about racism — and manchester city forward raheem sterling has joined the likes of anthonyjoshua, rio ferdinandoss the uk, saying "the only disease right now is the racism that we are fighting". in an interview for the bbc, sterling says it was important for him to speak out, and he's hoping to help football the protest, it's all... it's a great starting point and to start protesting to get your voice to be heard. at the same time, people in positions which are lucky enough —— i'm lucky enough to be in, this is a time to speak on those subjects. speak on injustice, especially in my field. this is something i will try to say to family, friends and people around me. i can only know kind of, touch on topics i see on everyday issues in my field. i think it's something like 500 players in the premier league. only a third of them are black. we have no representation of us in hierarchy, no representation of us in coaching staff. there's not a lot of faces that we can relate to and have conversations with, and i do think with these protests that are going on, it's all well and good, with these protests

participating in the black lives matter protests, including the former manchester united defender, rio ferdinande death of george boyd in america. ferdinand's the children also participated with the defender explaining to his a.3 million followers, taking my family to parliament squared today to be a pa rt parliament squared today to be a part of the protest was very emotional. the imports of supporting such causes emotional. the imports of supporting such causes cannot emotional. the imports of supporting such causes cannot be underestimated. educating the next generation is an absolute must. well, in america where the protests began, former philadelphia eagles defensive back, malcolm jenkins, warned that the global protests over racial injustice and police brutality needed to result in real change. jenkins returned to the city where he played for six years in order to speak. in 2018, he peacefully protested at his locker open two holding a sign that said you aren't listening after the team we re you aren't listening after the team were disinvited to a white house reception with donald trump fo

the former manchester united defender rio ferdinand and his wife joined thousands of people demonstratingrliament square today to be a part of the protest was very emotional. the importance of supporting such a cause can not be underestimated. educating the next generation is an absolute must." in america, where the protests began, former philadelphia eagles defensive back malcolm jenkins warned that the global protests over racial injustice and police brutality needed to result in real change. jenkins returned to the city where he played for six years to speak. in 2018, he peacefully protested at his locker, holding a sign that read ‘you aren't listening' after the team were disinvited to a white house reception with donald trump, following their super bowl championship. jenkins was speaking at philadelphia's african—american museum. ican i can feel our country is eyes being opened. even if we had to shake them out of our slumber. i hope that my future grandkids won't have to deal with the same fight that my great grandparents did. i am hopeful because of all of you. as we move forward ,

and in contrast former manchester united rio ferdinand 5aid he was going into social media hiding fora long time to wait and there has been so much prai5e. time to wait and there has been so much praise. i don't pretend to know my football but listening to what people say about their team now, they say it is one of the best teams you will ever see in club football. and jurgen klopp, the manager, absolutely adored. so we will talk to sally. she will bring us that and more, as charlie said. now it's time for our daily appointment with our gp. today we're joined from didcot by dr rachel ward. how are you this morning? good morning. iam how are you this morning? good morning. i am doing well. lots of people were concerned, when we spoke to ourgp people were concerned, when we spoke to our gp yesterday, they were concerned about the heat. 0ne to our gp yesterday, they were concerned about the heat. one of the hotte5t days, we had some heat records, 33 degrees in heathrow and around the country. did you get many ca5e5 around the country. did you get many cases of heatstroke? what we often t

manchester city forward raheem sterling has joined the likes of anthonyjoshua, rio ferdinand and jofrasm and demanding equality across society. sterling has described racism as a "disease" — and despite criticism from the government — told the bbc he backs those who took part in peaceful rallies across the uk — following the death of american george floyd. by speaking out — the england international says he's hoping to help football change and to create more opportunities for people from all backgrounds. i don't really think about myjob when things like this happen. i think about what is right and at this moment in time, you know, there is only so much people can take. it's been going on for hundreds of yea rs it's been going on for hundreds of years and people are tired. you know, people are ready for change, and this is something that i myself will continue to do, and spark these debates and get people in my industry looking at themselves and thinking what they can do to give people an equal chance in this country. and hopefully other industries as well can do that as well and everyd