james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails were stabbed to death whilst sitting together in as have been speaking to our home affairs correspondent, nikki mitchell. the gardens are such a lovely place, and if me and jan had been living in reading, it's where we would have been on that saturday evening, sunny day. this has been a tough week after an agonising year forjan and gary furlong. they will be travelling down from liverpool to reading, where their sonjames had built a full and happy life. we will be there for james and joe and david. we'll be there for all of them. the three boys, what happened... it's going to be sad, but it's going to be to remember them all. and just to make sure they will never be forgotten. james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails were all members of reading's gay community and regulars at the lgbtq+ friendly pub the blagrave arms. it's important that we go and spend some time with the local people that we know from reading, even as much as the blagrave pub. our gratitude is endless, to be honest with you. support from the lgbt, and you k

the parents of james furlong talking ahead of that memorial.spared ten days of self isolation. a surge in coronavirus vaccination bookings in the uk, as 18—20 year olds sign up for theirjab in huge numbers. more than half a million people in brazil have now died from coronavirus. experts warn the outbreak could worsen. now time for a sports round—up from austin. well, there's only one place to start this afternoon — because wales' final group game of euro 2020 is less than four hours away. but this one is certain to be their toughest challenge yet. wales face group a leaders, italy, on home soil in rome. and although the welsh are all but guranteed a spot in the knockout stage, italy are in ominous form. as our correspondent hywel griffith reports. italian football is having a renaissance. the national team has played 29 games without loss, to beat the azzurri here, will require, well, an olympic event. commentatorz that's another brilliant ball. and it is in this time! wales arrive buoyed by wednesday's 2—0 win against turkey. the result means

james furlong, joe ritchie—bennett and david wails were stabbed to death whilst sitting together in a with you. support from the lgbt, and you know, that was a big part of james's life, both in reading and liverpool. we have been back a few times since for different memorials, for different things. lovely, lovely people. but also just to be able to have that kind of personal walk around with james's friends, other family members and... so we just spend that little our time as a group. gary and jan will also be at a memorial later next week at the school in wokingham where james taught history. it will have sadness for us, but it will have good memories of good people and certainly as far as the whole school is concerned, because it was james's world. it wasn'tjust a job, it was a vocation in life forjames. he loved his history and politics. he loved teaching the children. and them... them pupils are james's legacy. the amount of letters we got off them, how he affected their lives... they were beautiful, absolutely beautiful. but heartbreaking as well, to read. but he was loved so muc

david wails, joe ritchie—bennett and james furlong were stabbed to death whilst sitting together in atrio. armenians are heading to the polls for a snap parliamentary election. prime minister nikol pashinyan called for the early vote to defuse political tensions after months of protests. the opposition blames mr pashinyan for signing a peace accord with azerbaijan after armenia was defeated in last year's war over the territory of nagorno—karabakh. the war cost armenians nearly five thousand lives and swathes of territory. it's estimated 200 people are still being held captive by azerbaijan. bbc russia's grigor atanesian is in the armenian capital yerevan. prime minister pashinyan was forced to call the election after not only the opposition, but also elites, including senior military leaders and diplomats, have challenged his government and presented a protest or called on him to resign. this comes from the military defeat armenia suffered last year in the war with neighbouring azerbaijan. and the country has been in a terrible crisis since. there are bigger issues that a lot of peop

will be held laterfor three men murdered in an islamist attack in reading exactly one year ago. james furlong in a park. campaign has now been launched to fund a campaign has now been launched to fund a permanent memorial to the trio. more than 800,000 jobs in the uk's travel sector could be at risk. that's the warning from a union representing aviation workers. the british airline pilots association is appealing for urgent action from the government to end restrictions on travel, which it calls "ludicrously cautious." the government says it is working with the sector to navigate the challenges. the best industry estimates at the moment are that aviation will take four to five years to recover. some sectors of the market, for example, some business travel, probably will not recover... so, it's a devastating blow to the aviation sector. but that means trouble for the uk economy. if we do not have a thriving aviation sector, then instead of global britain, we will have grounded britain. the bbc has learned that a new bill to legalise assisted dying will be lodged at the scottish parliament. the