graham satchell, bbc news. an amazing story.our children were due to play against each other. and notjust in any game, but in a football league play—off. well claire collins finds herself in that position tonight as her sons... lewis, who plays for newport county, and aaron, who's at forest green rovers, face off in the league two play—off semi—finals tonight... first time planning to get to the other. and in the playoffs. couldn't be a bigger game. —— playing against each other. i be a bigger game. -- playing against each other. , ., ., ., each other. i 'ust wanted to have the training — each other. ijust wanted to have the training room _ each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and _ each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and i _ each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and i saw- each other. ijust wanted to have the training room and i saw a - the training room and i saw a message _ the training room and i saw a message from mum saying i'm going out drinking already. it was more of a case _ ou

graham satchell, bbc news.ature and wildlife. it will outline plans for a taskforce to reintroduce animals such as the wildcat to england, as our science correspondent victoria gill reports. emerging, post—lockdown, into spring sunshine. when we've been allowed out, so many of us headed to natural spaces and green landscapes — like this protected woodland in cheshire. but while it's helped us to cope, nature is in crisis. in the uk one in seven species is under threat. now the government's revealed how it plans to build the restoration of the natural world into a post—pandemic recovery, with a legally binding target to halt the loss of species by 2030. bringing together all the different actors in those landscapes — the farmers, the conservation groups, the water companies, the house—builders, the local government — then this really could work. and if you see the power of a legally binding target that we've seen on climate change — which has really shifted the dial in this country — then i'm very hopeful that s

graham satchell reports. captain tom, tony walked 10 kilometres on his new legs and raised more than £1 million for the hospital that saved his life. tony hudgell taking the final few steps of his extraordinary challenge last year. tony was just a few weeks old when he suffered horrific life—threatening injuries. the evelina worked on him for three months. they never expected him to survive. paula hudgell, a foster carer, was asked to take tony in. presented in front of me was this tiny, broken, shut down, underweight, legs in plasterfour—month—old baby. i broke down in tears, absolutely sobbed, and thought, "i can't do this." but within two hours of being with him, there was no way i was going to leave him, he was coming home with us. tony's injuries were inflicted by his biological parents. he suffered multiple organ failure, septicaemia and fractures to both thighs, lower legs, ankles, toes and thumbs. this is tony with his natural parents, tony smith and jodie simpson. in 2018, they were convicted of caus

graham satchell went to meet her at lord's cricket ground.ours and looks at you in a way that no—one else does and loves you more than anyone else does... ..he's not there now. i mean, he is there, he's here all the time, he's here now, but he's not here in person, is he? yes, i miss him a lot. lauren has really struggled to cope with the loss of her husband, cricketing legend bob willis. bob had prostate cancer and died in 2019. he was very funny. we laughed a lot. we had quite a naughty, rude sense of humour and liked the same things, so we made each other laugh. i think i kept upbeat for him, and he kept upbeat for me, and whether that was good or bad, ultimately, because we didn't really talk about him dying and how i would live without him and stuff, which i regret now, but it was about keeping upbeat and happy and not bringing each other down. bob willis played 90 tests for england but will always be remembered for headingley, 1981. and he's caught it! going into the match, he was angry. he was under a lot of pressure and probably if he

graham satchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello.ay's going to be a windy day. may see a bit of sunshine — there won't be a huge amount of that. there will, though, be plenty of showers around. some of those showers merging to give a longer spell of rain, pushing out of scotland into parts of northern england. catch a shower, hail, thunder possible, wintry on the hills in scotland — very gusty winds. where they've been strongest overnight in southern england and south wales they're going to ease. they'll be strongest through the day along that north sea coast, parts of eastern england gusting 40mph or more, and it is, of course, going to feel quite chilly in that wind. further showers spread south overnight and into wednesday. the clearer parts of scotland and northern england could well see a frost going into wednesday morning. that will make it a chilly start to the day. it won't feel very warm at all during wednesday. again, some places won't get into double figures. although there will be some sunshine around, there'll be areas o

graham satchell has been to meet him. bell tolls.lowers to remember folajimi olubunmi—adewole, known to his friends asjimi. just over a week ago, jimi was on his way home from work, when he tried to rescue a woman who'd fallen into the thames. it was a remarkable act of bravery. also on the bridge that night wasjoaquin garcia. he heardjimi shouting, and ran over to help. he started to point to the river saying, "she's there, she's there." so i saw on the river, the girl. well, i actually saw two hands and one face just splashing, trying to keep on float. he told me, "are you going tojump? are you jumping?" and i said, "yes". jimi started to count like, "ok, let's do it. three, two..." and i couldn't think on it, so ijustjumped. and that's the last time i sanimi. it was cold, dark, dangerous. joaquin swam out towards the woman and eventually found her. she was not very conscious. i couldn't see her eyes at any moment. she was just blinking and splashing. and i started to swallow water. and i remember turning to the right, like, i'm lo

graham satchell, bbc news. george is coming up with the bbc news.n warwickshire and today's clouds could get to be about six miles tall. clouds that big are capable of really heavy downpours and we've already seen some of those. we have a more organised feature pushing in showers across wales and south—west england and that is going in this kind of direction this afternoon. showers will be widespread from that and then we have another curl of cloud that will be pushing on across south—west england, so here we are looking at more general cloud and heavy outbreaks of rain pushing in through the course of the afternoon. heavy downpours for south—east england and some big thunderstorms crossing the midlands towards lincolnshire and a greater chance of showers compared with yesterday across northern ireland and today's showers in scotland will be slow—moving but there will be some areas that dodge the downpours and favoured spots will be north wales, north—west england seeing fewer showers so you might get away with a dry afternoon with some sunshine. 0v

graham satchell has been finding out more. jazz music plays.look at this! jazz music plays. care home residents, smiling, singing, dancing. this, a regular music therapy session by the jazz quartet, spitz. # i said hold it right there, baby, please don't go...# just because you've got dementia, for example, doesn't mean that there isn't, like, a whole world in someone's mind, there's a whole person, like, a whole view of life, and a whole experience of richness. the transformative effect of music can be remarkable. takejohn, for example, who has vascular dementia. members of spitz worked closely with john. gave him a guitar, changed his life. through music, we've got to know john's life history. we've got to know whojohn is, and now, he's the centre of attention. he loves music, he's such a fun person to be around. and, hey ho! it's four years on now, he's here with us and i think we're going to get many more years to come withjohn. i like music, and i like country and western — a lot. _ john will carry on having music therapy because spitz is

graham satchell, bbc news. what a beautiful piece. time for a look at the weather.re's tomasz schafernaker. thank you. a day of downpours today. in fact, it has been pouring across some parts of south—western britain in the last 2a hours or so. not everybody is getting the downpours today but there are many of them around. for example, in devon in the last 2a hours, we have had more rainfall than we get in the whole of may. you can see a whole line of heavy rain stretching from the london area, just north of the ma, clipping south—eastern parts of wales. furthershowers clipping south—eastern parts of wales. further showers are breaking out across the rest of wales, lancashire, into the lake district and also we will see showers breaking out across parts of scotland and northern ireland. i think there is a few locations where we won't see many shells, eastern parts of england. anywhere from the borders, newcastle, down towards norwich. here, ithink borders, newcastle, down towards norwich. here, i think primarily dry weather with some sunshine. into this evening, the

graham satchell reports.fallen into the thames. it was a remarkable act of bravery. also on the bridge that night wasjoaquin garcia. he heardjimi shouting, and ran over to help. he started to point to the river saying, "she's there, she's there." so i saw on the river, the girl. well, i actually saw two hands and one face just splashing, trying to keep on float. he told me, "are you going tojump? are you jumping?" and i said, "yes". jimi started to count like, "ok, let's do it. three, two..." and i couldn't think on it, so ijustjumped. and that's the last time i sanimi. it was cold, dark, dangerous. joaquin swam out towards the woman and eventually found her. she was not very conscious. i couldn't see her eyes at any moment. she was just blinking and splashing. and i started to swallow water. and i remember turning to the right, like, i'm looking for help. i don't know if i was looking forjimi, i was looking for anyone at that moment that i started to swallow water. isaid, "ok, listen, listen to me, listen to

graham satchell reports.tal confusion about government guidance published on a website on friday. how are these people supposed to know? not everyone goes on the internet, do they? my nana wouldn't have a clue, she doesn't have a computer. one minute they tell you one thing and then the next minute you look on the government website they're telling you something completely different. so, yeah, it can be very confusing. a wet whitley bay in north tyneside. having been told last week people could meet indoors, the new guidance says people in areas where the indian variant is on the rise should once again only meet outside. this is pam and suzette, meeting up for the first time in months. you've just got to guess where you're meant to be and what you're meant to be doing. so it's not clear at all. we alljust want to get out and about now that we can and obviously if we're not sure what we're supposed to be doing, it is confusing. more confusion in kirklees in west yorkshire. i think people will be really fed up.

graham satchell, bbc news.toriums across britain, and the bbc�*s ben boulos, was among them. it's been months since any of us have experienced live theatre like this. but across england, scotland and wales, stages are beginning to burst into life as audiences can return once again. everyone's so excited. we know the show, so we're just kind of fine tuning at the moment and everyone's just happy to be together. but when the curtain finally goes up and you hear the audience coming into the theatre, that's going to be a special moment. as lockdown restrictions ease, agatha christie's the mousetrap is one of the first to reopen. the classic whodunnit, said to be the world's longest running show, is back after what has felt like the world's longest interval. well, no detective skills are needed to spot the experience is different from before. hand sanitiser, the audience having to wear masks and temperatures checked on arrival. thank you. inside, the audience sit socially distanced, and at the interval, drinks are b

graham satchell, bbc news.rd for his role in the musical kinky boots in 2013. freya cole reports. billy porter is one of the hottest names on the red carpet. he's known for breaking barriers when it comes to fashion and his hit show pose. and that is how you do it! now porter hopes to break down the stigma attached to hiv positive. the emmy award—winning actor was diagnosed with the illness 14 years ago and, in an interview with hollywood reporter, he said he lived with that shame in silence. billy porter is proof that you can have a career. he has been living with this disease for 14 years, looks great, has had some of the most important film and television roles in his life after he was diagnosed with hiv. porter revealed he held off making his diagnosis public over fear of further discrimination in the film and television industry. "but the time for speaking out is now," he said, "because the truth is healing," and for him there is no longer any fear. freya cole, bbc news. eurovision fans have had to wait tw

graham satchell, bbc news.news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london, i'm victoria hollins. st paul's cathedral could be forced to close permanently as it grapples with its worse funding crisis in 300 years according to those who run it. the famous landmark is almost entirely reliant on money from tourists, and has seen a 90% drop in its income. although it has recieved support from the government's covid recovery fund, a quarter of staff have been made redundant. nearly all the cathedral�*s reserves have now been spent. the dean of st paul's says the situation is now critical. it's a horrible feeling to shut your doors to people and we don't want to be like that. but if we can't raise the resources to be able to employ the people to look after the building and keep it open and pay for the heating and lighting and all those things, we would have to shut our doors, so we've got some big decisions to make in our country about our heritage and how we will manage going forward. sadiq khan

graham satchell, bbc news.sely and he did have a distinctive action and you can see it in the picture. it has lots of movement it. for something that was zd, it movement it. for something that was 2d, it was brilliant. it's been described as "one of the greatest public health initiatives of the 21st century" but the future of parkrun could be at risk because of issues over land permission. 0rganisers of the free weekly five—kilometre runs say less than a third of sites have granted approval for the events, which were due to restart in two weeks. now, world athletics president lord sebastian coe has written an open letter in support of the event. let's get more now from our reporter, ricky boleto, whojoins us from crane park in london. hi, ricky. yes, good morning everyone. — hi, ricky. yes, good morning everyone, running _ hi, ricky. yes, good morning everyone, running for- hi, ricky. yes, good morning everyone, running for all- hi, ricky. yes, good morning everyone, running for all of. hi, ricky. yes, good mor

graham satchell, bbc news, southampton.coronavirus _ open this summer. an indian variant of coronavirus found _ open this summer. an indian variant of coronavirus found in _ open this summer. an indian variant of coronavirus found in the - open this summer. an indian variant of coronavirus found in the uk i of coronavirus found in the uk should be designated a variant of concern. let's get an update from doctor rosemary leonard. good morning. this indian variant, how concerned are people when they are talking to you about it at the surgery? weill. you about it at the surgery? well, actually peeple — you about it at the surgery? well, actually people are _ you about it at the surgery? well, actually people are saying - you about it at the surgery? well, actually people are saying it i you about it at the surgery? well, actually people are saying it sounds like the _ actually people are saying it sounds like the counter variant. and certainly _ like the counter variant. and certainly that's what it seems to be. certainly that

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graham satchell, bbc news.well about all of that what she wants to see happen. loads to come in the this morning. let's take a look at today's papers. the metro leads on the foreign secretary's promise of sanctions against berlarus. dominic raab has called the diversion of a ryanair flight over a suspected bomb threat a "danger to civilian flights everywhere". the telegraph warns that having two doses of a covid jab won't mean an end to self—isolating if you come into contact with someone who tests positive. the paper says it understands that quarantine rules will remain in place after the 21stjune, when the government hopes to lift the final stages of restrictions in england. the daily mirror leads on marcus rashford's campaign to end child hunger. he's urged mps to "do the right thing" and "don't abandon hungry kids". ministers have been debating the footballer�*s petition to expand the availability of free school meals. and the bolton news focuses on new advice in england for people living in areas affected

graham satchell reports. bell tolls.tion of flowers to remember folajimi 0lubunmi—adewole, known to his friends asjimi. just over a week ago, jimi was on his way home from work, when he tried to rescue a woman who'd fallen into the thames. it was a remarkable act of bravery. also on the bridge that night wasjoaquin garcia. he heardjimi shouting, and ran over to help. he started to point to the river saying, "she's there, she's there." so i saw on the river, the girl. well, i actually saw two hands and one face just splashing, trying to keep on float. he told me, "are you going tojump? are you jumping?" and i said, "yes". jimi started to count like, "ok, let's do it. three, two..." and i couldn't think on it, so ijustjumped. and that's the last time i sanimi. it was cold, dark, dangerous. joaquin swam out towards the woman and eventually found her. she was not very conscious. i couldn't see her eyes at any moment. she was just blinking and splashing. and i started to swallow water. and i remember turning to the right, lik

graham satchell reports.ocal mp, tom tugendhat. she wants the maximum sentence for child cruelty to be made the same as serious offences against an adult, a life sentence. it's impossible for us to know the pain tony must have suffered in those first few weeks of his life. tom tugendhat in the house of commons last year. today he's introducing an amendment to the government's policing bill that would give judges the discretion to give life sentences for serious child cruelty. the purpose of tony's law is to increase the maximum sentence possible forjudges to resort to in the most serious cases to life imprisonment. serious physical harm to a child is relatively rare. between 2014 and 2018, for example, 114 offenders received an immediate custodial sentence for cruelty to children. hi. my name's tony and i'm walking 100 steps for captain tom. in recent weeks, tony has started walking without his crutches. he is a remarkable, inspirational little boy. good boy. keep going. his family now say people who abuse ch

graham satchell, bbc news. what an amazing thing.ional. it's difficult, because... he's got- like for you? very emotional. it's difficult, because... he's got a i difficult, because... he's got a hard job on his hands, to try to recreate somebody who has just got 15—year—old pictures and clips and videos, it was very difficult for him, so ijust wanted to commend him on all of his work, and the process of his genius, to be able to come up with something. because i can see kiyan in there, i can see kiyan in there. it must have been a very difficult process to do but he has done a greatjob, i'm really proud of him. has done a great “ob, i'm really proud of him. �* , ., ., , of him. as we heard from his interview. — of him. as we heard from his interview, it _ of him. as we heard from his interview, it doesn't - of him. as we heard from his interview, it doesn't matter. of him. as we heard from his i interview, it doesn't matter what of him. as we heard from his - interview, it doesn't matter what he feels, what kiyan might have looked l