to the first two female judges to have arrived in the uk just this weekend about their experiences under taliban control. these women have decades of experience sitting asjudges in the highest courts in afghanistan. the taliban had said it would not kill any femalejudges, but human rights groups say they have been tortured and murdered. when you think about your female relatives and friends in afghanistan, and you think about what is happening in your country, how

this report by our sports editor dan roan includes some offensive language.ling, azeem? all right. his allegations have already plunged yorkshire cricket into crisis. today, azeem rafiq brought them to westminster, laying bare the ordeal he says he and other asian players were subjected to at his former club, including a racist term aimed at his pakistani heritage. there were comments such as, "you lot sit over there, near the toilets." "elephant washers." the word expletivel was used constantly. there just seemed to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no—one ever stamped it out. i felt isolated, humiliated at times. struggling to contain his emotions, rafiq went on to describe his experience at headingley after his son was stillborn in 2017. through that time, the treatment that i received from some of the club officials was inhuman. they weren't really bothered about the fact that i was at training one day and i get a phone call to say there's no heartbeat... rafiq claimed former team—mate gary ballance used the name "kevin" as a deroga

here's our sports editor dan roan.lly unacceptable, and that there were questions over its governance. headingley here was meant to, next summer, be hosting two big lucrative england matches, but they could now go elsewhere. costing the club potentially millions of pounds in lost ticket revenue on top of the huge financial hit it has already taken with yet more sponsors today deserting the club. the unprecedented nature of the ecb's punishment a reflection of the gravity now of this crisis which has engulfed yorkshire. their batsman, meanwhile, gary ballance, he's been handed an indefinite international ban by the ecb after he yesterday admitted using a racial slur against rafiq, and tonight a second former yorkshire player admitted they were named in the report. former england captain and prominent pundit michael vaughn saying that he had been accused by rafiq of in 2009, using and making a racist comment towards him and two other asian players. he categorically denies the allegation, he says. meanwhile, tomorrow, the

dan roan, bbc news.otballer and the co—chair of fa equality now, which campaigns for changes to the way the football association is run. good to have you with us. thank you forjoining me. it was that failed bid to create a european super league that was the catalyst for all of this. that would have left a lot of this. that would have left a lot of clubs further down the pyramid of english football in the lurch, but are these plans are set out by tracey crouch, the solution? praise the lord, alleluia, _ tracey crouch, the solution? praise the lord, alleluia, we _ tracey crouch, the solution? praise the lord, alleluia, we are _ tracey crouch, the solution? praise the lord, alleluia, we are finally- the lord, alleluia, we are finally getting somewhere, football is coming home, you could say. i think it is the solution. it has been well documented, the issues in football, and the super league pushed the arms of people and the fans are the ones who pay the money and go into the grounds, so tracey crouch and t

our sports news editor dan roan is outside headingly for us. the club still has many questions to answer, but how significant are these resignations? well, hugely significant. certainly in the case _ well, hugely significant. certainly in the case of _ well, hugely significant. certainly in the case of roger _ well, hugely significant. certainly in the case of roger hutton, - well, hugely significant. certainly in the case of roger hutton, thel in the case of roger hutton, the chairman of course. he has presided over the handling of this crisis. of course, it was on his watch that the club took the decision to take no action against any member of staff or player or executive, despite the fact that azeem rafiq had been found to have suffered racial harassment and bullying, after he claimed that there was institutional racism here. that sparked an outcry was not intensified this week and there's been huge political pressure building. as you said, there has been sponsors deserting the club. they have lost the right to stage international matches.

dan roan, bbc news, headingley. that's all the time we have. uk for the next few days. hello. some pretty quiet weather across the uk for the next few days. largely light winds and some mild air covering us, pulling in from the west or southwest. temperatures across england and wales in double figures to start the day will get into the mid teens come the afternoon for the best of the sunshine to the far south, east some rain across northern england and wales, the cloud certainly more interactive throughout the day. sunny spells for scotland and northern ireland with showers to the far and west and quite a chilly feel torn away and loic. for wednesday and thursday we are still looking at largely light winds and favourably mild wind directions. some rain to the south of the uk potentially on wednesday but nothing particular he it's thursday into friday that we are going to be all eyes on the atlantic to watch the slow coming in. slightly courted to sneaks for the south the small hours of wednesday, we could see a patch of frost and some of the ar

our sports editor dan roan reports.again. after 158 years we are ready to change, we are ready to accept a report found former player azeem rafiq was a victim of racial harassment and bullying at yorkshire, but the club took no action against anyone, sparking outrage. today, it settled a separate employment tribunal with the spinner with no gagging order imposed. yorkshire are setting up an independent whistle—blowing hotline for other victims of discrimination to come forward and, after criticism over a lack of transparency, have also released the report to those with a legal interest in it. have you had a chance to look through the full report and if so, what did you think of what you found in it? what i have seen so far does make me feel uncomfortable that the process wasn't as well complete as it should have been. that's why it needs seismic change. today in a statement, azeem rafiq said... having become engulfed by a crisis that has rocked the cricketing world, yorkshire will be desperately hoping that this marks t

our sports editor dan roan�*s report report contains some details you may find offensive.eeling, azeem? all right. his allegations have already plunged yorkshire cricket into crisis. today, azeem rafiq brought them to westminster, laying bare the ordeal he says he and other asian players were subjected to at his former club, including a racist term aimed at his pakistani heritage. there were comments such as, "you lot sit over there, near the toilets." "elephant washers." the word expletive used constantly. and there just seemed to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no one ever stamped it out. i felt isolated, humiliated at times. struggling to contain his emotions, rafiq went on to describe his experience at headingley after his son was stillborn in 2017. through that time, the treatment that i received from some of the club officials was inhuman. they weren't really bothered about the fact that i was at training one day and i get a phone call to say there is no heartbeat. rafiq claimed former team—mate gary ballance used the name kevin as a derogato

our sports editor, dan roan, is outside headingley. the pressure is really intensifying tonight.ng toniaht. , , , ,. , tonight. absolutely, yes. this club, the most successful— tonight. absolutely, yes. this club, the most successful in _ tonight. absolutely, yes. this club, the most successful in the - tonight. absolutely, yes. this club, the most successful in the history l the most successful in the history of the county game, was already under serious scrutiny over the fact it had taken no action against any current employee or player, despite the fact, as you say, an independent panel had found that azeem rafiq had suffered racial harassment and bullying during his spell here as a player. then the scrutiny got a lot worse this week, when there was a leak of the report and there was a claim that a current player used a racially offensive term towards azeem rafiq repeatedly, which made reference to his pakistani heritage, but that the panel deemed it friendly banter so no action was taken against that player. that sparked outcry from senior politicians and ministers, some of w

he's been talking to our sports editor, dan roan.tions of institutional racism to westminster, the former yorkshire player told me he had been overwhelmed by the response he had received. i am incredibly relieved. it felt like a massive weight off my shoulders. i spoke to my dad last night. what did he say? he was just really proud of me and he said, look, all that no runs or wickets could have done what i did yesterday. and i should be really proud of myself. at times struggling to contain his emotions, rafiq's harrowing testimony to mps laid bare the racism he suffered at his former club. i'm very determined that this is going to be looked back on as the moment where not only sport, but society as a whole, went in a different direction to what it has been going. the ecb has been criticised for their handling of the crisis. chief executive tom harrison admitting to the committee that the sport he runs was facing an emergency over diversity. i feel like he probably has a few months where we need to see some tangible changes. and i th