jo currie, bbc news, los angeles. police bullet missed him by centimetres, as officers opened fire on the london bridge attackers two years ago. simon edwards told the inquests into the deaths of the eight people who were killed, that he hid in a pub with others, as the attackers tried to get inside, before the police opened fire. voting is taking place in the european parliament elections, but the results won't be known until sunday. 73 meps will be elected to represent the uk. the electoral commission says it's investigating reports some eu citizens living in britain have been unable to vote today, despite being eligible. botswana is lifting a ban on elephant hunting, after a five—year suspension. the government says it's because of an increase in the elephant population, which is adversly affecting farmers. botswana has the largest elephant population in africa, with more than 135,000 roaming freely in unfenced parks and open spaces. conservationists however have criticised the move, to lift the hunting ban. middle

katelyn has been speaking to our sports correspondent, jo currie.s head. and injanuary, it turned us collegiate athlete katelyn 0hashi into a viral sensation. it was crazy, like the next day my phone kept going off, my twitter notifications. i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning. i had people screen shotting like celebrities posting the video, this was so crazy, i'm like i don't even know what's happening but it was so amazing. but behind that smile and bravado, 0hashi has had a difficultjourney to stardom, quitting the sport when she was younger after coaches told her she was too big, too fat to be a gymnast, despite being a rising star. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast, i was told that i looked like i swallowed an elephant, or i looked like a pig, and as a 14—year—old that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard. i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror, i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym, because i felt like there were eyes just targeted at me and i do thin

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jo currie was at his press conference today...that selecting his squad for this world cup would be the hardest part of his job since becoming the england manager last january but he was the best placed man to do it, having missed out on three world cups himself as a player. today he found out which 23 would be on the plane to france and today the rest of the country found out as well. he said it was a careful blend experience and youth. those young players have all been to youth world cups and major championships. they've got experience along the way but i don't think anything can prepare them for their exposure this summer. that is why we have experienced players around. and why they are so important to us. i liked that as a young player, you needed the experience players to pull you back and settle you down, and put an arm around your shoulder. we have a nice balance in the squad. it marks one month until the lionesses kicked off in nice against scotland. then the selection headache returns when he has to whittle it down from a

she's been speaking to our correspondent, jo currie.ad. and injanuary, it turned us collegiate athlete, katelyn ohashi, into a viral sensation. it's crazy. the next day my phone kept going off, my twitter notifications and i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning. i had people screen shotting, celebrities posting the video. this is so crazy, i don't even know what's happening, but it's so amazing. but behind that smile, 0hashi has had a difficultjourney. quitting sport when she was younger, a lot of coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. despite being a rising star. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast. i was told that i looked like i'd swallowed an elephant and i looked like a pig and my face was three times the size it was this morning. as a 14—year—old that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard, i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror. i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym because i felt like their eyes were targeted at me and i do think

jo currie, bbc news, los angeles.and in germany, stuttgart still have some work to do if they're to avoid relegation from the bundesliga. they were held to a 2—all draw in the first leg of their play—off against union berlin who are bidding to reach the top division for the first time since german re—unification. stuttgart were desperate to make hom advantage count in the first leg, and they led twice — through christian gentner and this deflected effort from mario gomes. but each time they were pegged back by the second division side. it was marvin friedrich who scored made it 2—all — giving union berlin two potentially vital away goals. the second leg is on monday. in scotland, dundee united and st mirren drew nil all in the first leg of their promotion/relegation play—off. dundee united are bidding to end a three—year absence from the top division. their best chance fell to paul mcmullan — but his shot was saved by vatslav hladky. while, at the other end, kyle mcallister forced a more acrobatic save out of the unit

jo currie reports. it was the gymnastics routine that flipped the internet on its head. it's crazy. the next day my phone kept going off, my twitter notifications and i looked and i had like 50,000 more followers than i had that morning. i had people screen shotting, celebrities posting the video. this is so crazy, i don't even know what's happening, but it's so amazing. but behind that smile, ohashi has had a difficultjourney. quitting sport when she was younger, a lot of coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast. i was told that i looked like i'd swallowed an elephant and i looked like a pig and my face was three times the size it was this morning. as a 14—year—old that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard, i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror. i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym because i felt like their eyes were targeted at me and i do think it is a form of abuse. ohashi had been tipped as the next big thing in us gymnastics, even beating simone biles in a sen

jo currie, bbc news, los angeles. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more for you throughout the evening. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are editor of politico's london playbook, jack blanchard, and the columnist for the evening standard and former labour adviser, ayesha hazarika. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in — with most of them leading on the future of theresa may. the financial times says the prime minister will set out her departure date when she meets the chair of the 1922 committee of conservative backbenchers, sir graham brady tomorrow morning conservative mps have urged theresa may's husband philip to ‘just tell her‘ it's time to leave downing street., that's according to the metro. the telegraph reports the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt is the latest cabinet minister to withdraw his support for the prime minister's brexit deal. the i says the home secretary sajid javid has also lost confidence in theresa may's brexit vis

jo currie, bbc news, los angeles.try—wide consultation. the government said it would help address the problems of human—elepha nt conflict and restore income to rural communities who previously relied on hunting. our africa correspondent alastair leithead, reports. there are more elephants in botswana than any other country on earth. that comes with its own share of problems. while many are being killed in many parts of africa, some argued that are too many of them here. living near elephants means your house can be flattened, or crops destroyed, even your friends and family killed. hunting is not going to dramatically reduce the number is, but it might scare them away from certain places. but there is another economic argument in favour of hunting. trackers used to work with huntress before the ban came in five years ago. without work, they are easily recruited by poaching syndicates. the chief of one such hunting billick explained what lifting the hunting ban would mean. if that happens, then it means our implement

jo currie was there. wembley. it has been the scene of some fairytale finishes over the yea rs.r the years. west ham women fans hoping their first visit here ends in silverware, just 12 months after the tea m silverware, just 12 months after the team turned professional. but they we re team turned professional. but they were up against the top dogs. 2017 fa cup winners manchester city had not tasted defeat domestically all season. not tasted defeat domestically all season. they may have started the match as favourites but it was west ham who took charge of the first half. jane ross could have, maybe should have, put them ahead. after the break, a breakthrough, for city, keira walsh with a swerving effort. the favourites were finally finding their rhythm. and then the hammer blow, georgia sta nway their rhythm. and then the hammer blow, georgia stanway with an individual effort which was deflected on the way in. city were now just minutes deflected on the way in. city were nowjust minutes away from being crowned champions. still time to though, a18 year older substitute lauren to

jo currie, bbc news. good luck to both the nevilles. time for a look at the weather with louise lear. it is beautiful out there at the moment, especially across the south—east, the east anglia corner. but this where the front is bringing showery outbreaks of rain for the rest of england. we could see some brighter skies late in the afternoon. the best of the sunshine into northern ireland, and again in that south—east corner, but we can't rule out a rogue sharp shower, but temperatures already into the mid teens, so high teens not out of the question. some of the showers will start to fade away through the evening, and that week where the fund will push its way into east anglia and the south—east corner, don't get too excited, no significant rain for the gardens. and behind it, clearerskies, temperatures falling away, and a weather front will bring more cloud and rain into the far north of scotland. that will be a player later on this week. it has some significance as well. but for tomorrow it is a lovely start, some sunshine coming thr

jo currie, bbc news, los angeles. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. hello, a fine day for most of us, rather chaotic skies here in maidstone in kent. we've got various layers of thin cloud around but it's going to be quite warm in the hazy sunshine. very clear cut grade a in fraser brown in aberdeenshire and we've got rain too and there is a cool breeze continuing to push on cloud across northern parts of scotland, a bit of rain and drizzle too. one or two showers in the north west of england and thickening cloud in the south—west enabling spots of rain or drizzle in the south—west enabling spots of rain ordrizzle in in the south—west enabling spots of rain or drizzle in the far south—west of england but most of the cloud coming into england and wales is quite thin and high, so it's warm, 18—21, maybe 23 or 2a in the south house but much cooler in scotland. across northern scotland it should become a bit dry overnight tonight but the breezes are still blowing down cloud across many parts of scotland. cloudy skies for northern ireland into western part

jo currie reports. wembley. it's been the scene of some fairytale finishes over the years.ut after heavy investment from the club, they recruited a new squad of professional players and were awarded a spot in the super league super league and now they are just 90 minutes away from their first major trophy. manchester city hadn't tasted a defeat domestically all season. there may have started the match as favourites, but it was west ham that took charge of the first half. jane ross could have, maybe should have put them ahead. after the break, a breakthrough. waltz with a swerving effort that the keeper. the favourites were finally finding their rhythm, then the hammer blow. a deflection on the way in, city now just minutes away from being crowned champions. this still times over 18 year substitute lauren hemp to put the result and come out of that with this fortuitous effort. we've got a group of winners and people who want to learn and improve and we have a good blend of youth and experience. i feel as though we can get so much better and it's an exciting time for out bett

jo currie has been to meet them.norm in ourfamily to be getting to big tournaments and playing in arenas. i think, for me, i probably get more nervous for phil. obviously ijust want get more nervous for phil. obviously i just want tracy to be get more nervous for phil. obviously ijust want tracy to be happy, i wa nt ijust want tracy to be happy, i want her to come home and be successful and happy and to have done herjob well and people to think nicely of her. she's the england coach but she's my sister. they both play sport at the highest level. tracy won well and commonwealth world medals in netball while her twin and older brother gary played football for manchester united and england. let's take you back to when you were younger, what was household like? we were very busy family. rounders, cricket, cricket, rounders. night off on friday. cricket was saturday, sunday all day. we were to repeat that for six months. in the winter football training tuesday, wednesday, netball on thursday. that was our lives. we we re

katelyn has been speaking to our sports correspondent, jo currie.ficultjourney, quitting the sport when she was younger after coaches told her she was too large to be a gymnast. i was told that i didn't look like a gymnast, i was told that i looked like i swallowed an elephant, or i looked like a pig, my face was three times the size it was this morning. and as a 14—year—old, that's impressionable, you start believing those things. it hit me so hard, i felt so uncomfortable looking in the mirror, i felt uncomfortable walking back into the gym, because i felt like there were eyes targeted at me and i do think it is a form of abuse. katelyn 0hashi had been tipped as the next big thing in us gymnastics, even beating simone biles in a senior international competition. but the constant mental strain around her body image, coupled with a serious back injury, led to her walking away from the sport. i came home and i was balling, my mum was like, are you happy? i was like, i'm miserable. i don't think the coaches were necessarily aware of the damage they we

the top of their respective sports as players, and they're now aiming to do the same as coaches. jo curriea way it is normal for ourfamily to heart of it. in a way it is normal for our family to be heart of it. in a way it is normal for ourfamily to be probably heart of it. in a way it is normal for our family to be probably going to be tournaments and to be playing in arenas, which we will be doing in the summer. i think for me, i probably get more nervous for phil. you look beyond the result, obviously i want trace to be happy, to come home from work and to be successful and happy and to come home from her work having done well and for people to be happy for her. at the end of the day, she is my sister. both neville 's played sport at the highest level. tracy one welding commonwealth medals in netball while twin phil played for manchester united and for england. let's ta ke manchester united and for england. let's take us back to when you are younger. what was the neville household like? daly we were very busy family. two rounders was monday night, tuesday night was soccer, cricket was s

meanwhile, a possible west ham win has been described as a "fairytale". 0ur reporterjo currie is live at wembley. hi,jollo, mike. yes, we've got a wonderful weather today for what has become the pinnacle of the women's domestic season. i'm joined by former england and everton goalkeeper rachel brown. you won the fa cup in 2010, but it wasn't held at wembley. tell us what it's like for this current crop of players to play here. itjustifies where the women's game is now. we are hoping for 50,000 fans today, a record—breaking for 50,000 fans today, a record— breaking crowd, and for 50,000 fans today, a record—breaking crowd, and the fa cup final is always special, but to haveit cup final is always special, but to have it at an iconic stadium like this, and every young boy or girl growing up wanting to be a footballer wants to play at wembley, so footballer wants to play at wembley, so it's unparalleled. they are hoping for a record crowd, 50,000 fa ns hoping for a record crowd, 50,000 fans or so. what will the nerves be like, for some of the players who haven't played in front of a packed stadium? i'd fav

jo currie, bbc news, los angeles.t and about as well. it is not like that everywhere. we also have some high cloud in the sky as well, so even where we do see some sunshine, it is a bit hazy. some high cloud in our picture there. a bit of rain for northern scotland, but otherwise a largely dry picture with some sunshine. in the sunshine coast temperature is doing pretty well, 23 degrees. that is about average forjuly, so a warm day for this stage of the year. across northern scotland it is cooler here with those northerly winds pushing rain and cloud in. otherwise it should become dry with clear spells. not cold though, temperatures between six and 11 degrees. a quiet start to friday. should be some nice sunshine to start off across england and wales, perhaps a bit of fair weather cloud building in through the day. always more cloud for northern ireland and scotland. again for scotland, a trail of a weather front which will bring in some wet weather. away from that far north coast, largely dry. most areas will avoid a