congratulations to lucy bronze there.westwood, graeme mcdowell, padraig harrington and luke donald as vice—captains for this year's ryder cup against the united states. westwood has won seven times as a player. the quartet could still qualify to play in the tournament, but westwood is the only player currently ranked inside the world's top 200. the ryder cup starts in paris on 28 september... with europe looking to regain the trophy. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. the weather is looking fine across the uk. 0n the weather is looking fine across the uk. on wednesday it will feel warm as well. clear blue skies on the way. not necessarily from the word "go". in the morning, in eastern and northern counties, it will be cloudy. it's the big picture across this part of the world, here, the jet stream with system is being diverted northwards. in the direction of iceland and scandinavia, this jet stream this far north, we are

>> yes. >> lucy still wasn't worried. knew her combat-hardened sister could take care of herself. but then evening came and for maribel, friday night was softball night. she loved to play and never missed a game. but this friday night she didn't show. now, lucy's phone was ringing, maribel's teammates on the line. they told me, go to the house, police are there. do not take gisele. i'm freaking out, and i walk in, and my sister is not there. her door is open, her lights are on, her bed's undone. my head started spinning. everything was horrible and i felt it. >> detective joey ramirez with the orange police department got the call that evening. and he also had a bad feeling about everything. >> it sounds like you were taking this pretty seriously from the get-go. >> absolutely. >> why couldn't she be off by herself, or with some other friends, or maybe she lost her phone or forgot to call? >> that was our hope, that she was just missing, that she would come walking through the door. but her family and friends expressed th

i support lucy's law and if you really care, you will too.t they are going to get their first pet. the puppy that they have nagged their parents, and believe me, i have been there, they have nagged their parents for incessantly. they go, they fall in love with that puppy, they take it home, only to discover that it might not survive. and if it does survive, it has been so horribly abused that it may never be sociable. it may be never be properly house—trained. the simple fact is, unless the ministry can tell us, we don't really know how many people are out there operating, which is an awful thing to say. and of course, that is because many of these people are not operating in this country at all. they are operating, dare i say, as we said, through south of ireland, but also eastern europe, so these animals get here through the most perilous of journeys. the minister said the government had tightened regulations, and asked for evidence on whether there should be a ban. i can tell honourable members, and i'm sure they will be pleased to know th

our special correspondent lucy manning is with me now.go on for some considerable time but these first few days will be all about those who died. that is right, there is a time forbidding and there will be a time forbidding and there will be a time for evidence, experts, difficult questions and even more challenging a nswe i’s questions and even more challenging answers but the time at the moment, the time today is to grieve and remember and cry and there were certainly lots of tears in that room today from everyone, senior police officers, council leaders and even the chair of the inquiry said he found it very emotional listening to what the relatives had to say, but he said it was important, that he wa nted he said it was important, that he wanted to appreciate their lives. the tributes will continue all this week and into next week and then we will start hearing from the experts, hearing evidence from firefighters, hearing evidence from firefighters, hearing from those who survived, trying to find out how safe or probably the question

and it's gone, to england's lucy bronze.yon reach this week's champions league final with this winning goal in their semifinal against manchester city, beat second—placed lieke martens of the netherlands. and third—placed australia striker sam kerr. bronze is the fourth winner of the award voted for by thousands of fans around the world. it's all a bit of a surprise. i did know why everyone was clapping at first. yeah, i am still surprised. i'm also very raval to have received the award that i was really grateful to even be nominated for. the people who had been nominated alongside me have been great players with great yea rs have been great players with great years also, so it was really special to have won it this year. worth checking out how lucy received the award on the bbc sport website. check that out and ate next few minutes or so. her auntie gave her a bit of a shock! that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. thanks for watching. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be

lucy's family helped get her pension back this week. says she was happy to >>shs you just want to find out what her secret sauce is. [ laughter ] i think it's the fact she has what she wants. she loves life. >> reporter: lucy is glad the government now thinks she's alive, so she can go back to, well, living her life. she said the secret to living a long and happy life is to truly live it. >> it is too late when you say i wish i had, it's too late. in san mateo with lucy, mary lee, kpix 5. >>> commuters have a brand new option to get around. rather than fight the traffic on highway 4, they can ride trains. it runs between pittsburgh, bay point, and ant y up and running tomorrow. when passengers get to the bart station, they can transfer on the same platform. the ten-mile line has two new stations. the stop in antioch has a thousand parking spaces. >>> first electric scooters started popping up in alley ways. now two guys have taken it to a whole new level. julie watts shows us the bay bridge traffic jam caught on camera. >> reporter: yea

our special correspondent lucy manning reports.saac paulos was an arsenalfan, just like his dad. he was good at maths and reading. his name meant "joy and laughter". today, there were only tears. again is to fight for truth and justice, in isaac's name. their flat by a fireman. " his father wept. flat, at about 2am. why were we kept inside for so long? would have been likely alive today. 12—year—old biruk haftom died with his mum, berkti. he wanted to be a pilot, or a scientist, or a footballer. she was ten weeks pregnant. her eldest son. reunited after 15 years. i didn't even have a chance to say goodbye. ever see my mum again, and my brother. mariem elgwahry died with her mother, eslah. graduate, ambitious and in love. they stayed on the phone to him as he stood helpless outside the tower. his mum's last words, "i can't breathe". my mum and sister were poisoned by the smoke. they were burned. they were cremated. listen to them die. days, but particularly the top floors. a skilled architect. she shared with neighbours. hamid kani

lucy, thank you. lucy manning there.on today after a russian journalist, who was widely reported to have been shot dead in ukraine, appeared alive and well at a news conference in the capital, kiev. the ukrainian security services said they'd staged the apparent assassination of arkady babchenko to protect him from an imminent russian attack. jonah fisher reports from kiev. there is flash photography in his report. applause. is this the greatest comeback since lazarus? 19 hours previously, arkady babchenko was announced dead, most likely assassinated by russians. now, to gasps of disbelief, he was back, with a lot of explaining to do. mr babchenko of course had not been assassinated, but had in fact been a willing participant in a security service operation. translation: i would like to express big thanks to the security service of ukraine for saving my life. as far as i know, preparations for this operation had been carried out for two months. i was informed a month ago. outspoken and a fierce critic of vladimir putin,

it is not ok, lucy mentioned staring.ve invasion of privacy and it is just disrespectful. how do we begin to change this? and what you are saying, lucy, it helps to normalise everybody with all sorts of different features. that surely has got to help? yes, i think the more people who are aware that this is completely normal and there are so many people, there is a statistic that there are 83 list —— 83,000 people in school in the uk with a visible difference. that is a huge numberof visible difference. that is a huge number of people. there are people that live with this. sophie, from your perspective, do you think there are things people with facial disfigurement can do... you are an empowered young woman, but to empowered young woman, but to empower themselves and also to teach people who do regard them as different? i think talking to people like me. i recently met someone, they were not like me, but they had they were not like me, but they had the same experienced and it was amazing because we can relate so much. we c

. >> lucy mcbath is the mother of jordan davis a victim of gun silence. sley served as spokeswoman as a democratic candidate for congress. matt post from montgomery county maryland spoke at the march for our lives rally in washington. his group took part in a lie-in in sport of gun legislation outside of paul ryan's office today. lucy, i want your reaction to something lieutenant governor dan patrick said about this. you're running for congress. listen to what he had to say after words starting getting out about the shooting. >> we may have to look at the design of our schools moving forward and retrofitting schools that are already built. what i mean by that, there are too many entrances and too many exits to our over 8,000 campuses in texas. maybe we need to look at limiting the entrance and the exits into our schools so that we can have law enforcement looking at the people who come in one or two entrances. >> what do you think about that idea in. >> i think it's not a good idea. i think that poes a safety issues there limiting the number of exits and

. >> lucy mcbath is the mother of jordan davis, a victim of gun violence. she has served as a spokesperson as every town for gun safety. matt post is a senior at sherwood high school in montgomery county, maryland. a student member of the board of education who spoke at the march for our lives rally in washington. his group took part in a lie-in in support of gun safety legislation outside of paul ryan's office. let me start with you, lucy, and i want to get to something lieutenant governor dan patrick said in the wake of this. take a listen to what he had to safe after words started getting out about this shooting. >> we may have to look at the design of our schools moving forward and retrofitting schools that are already built. and what i mean by that is there are too many entrances and too many exits to our over 8,000 campuses in texas. maybe we need to look at limiting the entrance and exits into our schools so that we can have law enforcement looking at the people who come in one or two entrances. >> what do you think about that idea? >> i think it's n

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. heard of slacklining? 1,300 meters in the air, in central china. 00:24:18,648 --> 1073741526:06:36,343 give 1073741526:06:36,343 --> 2147483051:48:54,039 me 2147483051:48:54,039 --> 3221224577:31:11,734 a 3221224577:31:11,734 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 minute. give me a second. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. good morning. on monday, there was some respite. the woods yet. warm and humid air that we have got across the uk. there were not very many at all. misty skies of northern england and on those north sea coasts. that system is pushing back in on the north sea coast now. and that is going to bring us some more storms. counties of england. rain across england, eastern scotland. grey start. that low cloud retreating back to eastern areas. towards wales later in the day. so a lovely day here. fog and low cloud coming back in again. across england towards wales. looks dry in the south—west. conditions should improve in the south—east. across scotland and northern ireland. to move their way northwa

our special correspondent lucy manning has been listening to their stories. so many killed, so many lives cut short, none more so than logan gomes, not even born, when he died. after g re nfell. his family shared pictures with the enquiry. he looked like he was just sleeping. and basically, at that moment, we felt like our hearts had broken. but at least we were able to hold him. and to be with him. the joy of the baby shower, choosing

our special correspondent lucy manning was listening to their stories. this is my mum, sirria choucair. and this is the whole family that died. one family, three generations. the choucairs. wiped out in the fire, three children, their parents and grandmother, a ha rd—working family. i have to live with my family ripped apart for the rest of my life. i don't see this as a tragedy, i see it as an atrocity. how can you sum up six lives in such a short space of time? the inquiry today also remembered two other little girls, fathia and hania, and their mother, rania ibrahim. # amazing grace. # how sweet the sound...

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. as they faced fire and death, those trapped inside grenfell turned, in their last moments, to each other. raymond bernard known as moses was, his family said, a hero. he'd worked as an electrician at buckingham palace and the house of lords. on the night of the fire he sheltered six neighbours including children in his flat. there was no way down to escape. the only alternative was to head towards the top floor. there they met ray and took refuge in his flat. the positioning of the bodies of debra, jessica, berkti and biruk

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our special correspondent, lucy manning reports. it was a day about parents and their children who had lived together at grenfell and died together. rania ibrahim died with her two girls, fethia and hania. four—year—old fethia's sweet voice filled the inquiry room. i want to hug you... and do something with yourselves. thank you, goodbye! everyone struggled with their emotions, including the inquiry chairman. rania's niece read her mother's tribute. i watched her grow into a young woman. i prepared herfor her wedding and watched her children grow with mine. never in my life have i thought that i would be in herfuneral. also lost in the fire, zainab deen and her two—year—old sun jeremiah.

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. as they faced by death those trapped inside grenfell turned in their last moments to each other. raymond bernard known as moses was, his family said, a hero. he had worked as an electrician in the buckingham palace and the house of lords. on the night of the fire he shouldered six neighbours including children in his flat. we know that he would have given comfort to each of them before they took their last breaths and departed this world. are moses, our hero. sadly, where there is no

here's our special correspondent lucy manning. this is my mum, sirria choucair. and this is the whole family that died. 0ne family, three generations. the choucairs. wiped out in the fire, three children, their parents and grandmother, a ha rd—working family. i have to live with my family ripped apart for the rest of my life. i don't see this as a tragedy, i see it as an atrocity. how can you sum up six lives in such a short space of time? unfortunately this afternoon, one of the families' tribute videos showed footage of the tower burning. many survivors left the room sobbing and shaking. paramedics had to be called, the inquiry apologised, but a sign ofjust the trauma those here are still having to face. the barrister to the enquiry explained to the chairman

lucy manning joins me now. how would you sum up the first day? there is a time for everything, there will be a time for evidence and experts and difficult questions and experts and difficult questions and difficult answers, but today was and difficult answers, but today was a day, a time for the bereaved, a time for them to remember and cry and there was certainly lots of tea rs, and there was certainly lots of tears, everyone in the enquiry room was weeping as they heard the details of the lives of the young and the old and those who were not yet born who died at the fire in g re nfell yet born who died at the fire in grenfell. the enquiry chairman told those who spoke today that he was finding it emotional to listen to them but appreciated giant to hear more about the lives of those who had died. the families will give

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. five—year—old isaac paulos was an arsenalfan, just like his dad. he was good at maths and reading. his name meant "joy and laughter". today, there were only tears. i'm broken, and now the only thing that can make me whole again is to fight for the truth and justice, in isaac's name. as the building burned, they'd been told to wait in "why did we trust the authorities?" his father wept. i want to know why i was physically stopped from leaving the flat, at about 2am. why were we kept inside for so long? if i had not listened to the fire brigade, my son would have been likely alive today. 12—year—old biruk haftom died with his mum, berkti. he wanted to be a pilot or a scientist or a footballer. she was ten weeks pregnant.

lucy manning has been covering this for the bbc. it's been a really sad. it has given the established a invoice they felt they had not had for a year and is set the tone for this inquiry. one of the survivors said to me this could've started being professional he put it, instead it's been emotional and he says that's important because with professional he says nothing will get done, this has allowed the chairman to have the emotions and hopefully he said he will change things assertively he has seem to be emotional and you cannot fail to be. what happens now, is on monday the lawyers start to get involved. we have the counsel to the inquiry will make the opening statement and that is expected to be shocking information that comes from the experts who have compiled reports to this inquiry.

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. a car collided with pedestrians in stockport last night, killing a man and injuring others. police have launched a murder investigation. greater manchester police were called to the salisbury nightclub in the area of brinnington. it's thought a black audi a4 collided with a number of people before fleeing the scene. a man in his 30s died later in hospital. pressure to relax northern ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast and explains how the law

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. beaten up, then let down. richard bolland was attacked by a masked man in wyke on the outskirts of bradford. i felt an arm around my neck. i realised i was blacking out. the names of suspects were passed to west yorkshire police, but 18 months on, no one's been charged. not enough evidence, say police. nothing new would come to light, if i could come up with something then i should let them know but other than that it was on the shelf and it took a couple of days really to sink in and think, hang on a minute, i'm the victim, not the detective. since 2010, here in west yorkshire police, we've had a 35% real terms cut and what that has meant in terms of officers and staff numbers is, i have 1400 less people to be able to respond to the demands. i have recorded there is a crime but we will not pursue it...

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. five—year—old isaac paolos was an arsenal fan, just like his dad. he was good at maths and reading. his name meantjoy and laughter. today, there were only tears. i am broken and now, the only thing that can make me whole again is to fight for truth and justice in isaac's name. isaac was seen running happily around his flat. but the night of the fire, they'd been told to stay inside it by a fireman who came to their door. "why did we trust the authorities?", his father wept. i want to know why i was physically stopped from leaving the flat at about 2am. why were we kept inside for so long? if i had not listened to the fire brigade, my son would have been likely alive today. 12—year—old biruk haftom died with his mum, berkti. he wanted to be a pilot or a scientist or a footballer. she was ten weeks‘ pregnant.

our special correspondent lucy manning reports. it was a day about parents and their children who had lived together at grenfell and died together. rania ibrahim died with her two girls, fethia and hania. four—year—old fethia's sweet voice filled the inquiry room. i want to hug you... and do something with yourselves. thank you, goodbye! everyone struggled with their emotions, including the inquiry chairman. rania's niece read her mother's tribute. i watched her grow into a young woman. i prepared herfor her wedding and watched her children grow with mine. never in my life have i thought that i would be in herfuneral. also lost in the fire, zainab deen

lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news this evening. a murder investigation‘s begun into the death of a man who was hit by a car, which drove into pedestrians outside a nightclub in the brinnington area of stockport, last night. the dead man was in his 30s. several other people were hurt. the vehicle was found abandoned on the m60. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an 11—year—old girl and her mother. 31—year—old laura mortimer and her daughter, ella dalby were found seriously injured by police at a property in gloucester just before 5am this morning, and declared dead at the scene. police are appealing for witnesses. a teenager has appeared in court following the death of 15—year—old sam baker, who was stabbed in the chest in sheffield on thursday. the boy, who's also 15, appeared before magistrates in the city, charged with murder and is due to appear at crown court tomorrow.

lucy manning, bbc news.begins to look at what caused it, attention will turn to the recent refurbishment of grenfell tower — and in particular the addition of exterior cladding and insulation. an investigation for tonight's panorama programme has found that the firm which supplied the insulation, celotex, may have misled the contractors who did the refurbishment about its suitability for use in high rise buildings. richard bilton investigates. move back! it started as a kitchen fire. look at this madness that's going on. oh my god. but grenfell burned out of control because the building was wrapped inflammable material. these are the two products that covered grenfell that night — cladding with insulation behind. look at what happens when there's a flame, the cladding core melts and lights the installation. before the disaster, these two were never tested together. the manufacturers knew they were being combined on grenfell, but didn't warn anyone on the project. fire spread up grenfell in 15 minutes from th

among his accusers is lucy evans, formerly an aspiring actress who claims the movie mogul abused her at his office in new york. she and a string of hollywood a—listers, gwyneth paltrow and angelina jolie among them, were part of a chorus of accusations that gave rise to the #metoo movement, it led to powerful and predatory men in a number of fields being held to account, the latest being morgan freeman, who has now issued a public apology following allegations of inappropriate behaviour onset. the italian actress asean gendt oh, who last weekend repeated claims that harvey weinstein raped her, heralded the news that he now planned to turn himself in with a single word on

lucy, stay close. we'll be coming back to you likely after we get that official update in the news conference roughly 45 minutes from now. meanwhile, president trump facing quite the backlash today after railing against undocumented immigrants at a white house meeting on wednesday. >> we have people coming in to the country, trying to come in. we're stopping a lot of them. but we're taking people out of the country. you wouldn't believe how bad these people are. these aren't people. these are animals. >> his comments were made during a roundtable discussion with california leaders on that state's so-called sanctuary laws. for more, republican congressman carlos cab bello, florida, joins me now. he introduced a petition last week that would force the house to vote on some key immigration measures. it's gaining support. we'll talk about that in just a moment. but first, the president there in his own words branding some undocumented immigrants as animals. here is an opportunity to denounce it, congressma

lucy manning, bbc news. three days since their wedding but today the duke and duchess of sussex — or harry and meghan as they're better known — had their first public engagement as a married couple. they were at a buckingham palace garden party hosted by the prince of wales. nicholas witchell was there. she's formally part of the family now. three days into married life, and meghan was at buckingham palace for a very early 70th birthday celebration for her father—in—law and his charity work, led by harry, but nearly ruined by a passing bumblebee. sorry... that bee really got me! laughter. and then it was time to practice the art of being royal. the small talk that will be such a feature of meghan's working life. that's true... it's all about putting people at their ease, engaging, preferably with sincerity, listening and moving on. not unfamiliar territory for an actress. unsurprisingly, the reviews were good. very personable, very warm, very nice. down to earth. they were really friendly as a couple. it's r

and lucy bronze becomes the first british player to win the women's champions league.busy day of sport to tell you about, let's start with cricket and england's first of two test matches against pakistan started today at lord's. it was expected to be a chance for england to shine on home wickets after their dismal winter test form, but the opening day followed a familiar pattern as their batting order once again crumpled, all out for 184. tim hague reports. for many, but first home test of the year marks the start of summer. it also marks the start of something more special. his england test career. england chose to bat first. which quickly looked a bad choice, as the captain lost shortly after,. yet pakistan, would hold up really well, and no mood to let up, took his second of the morning. in the winter of discontent continued to the summer, alastair remained defiant. and here is another as he, and later ben stokes looked to put england on the front foot. yet every time the host rallied, pakistan stopped them in their tracks. a big blow at a good day for pakistan whic

lucy,it lucy, it has been a very moving initial stage to this inquiry, what are the next steps now?a funeral after p&l, day after day and the families came to the inquiry not to talk about g re nfell to the inquiry not to talk about grenfell the building, but about the meaning and the value of the lives behind those doors. it has been emotional and draining. and relative colla pse emotional and draining. and relative collapse today after seeing some of the commemorations. it has been at times uplifting and at times angry and desperately sad, but it has given the brief, the survivors, a voice they felt that they have not had all year and it has set the tone for the inquiry. one of the survivors said to me today that the giving of the enquiry could have been professional, professional, as he put it, and instead it has been emotional because he wanted the chairman to change things because of emotion. certainly the chairman said he had felt humbled and felt emotional about what he had heard. on monday the lawyers will start, we will get the statement from the council put the enquiry. it

our special correspondent, lucy manning, reports.ld isaac paolos was an arsenalfan, just like his dad. he was good at maths and reading. his name meantjoy and laughter. today, there were only tears. is to fight for truth and justice in isaac's name. isaac was seen running happily around his flat. by a fireman who came to their door. why did we trust the authorities? his father wept. the flat at about 2am. why were we kept inside for so long? my son would have likely been alive today. 12—year—old biruk haftom died with his mum, berkti. he wanted to be a pilot, scientist or a footballer. she was ten weeks' pregnant. she fled the war in eritrea and had to leave behind her eldest son. reunited after 15 years. i didn't even have a chance to say goodbye. again and my brother. thank you. mariem elgwahry died with her mother, eslam. ambitious, and in love. they stayed on the phone to him as he stood helpless outside the tower. his mum's last words, "i can't breathe. my mum and sister were poisoned by the smoke. they were burned, they were cr

but we can do a lot more and as lucy was noting, the nra has stood in the way for a long time. politics may be changing. >> it was really interesting, matt, that the nra's base obviously we know has been mobilized at least in terms of the money. the president surprised reporters on air force one by coming back, talking about wanting to go to this convention, believing that these are all good people. but support for the nra is on the decline. a march 2018 poll that we at nbc and "wall street journal" did. 37% of americans now view the nra positively. 40% see it negatively. this is the first time it's been under water since 1999. how significant do you see that, matt? >> i think it is enormously significant. i've been working on this issue, first in the clinton white house, then in americans for gun safety, now at third way, for almost 20 years. we have never seen a shift in the politics of guns. it has always been true that the nra was more politically potent than any of us on the other side. that may have changed. i think we have hit a tipping point. i think as lucy noted, the

lucy hockings, bbc news, iceland. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich.louds gathering at times, the potential for thunderstorms. potential for thunderstorms. scattered for the time being, there might be more later in the week. might be more later in the week. northern ireland and scotland but much drier than it was yesterday. much drier than it was yesterday.

cheering and applause lucy williamson, bbc news, paris.three people suspected of dealing class—a drugs at a music festival in portsmouth, where a man and a woman died on saturday. georgia jones, who was 18, and 20—year—old tommy cowan fell ill at the mutiny festival. a third person remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. our correspondent frankie mccamley is with me now — bring us up to date with what we know. at around half past nine on saturday evening after two people fell ill and organisers of the mutiny festival in portsmouth one people they were aware of a dangerous high—strength substance on the site and they urged people not to take drugs. what we know is that 15 people were taken to hospital in total, one person still remained in a critical but stable condition. sadly two people died, 18—year—old georgia jones whose mother has described as a strong—willed, opinionated young lady and 22—year—old tommy khan, his father spoke to the bbc urging people to consider the risks of taking drugs and described how he watched h

lucy, thank you. lots of excitement here in windsor.over the world. one perspective here, prince harry's military career holds a special place in his heart and afghanistan is one of the countries where he served in the british army. the bbc‘s secunder kermani joins me now from kabul. well, you join me in camp karga whereas you can see the decorations are already under way. it is a nato base on the outskirts of kabul, home to over 150 british soldiers and officers, as well as others from other coalition countries, including denmark, australia, the us, germany and others. as you say, prince harry did two spells in afghanistan in the past. there is an added bond between some of those who are serving here now and with him. we are expecting a crowd to gather in this room a little bit later on to watch the celebrations on the screen just over there. they had been hoping to do a kind of street party outside, a street party in the sand, if you will, but the weather has been a bit unpredictable here. as you can see, plenty of bunting going up. w

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lucy brooks was a major leader in that. because there were so many homeless children wandering the streets. not knowing where to go. and we began to see small groups of women all over the south, particularly here in virginia, starting these friends asylums to help the children. we know the friedman bureau agents did what they could. we have to recognize labor was still an issue and so there are apprenticeships that had complications. with parents tried to keep their children free, former slave owners wanted to hold on to those children, too, but the labor they could provide. and so we see the tension between parents and friedman's bureau agents. in the mill, were these children, caught in this cycle. we know also soldiers who fought, both black and white. union and confederate. and these are areas that may further exploration, what were their experiences as children? oftentimes, many of the officials did not want to have children in contraband camps, nor did they want women, they saw them as a strange species that were upon

lucy lu cy bro nze lucy bronze was voted footballer of the year.ll lines for you — two roma fans have been charged over violence in the lead up to the semi final first leg between the italian side and liverpool at anfield, one for wounding and inflicting grievoius bodily harm. sean cox who was attacked remains in a critical condition in hospital. and the tottenham manager mauricio pochettino has signed a new five—year contract with the club, which will run until 2023. spurs once again qualified for the champions league last season, a second consecutive top three finish, which had seen him linked with some of europes top clubs. stay with us on sportsday still plenty to come... we‘ve a cool, calm collected daniel riccardio in practice ahead of the glitz and glamour of this weekend‘s grand prix. and there‘s some blood, sweat and tears too, as this former premier league hotshot takes to the ring. painful stuff, as it was in the cricket today. after defeats to new zealand and australia over the winter, surely the familiar surroundings of home would help

. >> reporter: lucy is 111 years old. >> i've seen people say oh, i'm too old, i can't -- no, i've neversaid that. i'm old. yeah. but i'm not dead. >> reporter: the u.s. governments did not think so. the feds's entry form to make sure she was still alive and eligible for benefits. she either did not get the letter, or accidentally threw it away. so the feds cut off her federal pension. >> see, i can't hear what the damn -- >> reporter: it's pretty obvious she is very much alive, but her daughter and son-in-law quickly found out it is not easy to change the government's mind. >> what are you going to do, you know. we were very frustrated. >> imagine her being kicked off her healthcare, and then not getting attention. it's too much. panic mode. >> reporter: in desperation, her family reached out to representative jackie spear who helped get lucy's pension back this week. she says that she was happy to help. >> she's a pistol, isn't she? you just want to find out what her secret sauce is. and i think it is the fact that she loves life. >> reporter: she's glad the government now thinks she's

lucy lu cy bro nze lucy bronze is the winner.baller of the year for 2018 and we went to her clu b year for 2018 and we went to her club a couple of days ago to surprise her, along with her auntie, julie, who gave the award. she was voted the winner by fans from all over the world, bbc world service operate this award. she is the fourth winner. she plays for england that she is a right back for a lyon. there she is in action, training for lyon. she actually scored the only goal in the champions league semifinal to send them through to the champions league final which is in kiev and that is a big goalfor her. she played for manchester city last season but she wanted to move to lyon because they are the biggest dominant force in women's football in the world. they are the best players and arguably the best club and she went there this season to really work on her game and it has proved its worth. she had all of the physicality and speed and the technicality has really come on this season, so she is the bbc women's footballer of the

but also to gods with lucy and lucy. let's the nine minutes later the drone makes a spot landing it's been a good day for dennis gerber. and. it's near professional career as an emergency physician this is a fantastic opportunity to demonstrate for that this kind of drone service can really work we could save lives this way. if this pilot project in frankfurt gets the go ahead the mission to save lives by drone deliveries will really take off. you'll find more stories from the world of science on our website. than feel free to get in touch via twitter or facebook we love to hear from you all. the free to one space is open for business wealthy entrepreneurs have a vision of hotels out in orbit and even further away look people soon be vacationing on the moon that and much more next week on tomorrow today see you then . go on. the far. israel turned seventy two exiled people one contest in homeland. arafat. but in this as a nation put in. the bomb love what remains of the peace process today place. a moment optimism in fif