and, australian footballer josh cavallo has become the only top level, male professional player to come as gay. police in the us state of new mexico say criminal charges against the actor alec baldwin, who shot dead a cinematographer on a film set, have not been ruled out. investigators have recovered the bullet that killed 42—year—old halyna hutchins. sophie long sent this report from santa fe. it is now nearly a week since 42—year—old halyna hutchins was shot dead whilst she was doing herjob. these are the last pictures of the cinematographer alive on the set of rust. she's in the blue coat and headphones. you can see alec baldwin beyond the camera. he was holding the gun that fired the shot that killed halyna and severely injured directorjoel souza. we believe that we have in our possession the firearm that was fired by mr baldwin. the actual lead projectile that was fired has been recovered from the shoulder of mr souza. we regard this specific casing and recovered projectile to be the live round that was fired from the revolver by mr baldwin. when alec baldwin was handed the weapon

wonderful words there from josh cavallo. an football player who is now openly gay, but hid his sexuality during his nfl career — i asked him for his reaction tojosh cavallo's announcement. i'm tremendously happy for him. what he said in his interview, it is 2021 and times are different. i retired in 2012. it wasn't like it is today. even though it was only ten years ago. he didn't have all those professional organisations being upfront and support of lgbtq rights. being upfront in support of lgbtq rights. i think that's gone a long way. you've documented the personal anguish that you went through in that autobiography that you've written, and it must�*ve been tremendously difficult, keeping your sexuality hidden from your friends and team—mates. why did you feel compelled to do that? i knew i wasn't the only one. i knew i couldn't have been the only closeted athlete with feelings of depression and thoughts of suicide and struggling with drugs to cope with my own personal fears of being closeted. so, i felt it was important i

the australian footballer josh cavallo has said that he is gay making him the only active, top level, his decision to go public. it's a decision that took a long time for myself. it was a long period in my life that brought me sadness and took me to a dark place. that was over six years of pain, and i'm so happy and excited to put that to rest today. today is my freedom day. i've never been this happy in my entire life. i'm very happy with my entire life. i'm very happy with my decision to come out and i hope that one day, i can inspire someone in the younger generation or someone else behind the phone that's struggling and sees my story that it's ok. we're in 2021. it's a different time to where it was before. it's more accepting. i've been nothing but getting good things by the public, so i hope that one day, someone else can follow my lead and come out. and it becomes normal. it doesn't matter, everyone is welcome. it doesn't matter, everyone is welcome-— it doesn't matter, everyone is welcome. ,, ., ., ., ., , welcome. inspirational words there from josh cavallo. _ i'm joined now

and australian footballer josh cavallo has become the only top level male professional player to come

and, australian footballer, josh cavallo, has become the only top level, male professional player to

josh cavallo — a 21 year—old who plays professional football for adelaide — has become the only maler at the top level to announce that he's gay as our sports correspondent katie gornall reports. i'm a footballer and i'm gay. with those six wordsjosh cavallo, in a video released by his club, adelaide united, made a powerful admission and also international headlines. all i want to do is play football and be treated equally. cavallo�*s announcement was met with an outpouring of support, including the likes of gary lineker and clubs like liverpool and barcelona. today he said he wanted to be a positive role model for gay footballers. there was a long period in my life where it brought me sadness, and it took me to a dark place. it was over six years of pain, and i'm so happy and excited to put that to rest today. today is so positive, it's my freedom day, and i have never been as happy in my entire life. such an announcement is rare in men's professional sport. the former aston villa midfielder thomas hitzlsperger only felt comfortable coming out publicly after retiring, while it is 31

and, australian footballer josh cavallo has become the only top level, male professional player to come

josh cavallo — a 21 year—old who plays professional football for adelaide — has become the only malesix wordsjosh cavallo, in a video released by his club, adelaide united, made a powerful admission and also international headlines. all i want to do is play football and be treated equally. cavallo's announcement was met with an outpouring of support, including the likes of gary lineker and clubs like liverpool and barcelona. today he said he wanted to be a positive role model for gay footballers.

josh cavallo has become the only current professional male footballer playing in a top division, to comeustralian midfielder, who is 21, plays for adelaide united in the a—league, and he made the announcement in a video released by the club and he has also spoken to the bbc today. it was a very long journey to the point in my life. i'm very happy with my decision to come out and i hope that one day i can inspire someone in the younger generation or someone in the younger generation or someone else behind the phone that is struggling and see if my story and see if it's ok. the world loves you. we're in 2021. it's a different time what it was before. it's more accepting and i've been nothing but getting good by the public. when i told my two coaches i already felt so much better and ifelt like everything was off my shoulders and acted play on a completely different level. so knowing that the world knows now and i've got no more secrets that my sleeve and they don't need to hide in a can be myself and it's ok i can't imagine what i can bring to the table now. good evening jack. this could h

coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel: we hear from josh cavallo, the onlyt top—flight player in men's football to come out as gay. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the chancellor has promised a post—covid age of optimism as he delivered his budget. rishi sunak has committed to a spending increase of £150 billion over three years with the economy forecast to return to pre—covid levels by next year. he forecast that inflation is likely rise above 4% next year, though the government's own budget watchdog suggests it could rise higher still. growth is forecast to be 6.5% this year but may then fall as low as 1.3% after 2023. after much criticism for reversing the £20 weekly boost to universal credit, the chancellor has announced the the universal credit taper rate will be cut by 8 percentage points. that means rather than than losing 63p in benefits for every extra pound you earn, you will only lose 55p. a one—year 50% cut in business rates in england has been pledged for some of the businesses hit hardest by the pandemic — retail, hospitality a

the australian soccer star josh cavallo has come out as gay, making him the only active top level male a decision that took a long time for myself and it was a long period in my life that brought me sadness and took me to a dark place. there was over six years of pain and i'm so happy and excited to put that to the site today. it's my freedom date and i have never been this happy in my entire life. there's been a outpouring of support across social media. barcelona footballer gerard pique tweeted "heyjosh cavallo, i don't have the pleasure to know you personally but i want to thank you for this step that you take. the world of football is far behind and you are helping us move forward. and, antoine griezmann tweeted "proud of you". and, from broadcaster gary linekar: "it's absurd that coming out is a brave thing to do in football. it is though, and i'm full of admiration forjosh for treading a path hopefully many others will follow. and, here'sjosh cavallo on how he hopes his decision to come out will inspire others. it was a very long journey to get to this point in my life. i'm very

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