forest green rovers‘ win means a town that would have fitted 15 times inside wembley, will be hostingball next season. not bad for a team dubbed "the little club on the hill". extremely quiet place. it's a village club, and you've only got to drive round the place and you realise there's hardly anyone around. but very close net at forest green, and i think that's why they've become so successful. it's not just what this club has achieved, though, it's the way that it's achieved it. forest green aims to be the greenest and the most environmentally friendly football club in the world. there's solar panels on the stadium, even a solar powered robotic lawn mower, but perhaps most strikingly, the club is all vegan. the players today were tucking into meat free pies, while for the fans the only burgers are of the veggie variety. it's their owner's vision, green energy millionaire dale vince, who says both team and supporters have embraced their diet. there are a lot of elite athletes around the world that are vegan or are going vegan. there's a lot of scientific evidence that it's better fo

forest green rovers power their stadium with solar power, and follow vegan diets. english football league, so something is definitely working. our correspondent andy swiss went to find out what is giving them their spark. welcome to football's newest and unlikeliest outpost. nailsworth, population 5800, pride beyond measure after this corner of the cotswolds gatecrashed the big—time. forest green rovers‘ win means a town that would have fitted 15 times inside wembley will be hosting the league football this season. not bad for a team dubbed the little club on the hill. a truly quiet place, it is a village club and you only have to drive around the place and you realise that there is hardly anyone around. very close—knit at forest green, andi around. very close—knit at forest green, and i think that is why we have become so successful. it is not just what this club has achieved, though. it is the way they have achieved it. forest green aims to be the greenest, most environmentally friendly football club in the world. there are solar panels on the stadium, even a sol

commentator: forest green winners the history makers of forest green rovers, now a premier league club given the opportunity to represent forest green and take them up to the football league is such an honour. next year, why can't we do it again? get promoted? next year, why can't we do it again? get promoted ? bristol next year, why can't we do it again? get promoted? bristol rovers the last year. nailsworth, population of just 6000, will be the smallest place ever to host a football league club. a0 years ago they were playing in the gloucestershire county league. it's fantastic, isn't it? for the whole stroud area. the foot ball for the whole stroud area. the football league club. amazing! , believing. it's amazing. 1953i've been waiting for this. my father and my brother paid for them. yes!l ta keover my brother paid for them. yes!l takeover by green energy businessman vince has transformed forest green. believed to be the worlds only be given football club. but at wembley yesterday, it was the football the headlines. phil is brilliant. what an achievement to have this little clu b

that's a common taunt thrown at the forest green rovers side, who'll be playing in the football league beating tranmere in the national league play—off final at wembley. they're based in the gloucestershire village of nailsworth and their chairman and backer is dale vince, an environmental campaigner and owner of a green energy company. he has enforced a vegan diet on the players. one of the scorers yesterday was christian doidge, who says he doesn't miss eating meat, now he's used to a vegan diet. surprised at first and as you go along with it you get used to it and it is absolutely fine now. if i was to act any differently, i would find it weird now. it is what the chairman wants so you've got to do it. it comes from our work in the environment and focusing on sustainability. three areas of life we have control over and account for 80% of environmental problems. we find that represented. we have an organic page, vegan menu, electric cars, and so on. we are showing fans of foot ball cars, and so on. we are showing fans of football that we need to change the way we live for an reasons.

forest green rovers have been promoted to the efl for the first time in their history after a 3—1 winleague play—off final at wembley. with half time approaching the sides were drawing 1—1 before christian doidge helped forest green edge in front. kaiyne woolery had scored their opener and his second made it 3—1 before the interval could come. neither side managed to add to that and after missing out last season, forest green have now secured a place in league two. lewis hamilton has moved to within six points of championship leader sebastian vettel after winning the spanish grand prix. it's hamilton's second race win of the season. tom clarkson was in barcelona for us. this is the battle that formula 1 has been wanting. two of the best drivers in the world with seven world championships between them, racing wheel to wheel and even touching wheels on the racetrack. as you can imagine, victory in the spanish grand prix was one that lewis hamilton relish... formula 1 price on the spectacular. in barcelona, a battle for the championship is taking place. over lewis hamilton's shoulder, se

butjoy for forest green rovers who are promoted to the english football league for the first time afterting tranmere rovers. they were founded over 125 years ago. they were founded over 125 years ago. and the stars hit the red carpet for tonight's bafta television awards. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the head of the european union's law enforcement agency says the hackers who targeted organisations including the nhs on friday have put out a new version of their cyber attack. rob wainwright, the head of europol, said there were now 200,000 victims of the cyber attack around the world and more could be affected as computers are turned on tomorrow morning. seven nhs trusts in england are still affected, with patients being warned about further disruption in coming days. here's our health editor hugh pym. it was the biggest ever attack on health service it systems. today, staff at those hospitals caught up in the disruption were doing their best to get up and running. they used paper where they had to. but the nhs was one victim of a global cyber assault and europe's police agency

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forest green rovers have been promoted to the football league after beating tranmere rovers 3—1 in thestian doidge. .. kaiyne woolery had scored forest green's first goal and he then made it 3—1 before the break. neither side managed to add to that and forest green can now look forward to a first season in the football league. it hasn't been a good afternoon for england goalkeeperjoe hart who conceded five goals as his torino side were beaten 5—0 at home to napoli. four of the goals came in the last 30 minutes of the game including this one from dries mertens. hart has let in 57 goals in serie a since leaving manchester city for torino on loan in september. lewis hamilton has moved to within six points of championship leader sebastian vettel after winning the spanish grand prix in barcelona. it's hamilton's second race win of the season. joe lynskey has more. formula 1 thrives on the spectacular. in barcelona, a battle for the championship is taking shape, pursuing lewis hamilton's world title is sebastian vettel. the german set the pace so far this season, here to an early charge got

forest green rovers will play in the football league for the first time in their history, after beatingthe trophy. and the team from nailsworth, in gloucestershire, with a population of under 6,000, can now look forward to a first season in the efl. there was a thrilling barcelona grand prix, lewis hamilton winning, to trim the gap on sebastian vettel to six points at the top of formula one‘s drivers‘ championship. the briton was second for much of the race, despite starting on pole, but overtook vettel‘s ferrari in the final stages. vettel and hamilton have two race wins each as formula 1 rolls on to monaco next weekend. rafa nadal has continued his impressive clay—court season with another win, this time at the madrid masters. the world number four beat dominic thiem in straight sets. it is his third consecutive title, with the first grand slam of the season, the french open, just a week away. ian poulter hopes to use his second place at golf‘s unofficial fifth major, the players championship as a stepping stone for the rest of the season. the englishman finished three shots behind so

this is in china, forest green rovers are in the football league, in china there is a football pitchingham forest. —— ewe tree. i reckon if you play on any pitch this morning, and there's a worst hazard in the area than a giant tree, let us know. it is managed by spruce rioch apparently! this fight, the fighter has lost two and a half ofst despite having a high—fat diet. —— two and a half stone. he puts butter in his coffee. doesn't really sound very nice. i would be ordering one of those! —— won't be. it's said to be the oldest trophy in international sport, but britain has never won sailing's america's cup. this year, though, four—time olympic champion sir ben ainslie hopes to change that. ainslie and his team will start the campaign to qualify tomorrow in bermuda. our correspondent natalie pirks was given exclusive access to the team as they prepared to race. as the most successful sailor in olympic history, sir ben ainslie is well versed in pursuit of glory. but overin well versed in pursuit of glory. but over in bermuda today he finds himself in a most unfamiliar role, that of t