saffie was stunning. character, but she was just she was just everything, you know, everything you could wish for in a little girl, i should say. she was just a stunning young lady that just loved life to the full. can i ask you, andrew, about the night of the bombing, and when you first started to find out what had gone on? we finished work and me and my son went to pick them up from the concert. i mean, saffie was just so looking forward to the concert, you know, it had been a dream, and she wanted to stay there till the end. so lisa said to me, you know, she's still on stage, just talking, thanking all the fans and everything, so she wanted to stay till the end, so i said, ok, i'll go and find somewhere to park and, you know, give me a call when you come out. so we did manage to park round the corner, not too far away from the entrance. and then within five minutes we just heard everybody screaming, running. me and zander thought, you know, there is some trouble or that type of thing, and then we saw t

and when did you learn about saffie?n the hospital, he went away and he came back about 12, half 12, and told me. and you've all had to cope, haven't you, with saffie's loss and also lisa's recovery? yeah. how is she doing? she's fighting. i mean, she's got that many injuries around her body, just that alone. she's like a soldier. yeah. the world knew what had happened. lisa was not conscious. no. and when she came round, you had to tell her. no. she looked at me and said to me, "saffie's gone, isn't she?" i was dreading it. she just looked at me and said, "she's gone, isn't she?" and i said, "yeah." she goes, "i knew." do you have thoughts about the person who did this? no. i've not seen pictures, i don't want to know. i'm not interested. it doesn't mean anything to me. no, same here. if i could think about it, analyse it, break it down, sort it out and get saffie back, i'd do it — but i can't. how are you finding it? there's times when you're sad, and times when you're happy, so it's kind of like a mix. you met ariana

and when did you learn about saffie?t i spoke to in the hospital, he went away and he came back about 12, half 12, and told me. and you have all had to cope, haven't you, with saffie's loss and also lisa's recovery? how is she doing? she's fighting. i mean, she's got that many injuries around her body, just that alone. she's like a soldier. the world knew what had happened. lisa was not conscious. no. and when she came round, you had to tell her. no. she looked at me and said, "saffie‘s gone, isn't she?" i was dreading it. she just looked at me and said, "she's gone, isn't she?" and i said, "yeah." she goes, "i knew." do you have thoughts about the person who did this? no. i've not seen pictures, i don't want to know. i'm not interested. it doesn't mean anything to me. no, same here. if i could think about it, analyse it, break it down, sort it out and get saffie back, i would do it, but i can't. how do you find it? there are times when you are sad and times when you are happy, so it is kind of like a mix. you met ariana

and when did you learn about saffie?to in the hospital, he went away and he came back about 12, half 12, and told me. and you've all had to cope, haven't you, with saffie's loss and also lisa's recovery? yeah. how is she doing? she's fighting. i mean, she's got that many injuries around her body, just that alone. she's like a soldier. yeah. the world knew what had happened. lisa was not conscious. no. and when she came round, you had to tell her. no. she looked at me and said to me, "saffie's gone, isn't she?" i was dreading it. she just looked at me and said, "she's gone, isn't she?" and i said, "yeah." she goes, "i knew." do you have thoughts about the person who did this? no. i've not seen pictures, i don't want to know. i'm not interested. it doesn't mean anything to me. no, same here. if i could think about it, analyse it, break it down, sort it out and get saffie back, i'd do it — but i can't. how are you finding it, xander? there's times when you're sad, and times when you're happy, so it's kind of like a mix. you

saffie loved the limelight. we just wanted to celebrate saffie's birthday through doing this.r be the same. the family of saffie roussos. our top story this lunchtime... north korea says it has launched a missile which they claim is capable of reaching any corner of the globe. still to come, date two at wimbledon, a couple of former champions feature on centre court, plenty of british interest too. and coming up in sport in the next 15 minutes on bbc news... we'll have a full round—up from wimbledon, including the latest from the all—british match between alex ward and kyle edmund. the us—led coalition in syria says its allies have breached the historic wall of the old city of raqqa, the capital of so called islamic state militants. more than 2000 jihadi fighters, and up to 100,000 civilians, are still thought to be inside the enclave. but iraqi forces say they are also close to taking the few remaining streets controlled by is in mosul, as our correspondent richard galpin reports. 0n the front lines of raqqa, the capital of so—called islamic state. it is looking increasingly

and saffie had that, she truly had that.est to the little girl, and for the public of manchester, who may not have known her, but felt drawn to share the moment. saffie's cheekiness and confidence are what her friends remember most about her. she played almost every day with her best friend, lily, who still can't believe saffie has gone. sometimes i think, i don't know how this happened. i wish she was still with me. but i don't know how to feel, really, but i'm just going to think she's always with me, she's always sat on my shoulder, always playing together. she's always going to be with me. # somewhere over the rainbow... the arena explosion happened just yards from this cathedral. within its shadow, hundreds brought roses for saffie rose, remembering the youngest life lost that night. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. time now for all the sports news in sport today. hello, and welcome to sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme, france claim a late equaliser to qualify for the women's e

saffie loved the lifelike.ge status? we're live there with the latest. good morning from wimbledon. we were worried about andy murray yesterday, but he came through that first match with no problem. what will it be like for djokovic and federer today? samak it should be dry, because there is only a 10% risk of a shower at wimbledon and it will be warm as well. for the uk as a whole, there is a lot of dry weather around. we will also see thongchai. the exogenous northern ireland and northern england, where we have heavy and persistent rain —— we have heavy and persistent rain —— we will also see sunshine. good morning. first, our main story. a plan to revolutionise the treatment that cancer patients receive through individually mapping their dna is being proposed by the chief medical officerfor england. the proposals would mean millions of patients would have treatments that were directly targeted at the particular strain of cancer they have. our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. more than 30,000 nhs p

saffie had back, she truly have that. saffie roussos loved performing.ande. the irony of this concert is the concert was a wonderful experience but saffie. she knew every song, sang every word and dance. her cheeky grin and happy nature is what her friends remember most about her. she played almost every day with her best friend lily, who still cannot believe that saffie has gone. sometimes i think, i don't know how this happened, i wish he was still with me. i don't know how to feel. but i am going to think she is always with me, she is always at my shoulder, always playing together. she is always going to be with me. vieirinha explosion happened just yards from this cathedral, hundreds brought roses the saputo ‘s, remembering the youngest of 22 lives lost that night. president trump says transgender people are to be banned from serving in the armed forces, reversing the policy of barack 0bama. mr trump said he'd reached the decision after consulting generals and military experts. jon sopel is at the white house. how surprisingly is this announcement? t

saffie loved the limelight. we just wanted to celebrate saffie's birthday through doing this.mme has uncovered evidence of repeated cover—ups of historical sexual abuse in britain's cadet forces. victims have spoken for the first time of senior cadet leaders covering up complaints, and pressurising families not to go to the police. the cadets is one of the uk's largest youth organisations, with 130,000 members. it's overseen by the ministry of defence, which says it has "robust procedures in place to protect cadets". katie razzall reports. tony was sexually abused when he was on a trip with the cheshunt sea cadets in 1981. one night obviously there was a sensation, i woke up, and there he was. i think he was actually crouching down by the bed and he stood up as soon as i woke up. and... i looked down and i was exposed. there was no doubt in my mind that... you know, he was touching me. the abuser was his commanding officer, lieutenant colonel alan waters, then aged 33, a volunteer cadet instructor in charge of children aged 12 and up. when tony's parents complained, they got a

remembering saffie rousa.er the president of the european commission called it "ridiculous". jean—claude juncker was attending a debate with the maltese prime minister, joseph muscat, to mark the end of malta's presidency of the eu. mrjuncker complained that only a low number of meps had turned up. from strasbourg, adam fleming reports. the maltese prime minister came to the european parliament to celebrate the end of his country's six—month stint helping to run the eu. but look how few meps turned up, prompting this outburst from the president of the european commission. there are only a few members in the plenary to control the commission. you are ridiculous. despite a telling off by the parliament's president, he made this pledge. i will never... i will never again attend a meeting of this kind. the commission is under the control of the parliament, but the parliament has to respect even the presidencies of smaller countries, what the parliament is not doing. parliament has come to life since mrjuncker spok

remembering saffie roussos. of repeated cover—ups of historical sex abuse in britain's cadet forces. victims have spoken for the first time of senior cadet leaders covering up complaints, and pressurising families not to go to the police. the cadets is one of the uk's largest youth organisations, with 130,000 members. it's overseen by the ministry of defence, which says it has "robust procedures in place to protect cadets". katie razzall reports. tony was sexually abused when he was on a trip with the cheshunt sea cadets in 1981. one night obviously there was a sensation, i woke up, and there he was. i think he was actually crouching down by the bed and he stood up as soon as i woke up. and... i looked down and i was exposed. there was no doubt in my mind that... you know, he was touching me. the abuser was his commanding officer, lieutenant colonel alan waters, then aged 33, a volunteer cadet instructor in charge of children aged 12 and up. when tony's parents complained, they got a visit at home from senior se

saffie loved the limelight. ijust wanted to celebrate saffie's birthday, through doing this.ve lost everything. we have, we've lost everything, because life willjust never be the same. let's go back to the news that north korea has successfully launched, it says, an intercontinental missile. the range seems to have been greater than previous tests. if the claim is true, the potential is for the missile to reach parts of the united states. the former british ambassador to north korea is here. there has been a succession of tests, and it's quite tempting each time to think, that's not really done much, forget about it, move on, does this one seemed different to you? it does. this time around, the north koreans have launched is not an intercontinental ballistic missile, then something close to it. probably capable, the experts tell us, reaching if not the western seaboard of the united states, most of the state of alaska. all that stands now between kim jong—un and an ability to deliver a nuclear warhead to the continental united states, is a military one, making a small bomb is

saffie's cheekiness and confidence are what her friends remember most about her.till can't believe saffie has gone. sometimes i think, i don't know how this happened, i wish she was still with me, but i don't know how to feel, really, but i'm just going to think she's always with me, she's always sat on my shoulder, always playing together. she's always going to be with me. # somewhere over the rainbow... the arena explosion happened just yards from this cathedral. within its shadow, hundreds brought roses for saffie rose, remembering the youngest life lost that night. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the owner of sports direct, mike ashley, has won his legal battle with an investment banker, over an alleged £15 million deal, made in a london pub. mr ashley told the high court he couldn't remember details of the conversation as it was a night of heavy drinking and denied he promised the banker the money. the judge said no one at the pub would have thought the offer was serious at the time. making people pay to bring a case before an employment tribunal is unla

, personal name was saffie rose.chester came along and the chief constable and we expect the family to arrive in the next few minutes themselves. then after the public service at manchester cathedral there will be a private service. judith, thank you. the supreme court has ruled that the government's decision to introduce fees for bringing employment tribunal claims is unlawful and must be quashed. the court said the practice of charging up to £1,200 was preventing access to justice. the government says it will now halt the charges — and refund people who have paid. 0ur legal affairs correspondent clive coleman reports. a massive victory for unison at the highest court in the land. workers fees for bringing claims to employment tribunals gone. tribunals hear a wide range of claims by workers including unfair dismissal, pay disputes and discrimination. bringing a claim was free untiljuly 2013 when the coalition government introduced fees. a claim for things like unpaid wages would cost a total of almost £390. for more

saffie had that, she truly had that. saffie roussos loved performing.new every song, sang every word and danced. her cheeky grin and happy nature is what her friends remember most about her. she played almost every day with her best friend lily, who still cannot believe that saffie has gone. sometimes i think, i don't know how this happened. i wish she was still with me. i don't know how to feel. but i am going to think she is always with me, she is always sat at my shoulder, always playing together. she is always going to be with me. the arena explosion happened just yards from this cathedral. hundreds brought roses for saffie rose, remembering the youngest of 22 lives lost that night. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. the headlines on bbc news... the government drives you new plans to tackle pollution, all new diesel and petrol cars will be banned in the uk by 2040. ajudge has ordered that 11—year—old charlie gard should be moved to a hospice in there is any other plans can be made for 12 o'clock tomorrow. donald trump has said that transgender peo

saffie had that, she truly had that. saffie roussos loved performing.y is that the concert was a wonderful experience for saffie. her daughter knew every song, sang every word and danced. her cheeky grin and happy nature is what her friends remember most about her. she played almost every day with her best friend lily, who still cannot believe that saffie has gone. sometimes i think, i don't know how this happened. i wish she was still with me. i don't know how to feel. but i am going to think she is always with me, she is always sat at my shoulder, always playing together. she is always going to be with me. the arena explosion happened just yards from this cathedral. hundreds brought roses for saffie rose, remembering the youngest of 22 lives lost that night. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. more now on the news that the supreme court has ruled that charging people to bring a case to an employment tribunal is unlawful. the fees, of up to £1200, were introduced by the government four years ago to reduce the number of malicious and weak cases. but th

ijust wanted to celebrate the birthday of saffi through doing this. what has your family lost?ything. we have, because we will just have lost everything. we have, because we willjust never be the same. stephanie and trevor firth we re same. stephanie and trevor firth were a number of viewers picking on one aspect of that interview, saying... versions of the report ran on bbc news all day, leading the news at 6pm. it provided powerful and moving television but some people had concerns about the prominence given to the item. here is mark eden.... linda dell also contacted us about the coverage, leaving as this telephone message. the coverage, leaving as this telephone messagelj the coverage, leaving as this telephone message. i found it to be mawkish in the extreme to show the video clip of the people outside the concert hall. surely the bbc can find better news than this and finding these people in anguish to put them on screen. i am fed up with it. the bbc director general lord hall announced the corporation's annual plan this week, and he addressed what he - a huge addressed w

she looked at me and said, saffie's gone, hasn't she? i was dreading it.

the metro leads with the funeral of the youngest victim of the manchester bombing eight—year—old saffiess minister warn if brussell refuse to back down on the rule of the european court ofjustice. the daily star features the wildfires on the french riveria where 10,000 people have fled the terrifying blaze. the telegraph leads with the story that gp‘s are being urged to stop telling patients they must finish all their prescribed course of tablets as it is driving up drug resistance. the mail claims that judges arebeing accused litigation by ripping up employment tribunal reforms. and finally the guardian leads with the government's new clean air policy which is says is being branded as "weak

the family of the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing, saffie roussos, has paid tribute tong, we have. life willjust never be the same. most cancer patients should be offered dna tests to help select the best treatments for them, according to england's chief medical officer. britain's mark cavendish pulled out of the tour de france after breaking

also this morning: we hear from the family of the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing, saffiee about their loss on what would have been her ninth birthday. we didn't want to just let her birthday pass. we just wanted to celebrate her birthday through

the metro leads with the funeral of the youngest victim of the manchester bombing eight—year—old saffiessos. britain may "walk away from eu talks" according to the express minister warn if brussell refuse to back down on the rule of the european court ofjustice. the daily star features the wildfires on the french riveria where 10,000 people have fled the terrifying blaze. the telegraph leads with the story that gp's are being urged to stop telling patients they must finish all their prescribed course of tablets as it is driving up drug resistance. the mail claims that judges arebeing accused litigation by ripping up employment tribunal reforms. and finally the guardian leads with the government's new clean air policy which is says is being branded as "weak and inadequate" by the leaders of eight heavily polluted cities. let's dip into some of them. but speed we will kick off with and what donald trump is saying about transgender people donald trump is saying about tra nsgender people and donald trump is saying about transgender people and services. this is astonishing, and not surprisin

the family of the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing, saffie roussos, has paid tribute toer 9th birthday. we've lost everything, so life will never be the same. talks have broken down to restore the power—sharing executive in northern ireland. sinn fein have blamed theresa may's political arrangement with the dup for the failure of talks aimed at restoring power sharing

saffie roussos would have turned nine today.'t checked. when he came and told me, ijust couldn't believe it. i can't say i did anything, ijust sat there looking at him. watch the interview in about 10 minutes' time. also on the programme — you rent out your home via airbnb and come back to find this has happened. i was shocked.

the biggest part of why i wanted to meet her is to tell her what she meant to saffie and, i wanted tod she respond to what you said to her? she thanked me. she appreciated me telling her that because obviously again, as a young lady, she must feel bad, you know, on what happened and everything else and ijust wanted to tell her from me that she‘s got nothing to be sorry for. she‘s got nothing to, you know... i thanked herfor making my daughter adore her and aspire to her. and i said to her, you know, many things could have happened. it could have happened halfway through the concert, at the start of the concert, you know. and she got to see her, right to the end, and she‘s been looking so forward to it that i‘m grateful that she got to see all of it. and i wanted arianna to know that. we can talk to ann marie mcnally in prestatyn who was at the concert with her daughter lauren. she says her daughter is traumatised and rather than giving an honour to arianne grande perhaps the council should be recognising the work of emergency services. you‘re one of many people who are saying that cou

the family of saffie roussos — the youngest victim of the manchester arena bombing — pay tribute to heruld have been her 9th birthday. the dup leader, arlene foster, says talks on forming a new power—sharing executive have failed, but she's hopeful of an agreement later in the year. meanwhile, sinn fein have claimed the prime minister was principally responsible for the breakdown of the talks. in a moment it will be time for sportsday and the latest from wimbledon but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. the north korean communist regime celebrates after it claims to have successfully launched a long—range ballistic missile. we'll bring you the political fall—out worldwide in half an hour in one hundred days plus. after it's claimed that a personalised cancer treatment could be available to patients in five years, we'll be speaking to an expert from cancer research uk at 7.45. and our guests tonight in the papers at 10.40 are laura perrins, who's co—editor of the website, the conservative woman and torcuil crichton, westminster editor of the daily record. tha

saffie roussos was 8 years old, and had been given a ticket to the ariana grande concert as a christmaso was seriously injured in the attack. the old bailey has been told that four pipe bombs built by a serving royal marine were used by terrorists in northern ireland. ciaran maxwell, who's 31 and from exminster in devon, pleaded guilty earlier this year to preparing terrorist acts linked to dissident republicanism. 0ur correspondent nick beake is at the old bailey now. what's happened in court today? we have got an extraordinary insight into the remarkable double life of this man ciaran maxwell. 0n the one hand he was somehow who vowed to serve queen and country as a marine. 0n the other hand, the court's been told he has s admitting he was speaking to a member of the continuity ira in terms of attacking police officers in northern ireland and a police station there, an incredible secret life. the evidence against him has been outlined today and the old bailey has been told that he had something like more than a dozen hides where he was able to keep ammunition he had stolen from his bas

, thank you very much. 0n the programme tomorrow, an entire view with the father of eight—year—old saffy south and east ward through the afternoon, but they're very hit and miss. for most, it will stay dry with the sunny spells. sunny spells also for scotland. in northern ireland, things cloud up a touch this afternoon. maximum temperatures 18-24. the afternoon. maximum temperatures 18—24. the cloud in northern ireland will be preceded by some rain which will be preceded by some rain which will move into southern scotland, northern england, a bit of patchy rain and drizzle for wales into the early hours of tuesday morning as well. temperatures 12—14. if this zonein well. temperatures 12—14. if this zone in northern areas is staying wet. to the north of that, some sunshine. sunny spells breaking out in wales and south—east parts of england. temperatures up to 25. bye. this is bbc news and these are the top stories developing at 11. the foreign secreatry borisjohnson is the latest senior tory calling for an end to his government's1% pay cap on public sector workers. for the first time in n