bradley loved sunderland and the club and especially jermain defoe loved him back. it's been hard. broke down yesterday at his new club bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of run over to me. and i think, from that moment, he wasjust, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart. you know, for the rest of my life. because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looks at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. please sponsor me. get me better. but it didn't stop him achieving his dreams, like scoring a goal for sunderland, against chelsea's keeper. it was even voted match of the day's goal of the month. because it's joint goal of the month, we've put the graphics on it. he gives asmir begovic the eyes. begovic goes that way and bradley goes straight down the middle. he has a

became very good friends jermain defoe.id it all about harry was so touched by meeting this young boy. he has sadly died today. nothing much more you can say, a very sad story. at least i suppose he managed to enjoy this friendship with jermain defoe. the enjoyment of appearing as a mascot for sunderland on numerous occasions. the fact he raised all this money, raised awareness for other children, of course in his situation. parents facing the same trauma. very significant. very sad front page. that's it for tonight. don't forget all the front pages are online seven days a week on the bbc website. you can also see this on the telly if you have missed it live. and they don't like. it is only iplayer if you want to catch it later. martin and josie, thanks for coming in on a friday night. coming up next, the weather. hello, once again. another day of contrasting weather across the british isles. across the north, a weather front, thicker cloud, british isles. across the north, a weatherfront, thicker cloud, the odd piece of ra

bradley loved sunderland jermain defoe, loved him back. it's been hard.ub bournemouth when asked about the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of ran over to me and i think, from that moment, he was just, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart, you know, for the rest of my life, because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looked at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. can you please sponsor me, get me better? but it didn't stop him achieving his dreams, like scoring a goal for sunderland, against chelsea's keeper. it was even voted match of the day's goal of the month. because it's joint goal of the month, we've put the graphics on it. he gives asmir begovic the eyes. begovic goes that way and bradley goes straight down the middle. back in may, his mum gemma summed

bradley loved sunderland and the club and especially jermain defoe loved him back. it's been hard.out the little boy he called brads. from sort of, like, the first moment i met him, i just couldn't believe that he was the young kid that was ill. because he sort of run over to me. and i think, from that moment, he was just, like, just that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him suffer like that. he will always be in my heart. you know, for the rest of my life. because his love's genuine and i can see it in his eyes when he looks at me. bradley had neuroblastoma, a rare type of cancer that mostly affects young children. please sponsor me. get me better. but it didn't stop him achieving his dreams, like scoring a goal for sunderland, against chelsea's keeper. it was even voted match of the day's goal of the month. because it's joint goal of the month, we've put the graphics on it. he gives asmir begovic the eyes. begovic goes that way and bradley goes straight down the middle. and his last birthday party was a big one. ijust see him as my little

co nfe re nce , jermain defoe, who was giving a press conference, the footballer.e last week after battling cancer. and now lots of people are going to be paying their respects to this little boy, who really did win the hearts of so many. he had an extraordinary personality. and he did indeed touch the hearts of the nation. a fitting to page tribute here in the daily mirror to bradley. as you say, he lived just six years, but what he achieved in that six yea rs was but what he achieved in that six years was extraordinary. so much good he achieved will live after him. he raised more than £1 million for cancer research and charities. he formed a very genuine friendship withjermain he formed a very genuine friendship with jermain defoe. he formed a very genuine friendship withjermain defoe. the great england star, who was among the mourners, who flew over from a training session in spain to be there. sometimes these friendships, people may be think it is a pr i can size or whatever, but in fact there was a genuine affection, as we saw in that interview —— ebola think

the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballer jermain defoeleft training in spain to be at the funeral. the roads leading to the church in county durham were lined with crowds and tributes. now on bbc news, it is time for the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. coming up: the government launches its repeal bill converting eu law into uk legislation. we'll be looking at the parliamentary battles to come. as the prime minister announces an inquiry into the abuse faced by candidates at the general election, one mp worries where the harassment will end. i think there is a serious risk that actually something much worse will happen. also on this programme: we talk to nicky morgan, the new chair of the powerful commons treasury committee. and: i'll be reporting on the clash of the deputies at prime minister's questions. and mps mark the centenary of one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war. the men couldn't even get into the shell holes because they were full of water. so they are absolute sitting ducks. but first, it

jermain defoe has been talking about his recent transfer from sunderland to bournemouth.y, trying to be strong because family needs family as well. but as i really know how to put it into words. i really feel. because it was a special time, really. having that relationship with bradley, that sort of first moment i met him, that instant connection. i was with him a few days ago and it was with him a few days ago and it was tough to see him. i felt like i was tough to see him. i felt like i was prepared for it because what i‘ve been through previously, with my dad, but he‘s obviously struggling and it‘s a matter of days. but i mean, he will always be in my heart. for the rest of my life. and understandably upsetjermain defoe. chris froome has retained the leader‘s yellow jersey after the sixth stage of the tour de france. there have been some eventful crashes earlier in the week, but the riders avoided any today. along the 216km route from vesoul to troyes, although they had to take evasive action after a spectator‘s umbrella blew into the road. the flat course was certainl

especially became a close friend of him and the family, jermain defoe will be here today, andhad from the team at sunderland must have been amazing for the little boy, mustn‘t it? have been amazing for the little boy, mustn't it? yes, i imagine if! had been that age and met my footballing heroes, it is great the way everton took into the heart as well, chelsea gave him support, even diego costa, who has a reputation as a pantomime villain, they were posing for photographs with the lad, so it bought his plight to the football world and the world in general with the number of people who had responded, a quarter of a million christmas cards, that sort of thing, and everybody has been made aware of the awful disease he suffered, there are other kids out there who will probably benefit from bradley‘s legacy in terms of the fund his parents have set up. let's bring in alistair whittington bromley robust in the uk, in terms of the condition and raising awareness and raising financial support, what impact?” awareness and raising financial support, what impact? i think bradley's story

many of the most —— many of the mourners wore sunderland colours, and jermain defoe, his favourite player football shirts, you can see the predominant one is the red and white sunderland, but there is blue of everton, some manchester united shirts, one chap has travelled up from rotherham who had been fundraising for bradley‘s fund. so it seems as though the footballing family has come together for this event, and many, many people are here, notjust from the local area but from further afield. now, bradley lowery became known for the close relationship with sunderland football club, he was a mascot for them on several occasions, he scored a goalfor them at their ground, occasions, he scored a goalfor them at theirground, and occasions, he scored a goalfor them at their ground, and that was voted the goal of the month by much of the day earlier this year. so they really took him to their hearts, they looked after him, he had an especially close relationship with jermain defoe, and there will be many people at his funeral this morning to pay their respects for a little boy who really put up

the sunderland fan won a legion of supporters across the country, including the footballer jermain defoeto the church in county durham were lined with crowds and tributes, as danny savage reports. bradley lowery‘s final journey. the footballing family turned out in their many hundreds to make sure he wasn't alone. people travelled from many miles away to support his family, and reflect how the six—year—old boy had touched their lives. that smile of his was just so contagious. it didn't matter how much pain he was in, he always had that smile. it breaks my heart. we have come from rotherham in south yorkshire. since last friday, i have collected money for the bradley lowry foundation. i said to my son today, we need to get up there and show our respects because it has hit everybody. he got some of them, but he never got all his wishes. like he said, i will miss him, and i say me prayers for him each day. bradley had a rare form of cancer. a sunderland fan, his football club did everything they could to make his short life special. but it was his friendship withjermain defoe which was espe

you can see young bradley being cuddled by jermain defoe and the picture really says all you need tohis final hours. welcome back, edwina, and we start with the daily telegraph and the funeral of her mccole. did you know and admire him? i admired him enormously and he is being given tributes he should have. he helped to unite and unify germany. when the berlin wall came down, his reaction immediately was, we are one country. we must come back together again. he was was rather sad that margaret thatcher was hostile to him. he said, iam a thatcher was hostile to him. he said, i am a free market person. he worked with her on a whole host of issues to make the eu work better. why didn‘t she wanted him? because she was german —— because he was german. simple as that. his plan was that germany should be embedded in europe so that never again would you have a german europe. he would or would have germany as a democratic country, very much at the heart of europe with european values and that actually has happened. again, angela merkel was an eastern european, so she gained herfreedom merkel

a sunderland fan, he went on to become the club's mascot, and that's where he met akira, jermain defoeoung boy, whose legacy is his energy and his smile. we're joined now by alastair whitington from neuroblastoma uk. as sian was saying, bradley really has brought to prominence to this illness and made it something that people now have heard of, if they hadn't before. just tell us a little bit more about it, and why it is such a dangerous illness for youngsters. neuroblastoma is a disease of young children, babies, normally before the age of five, although it can be later. as a disease it shows 35 children per year and 100 children are diagnosed, thatis year and 100 children are diagnosed, that is two per week. for the dose nature of the disease, we are still only 40—50% survival rate. as opposed to something like leukaemia, which many years ago was in the offence that as when neuroblastoma is, but is now in the 80—90 percent. what we need to do is try to invest in research to get a cure for the disease and wounded in the same direction as leukaemia. bradley was incredibly brave. and hi