the meteorite that landed outside a family home in gloucestershire, about to go on public display athannel: chelsea in the hunt for a quadruple. can they add the women's champions league this weekend to their wsl title when they take on barcelona in sweden? lockdown has had a huge impact on children's lives — not least, on the amount of sport and physical activity they've been doing. children and young people should be active for about an hour a day, but fewer than half managed that in the past year. every primary school in england receives thouands of pounds of money which is ring—fenced specifically for pe, but the bbc has learned that the money isn't always being used for that. here's our sports correspondent, natalie pirks. friday happy hour looks a little different at academy at st james'. children laugh four years ago, this school — in the top 10% of deprived areas in bradford — was in special measures... you push it, guys! cheering ..but since staff focused more on pe, things have changed. 0ur attainment�*s gone up from 27% to 6a%, combining two years. we believe that investin

and the meteorite that came down to earth in gloucestershire, carrying secrets about the formation oft in the next 15 minutes on the bbc news channel, there is another managerial vacancy in the women's super league, because after keeping birmingham city up, carla ward has resigned from her position. prince harry says he wants to "break the cycle" of pain and suffering he experienced growing up, so he doesn't pass it on to his own children. the duke of sussex was speaking on a podcast, in which he said his life as a royal was like a mixture of the truman show and being in a zoo. harry suggested his own pain may have come in part from his parents — but said he wasn't "pointing the finger" at anyone. james reynolds reports. a month ago, at the funeral of the duke of edinburgh, prince harry briefly took the same path as the rest of his family. but, back in the states, on a podcast, he has again made his own tracks. isn't life about breaking the cycle, right? yeah. there is no blame, i mean we shouldn't be pointing the finger or blaming anybody, but certainly, when it comes to parenting, i

a meteorite that landed in gloucestershire in february will be on display at the natural history museumlondon, when it re—opens next week. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the government has this morning confirmed it's sending more vaccine doses to some parts of the uk that have seen an increase in the indian variant of coronavirus. it's one of a number of measures planned to try to tackle the spread — after the number of cases more than doubled over the past week. public health england has recorded 1,313 uk cases of the indian variant in the past week. the figures are more than double the 520 cases recorded last week. cases of the indian variant have been recorded in areas including london, bolton, tyneside and nottingham. health secretary matt hancock says the government "will not hesitate to take further action if necessary" — with the possibility of re—imposing local or regional restrictions. but the mayor of greater manchester andy burnham says he would be �*very concerned' by the prospect of re—introducing local lockdowns. another possible move could be bringing forward second dose

and the meteorite that landed outside a family home in gloucestershire, about to go on public displaylondon's natural history museum. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned that israel's biggest offensive against hamas in gaza in years is not over yet. palestinians in northern gaza have been fleeing the israeli bombardment. rockets were fired by militants towards israel from the territory for a fifth day. at least 122 people in gaza have been killed, and nine have died in israel since fighting began on monday. our middle east editor, jeremy bowen reports now from jerusalem. it's ugly and angry on the streets and towns shared byjews and arabs in israel. they have the same id papers and not much else in common. police broke down the door of a family in haifa. they deny accusations their sons were attacking jews. the police say their officers behaved correctly. the father, the imam of a mosque, and his two sons were arrested for attacking police officers. the woman who filmed this said they're scared not ofjews, but of racist police. a local rabbi visited, she said, to

gloucestershire police say they're likely to be at the site for several weeks. top story this evening: coroner rules entirely innocent people were shot by british soldiers. 4000 lucky ticket holders will watch the brit awards in person without masks. coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel. more on the debate around where this month's uefa champions league final between chelsea and manchester city will be held. at least seven children and a teacher have been killed in a shooting at a school in russia. more than 20 others were injured, many seriously. some children jumped out of third floor windows to try to escape. police have arrested the suspected attacker, a 19—year—old former pupil. he'd been carrying an automatic weapon, and was wearing an explosives vest. 0ur moscow correspondent steve rosenberg now reports. in this russian school, a day of learning became a day of bloodshed. school 175 was under attack. this cctv footage appears to show the gunman on his way there, weapon at the ready. when the shooting began, there was panic. some children tried t

it means that gloucestershire wicketkeeper james bracey is now set to make his england debut in place hameed has been brought back into the squad, as cover, for the first time since 2016. wicketkeeper batsman sam billings of kent, who's an established member of the white ball side, has also been called up. the long awaited hundred, cricket�*s revamped competition aimed at pulling in a younger more diverse audience begins this summer. another tournament which has been postponed because of the pandemic. with just 56 days to go until it starts, chris slegg has met up with two of the competitions stars. 0ctober october 2019, the launch of the hundred. due to start last summer, but covid—19 delayed to this. the ecb hopes it will attract the new ideas to cricket.— ideas to cricket. $100, the best -la ers ideas to cricket. $100, the best players in — ideas to cricket. $100, the best players in the _ ideas to cricket. $100, the best players in the world. _ ideas to cricket. $100, the best players in the world. a - ideas to cricket. $100, the best i players in the world. a brand-new players in

it means that gloucestershire wicketkeeperjames bracey is now set to make his england debut in his placeber of the white ball side, has also been called up. a penalty has just been missed, a penalty hasjust been missed, and i think villareal have actually won the europa league. we can go to olly foster now. there has been a winner. laughing would you believe it? it was 10—10. you know what that means? you go to the goalkeepers. for villareal, means? you go to the goalkeepers. forvillareal, he means? you go to the goalkeepers. for villareal, he spurred his first—ever, they swapped around, davitt a stuttering run up tried to pick the bottom right—hand corner, it was saved. villareal have won their first major european final. manchester united, they don't their wait for the first trophy in four years, that goes on to my note doesn't seem like an awful long time, but they have been getting closer and closer, but they are still waiting for their first trophy as manchester united manager. villareal are celebrating. they will be celebrating long and hard into the night. it's been a huge upset i

there was a bit of a boris moment when he came l to visit gloucestershire . in the election campaign.aking a different tact and is a lot i more prominent and in fact - we are hearing a lot more from him straight from the outset. so yeah, clearly that photo again, we don't know- how contrived that was. we know that his dog does feature quite heavily. - his dog has been on many calls... sure. it seems to have worked anyway. whether it's pictures of dogs or inflatables or putting out statements, we are of course talking about tools that politicians have to set the news agenda. of course one of the big stores that broke at the weekend was about keir starmer wielding an axe and this kind of proposed reshuffle, i'm talking about angela rayner in particular here. stephen, do you think that was an attempt to try to control the news cycle? yeah. in a slightly self—defeating way, it worked. he literally wielded the axe exactly as dan norris was standing up and going, i'd like to thank keir starmer, and keir starmer, his response was, i would like to thank dan norris by making sure that no one o

gloucestershire police say they're likely to be at the site for several weeks.s, gloucester. a former uk diplomat has been detained for eight months after plugs. he posted a serial things online about the court trial in 2020. it identified the complainants and could put the women are coming forward in the future. he was alleged to have committed sexual assault against nine women. the brit awards is getting under way and the audience doesn't have to wear facemasks or socially distance because the show as part of the government's pilot into not doing this. the hottest ticket in town, a negative covid test. everyone at tonight's brit awards needs one, the audience and the stars. not your normal preparation for the brit awards. ., ., , awards. not really. ch uckles - chuckles # anyway away from here #. his tested negative so will be performing with pink and the nhs choir, singing in front of an audience for the first time in over audience for the first time in over a year. i audience for the first time in over a ear. ~' �* , audience for the first time in over a ear

gloucestershire police have been examining the site of a cafe in gloucester after reports that it could contain human remains. they have now issued a statement this evening saying there is possible evidence to suggest that body could be buried inside the cafe. it's where15—year—old mary worked before she vanished in 1968 and where the serial killer fred west is known to have been both a customer and to have done work there at about that time. excavation work will now take place. likely will take some time. breaking news from gloucester, coming as a result of a documentary that itv were filming there and apparently they called in there and apparently they called in the police because of some disturbing evidence that they found at the scene. we will bring you any more that we get over the coming days here on bbc news. tomorrow's front pages, starting with... the guardian notes the covid variant first detected in india will become the dominant strain in the uk within days, with the government and health teams struggling to contain cases, which have risen by more than 75% since thursday. th

the fred west murders — gloucestershire police are ready to begin excavations in their search for themary bastholm. how a walk in the park could help our obesity crisis — for the first time, there were more than a million weight—related hospital admissions. a year on since george floyd was murdered in minneapolis — how has it changed the conversation about race here in britain? it wasjust, racism is bad because it's, "i hate black people." but now it's. .. we're beginning to understand that racism is a system. a self—portrait like no other — so who is the artist behind this ground—breaking exhibition? and coming up on the bbc news channel... just three days after the fa cup final, chelsea face leicester once again, with their places in the top four still in the balance. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. despite the widely reported surge in cases of the indian variant of covid, borisjohnson says he has yet to see conclusive evidence to amend the final stages of the road map unlocking the remaining restrictions. ministers are waiting for more data from the growing number

gloucestershire police have described it as potentially a significant development, and say they are likelye and to be given time to grieve. phil mackie, bbc news, gloucester. the compulsory microchipping of cats, a ban on the export of live animals for slaughter and a crackdown on puppy smuggling are among new animal welfare measures being published by the government today. the aim is to provide better protection for domesticated and wild creatures in the uk and abroad, and has been welcomed by campaigners. 0ur environment correspondent, claire marshall has the details. ok, i think she's calm enough now. at the bath cats and dogs home, vet nicola prepares to fit a new arrival with a microchip. i know it's a bit noisy. shadow has cat flu, so it has to be done here in isolation. that's in! many of these cats have clearly been well cared for. they may well have owners who are searching for them. but if they're not microchipped, like around 2.6 million pet cats in the uk, it's much harder for them to be reunited. there's a good boy. today's announcement is really welcome here. what do you thin

we heard yesterday from gloucestershire police who confirmedl gloucestershire police who confirmed thatrother peter who was convinced that she had been kidnapped and murdered by fred west back in 1968. apparently fred west back in 1968. apparently fred west had made a confession was but then can health himself —— made a confession in prison but then killed himself. a documentary team making a documentary about the cromwell street murders and fred and rose west made the discovery on friday. west made the discovery on friday. we have seen police officers coming in and out of the side yesterday removing items. it's not clear if there has been anything confirmed about what was going on in there but what was interesting was the statement coming from mary bastholm's privacy yesterday, they asked for privacy but also asked for time to grieve for mary. this mystery has been going on for 53 years and it is possible this breakthrough might finally give the answer to mary's family they had been looking for.— answer to mary's family they had been looking for. the brit awards took place at the o2 ar

space rock and some of it ended up here, burned into the wilcock family's driveway winchcombe, gloucestershire would really _ solid. that would hurt! it would really hurt, - solid. that would hurt! it l would really hurt, wouldn't solid. that would hurt! it i would really hurt, wouldn't it? now _ would really hurt, wouldn't it? now though the family has the chance — now though the family has the chance to see the meteorite again. — chance to see the meteorite again. it _ chance to see the meteorite again, it has a new home alongside the natural history museum's most prized minerals. that was— museum's most prized minerals. that was on our driver now it is in the natural history museum of london! i cannot describe it, cannot describe it and now we have many people who are able to come and see it so it's wonderful.— are able to come and see it so it's wonderful. why did atlanta now drive? _ now drive? what wouldn't it have — now drive? what wouldn't it have landed _ now drive? what wouldn't it have landed in— now drive? what wouldn't it have landed in a _ now drive? what wouldn't it have landed

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gloucestershire police said experts are focusing on six areas underneath a toilet floor.fice for national statistics is partly explained by a jump in prices from low levels a year ago at the start of the pandemic. a two—day concert will take place at the glastonbury festival site this september. no date has been set yet for the concert, which is still dependent on the covid situation. the regular glastonbury festival, which normally welcomes 200,000 people, was cancelled this year and last year due to the pandemic. earlier, we reported on the confusion over holidays abroad. but one thing is clear, we can all have holidays here in britain. and the opening up is a lifeline for businesses across the country, some of which were on the brink of going under. 0ur correspondent danny savage has spent the last few days at the butlins holiday resort in skegness in lincolnshire. do you want to take this for granddad? yeah. this has been a long time coming. come and see this room. at last, grandma and grandad can holiday with their extended family. it's just nice to be able to see ot

gloucestershire police began excavating the cafe cellar on 19th of may.ing children to transport drugs out of cities so they can sell them in smaller towns. charities, working with young people caught up with the gangs, say they�*re overwhelmed by the numbers needing their help since the pandemic, many of them vulnerable teenagers who dropped out of sight of schools and social services. angus crawford reports. police! police! frighteningly, you know, they can be as young as seven or eight years of age, and that's scary. these children are victims. you know, this is modern slavery. these children are i being used as slaves. it�*s going to be in this block, here. a teenager is missing. dawn and tammy are police officers in northampton. theirjob, trace him, bring him to safety. have you heard from him today, or had contact from him? every day, they look for children, lost to county lines. he's stayed currently in a crack house, which is involved in knife crime. he's frightened. 0n the other side of the country... he cries in his sleep, i he comes home, he's

you may remember the dramatic pictures of a fireball lighting up the night sky in gloucestershire inmonday. scientists hope some of the recovered fragments could reveal how life started on our planet, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. blazing across the night sky at 50,000 kilometres an hour, the dramatic arrival of the uk space rock, and some of it ended up here, burnt into the wilcock family's driveway in winchcombe, gloucestershire. look at the incredible dent in that. this is tarmac, so it's a solid drive, isn't it? it's the kind of thing that if that had hit you... it would hurt. ..it would really hurt, wouldn't it? now, though, the family has a chance to see the meteorite again. it has a new home alongside the natural history museum's most prized minerals. it's mind—blowing. that was on our drive, and now it's in the naturall history museum in london. i can't describe it. and now we've got lots of people who will be able to come and see it, so it's just wonderful. why did it land on our drive? it could have landed a few metres away and landed in the hedge, a

space rock, and some of it ended up here, burnt into the wilcock family's driveway in winchcombe, gloucestershire show alongside the natural history museum's most prized minerals. it's mind blowing! it's in the natural history museum in london! i can't describe it. can't describe it. and now, we've got lots of people who'll be able to come and see it, so it's just wonderful. why did it land on our drive, you know? it could have landed a few metres away and landed in the hedge and we would never have seen it. these two meteorites, in conjunction, allow us these two meteorites, i in conjunction, allow us to look inside a planet... the fragments of the winchcombe meteorite are exceptionally rare. they're from something called a carbonaceous chondrite. winchcombe is very special i because it is one of the most pristine materials that we have available on earth to study. - and the thing that's really good about this particular case - is that we saw it fall, i and so we can use that fireball to kind of track back the trajectory, . work out where in the solar system it came from. - this space rock could

you may remember the dramatic pictures of a fireball lighting up the night sky in gloucestershire intists hope some of the recovered fragments could reveal how life started on our planet, as our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. blazing across the night sky at 50,000 kph, the dramatic arrival of the uk's space rock. and some of it ended up here, burnt into the wilcock family's driveway in winchcombe, gloucestershire. look at the incredible dent in that. i mean, this is tarmac, so it is a solid drive, isn't it? it's the kind of thing that if that had hit you, oryour car... it would hurt! it would really hurt, wouldn't it? now the family has a chance to see the meteorite again. it has a new home alongside the natural history museum's most prized minerals. it is mind blowing. that was on our drive and now it is in the natural history museum in london. i can't describe it, i can't describe it. and now we've got lots of people who be able to come and see it, why did it land on our drive, you know? - it could have landed a few metres away and landed in the hedge - and we would

it means that gloucestershire wicketkeeperjames bracey is now set to make his england debut in his placesam billings of kent, who's an established member of the white ball side, has also been called up. egan bernal is still in the leader's pinkjersey with four stages to go at the giro d'italia. but for the first time, in this afternoon's stage, he's lost time... ireland's dan martin broke away impressively to win stage 17 — he's now won stages at the tour de france, the vuelta a espana and the giro. he's no threat to the overall standings — but simon yates has moved up from fifth to third, after attacking and dropping bernal on the final climb. the colombian is still in the lead, by two minutes 23 seconds, but there are still two mountain stages to go. and royal ascot will have 60 thousand spectators, over the five days of the festival in june. 12 thousand will be allowed in each day, after the meet was selected to be a dedicated test event. precise details of what will be trialled, and what the requirements from visitors to the racecourse are, is yet to be confirmed. ascot says 2020 boo

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gloucestershire police began excavating the cafe cellar on the 19th of may.han a thousand people have been arrested across britain after a week—long operation to crack down on so—called county lines drugs gangs. dealers have been using children to transport drugs out of cities so they can sell them in smaller towns. charities working with young people caught up with the gangs say they�*re overwhelmed by the numbers needing their help since the pandemic — many of them vulnerable teenagers who dropped out of sight of schools and social services. angus crawford reports. police, police! frighteningly, you know, they can be as young as seven or eight years of age, and that's scary. these children are victims. you know, this is modern slavery. these children are i being used as slaves. it's going to be in this block here. a teenager is missing. dawn and tammy are police officers in northampton. theirjob, trace him, bring him to safety. have you heard from him today, or had contact from him? every day, they look for children lost to county lines. he's stayed current

gloucestershire police have described it as potentially a significant development, and say they are likelyo be given time to grieve. phil mackie, bbc news, gloucester. the headlines on bbc news... after another night of violence — and the united nations warns that the conflict between israel and the palestinians is escalating towards full—scale war. a nine—year—old boy has died after being struck by lightning in blackpool while taking part in football training. social media firms will have to remove harmful content quickly or potentially face multi—billion—pound fines under new legislation. the compulsory microchipping of cats, a ban on the export of live animals for slaughter, and a crackdown on puppy smuggling are among new animal welfare measures being published by the government today. the aim is to provide better protection for domesticated and wild creatures in the uk and abroad, and has been welcomed by campaigners. our environment correspondent, claire marshall, has the details. ok, i think she is calm enough now. at the bath cats and dogs home, vet nicola prepares to fit a new arr

in the statement released by gloucestershire police yesterday, they refer to the fact that excavations from mary's family, they talked about grieving and they think this is a major breakthrough. she has been missing for 53 years. it has always been speculated that fred west was responsible. and it would clearly bring them some closure after such a long time, if her remains were to be found. ., ~' ,, , . found. thank you very much, phil mackie reporting _ found. thank you very much, phil mackie reporting from _ found. thank you very much, phil| mackie reporting from gloucester. labour's deputy leader, angela rayner, has suggested that sir keir starmer�*s leadership was an issue during campaigning for last week's elections. the party lost control of a number of local councils, and was defeated in the parliamentary by—election in hartlepool. ms rayner — who was removed from her post as labour's campaign co—ordinator after the elections — said voters didn't seem to know what the labour leader's key messages were. what i heard on the doorstep is, "i didn't know what keir starmer stood for",

gloucestershire police have been giving more details about what they've found in the basement of thatlue coat, a blue and white dress and a blue bag. from looking at the material, i cannot say if it is a bag or a coat or a dress, what i can say is a blue bit of material within a void is what it is. and with all the stories, folklore and conspiracy theories around fred west and mary bastholm and the basement, i found that to be new and significant evidence, which is why i have commenced this investigation now. we are not saying we have found mary, far from are not saying we have found mary, farfrom it. we cannot are not saying we have found mary, far from it. we cannot say what i in the voice, but they are anomalies within the ground. with the information we have had historically come what may be true or may not, i made the decision that on behalf of the family, we now need to look within the basement and find out once and for all if mary is there. let's bring you the latest on the conflict between israel and palestinian militants some live pictures now. these are live pictures from th

director of the local equality commission, which was set up to tackle racism in rural areas of gloucestershireconversation can be really challenauin. ., i. , ., challenging. can you tell us a bit more about _ challenging. can you tell us a bit more about the _ challenging. can you tell us a bit more about the conversations i challenging. can you tell us a bit - more about the conversations you've had with those who are close to you and those that you grew up with? t and those that you grew up with? i grew up in this area, it's fantastic, but i've experienced racism all my life from an early age and that's notjust through education but within my family circle and friendships, and a lot of that can stem from micro—aggression to overt racism. it has been about my black lived experience in this area. i think i have always been quite naive as to how entrenched racism is in the forest of dean and you become accustomed to accepting that as the norm so trying to explain and provide that level of empathy to those close to me has resulted in a lot of difficult conversations around what it means to be bl

gloucestershire police have not confirmed exactly what they have found but they will start to dig upc | sally is here and there is one topic of conversation high on the list for you. it of conversation high on the list for ou. , ., ., , ., you. it is that time of year when the summer— you. it is that time of year when the summer transfer _ you. it is that time of year when the summer transfer user - you. it is that time of year when the summer transfer user starts you. it is that time of year when i the summer transfer user starts to bubble over. who are we talking about? regulation concerning the england captain. —— speculation. the premier league season isn't even over yet — but one of the biggest transfer stories of the summer summer could be brewing, and it involves the england captain. the back pages are full of reports that harry kane has told tottenham he wants to leave. we understand that, although he is frustrated, kane hasn't said he wants to depart the club. spurs say their "focus is on finishing the season as strongly as possible — that's what everybody should be focused