that we make it quite clear, i have supported sarah champion and voted for sarah champion.her and supported her advocacy work when it comes to this. but what we have to understand is, just to say political correctness is an issue, this is not what the south yorkshire police are saying today. i spoke to the head of south yorkshire police and they are not saying political correctness got in the way and this is why, three years on, there has not been a single failure from the police or the social services that has been challenged. where have the resignations been, where have the people who have supposedly... could you not say this has contributed ? let me finish. we're nearly out of time. it has contributed to a climate of people being scared to say what is a real issue? the worst thing about it is that for six days we talked about political correctness and race and we have forgotten the victims that are being brutally abused. and some people would say an mp is now out of a job, a shadow secretary of state, where she had more power to help. we are not collateral damage. we hav

there are legitimate questions to be asked, but sarah champion went about this ina way but sarah championt has led to her resignation. no word on her successor yet? not yet. justjeremy corbyn's reaction, as you heard, but we will bring it to you as we get it. sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, celtic are playing the first leg of their champions league qualifier against the kazakhstan champions. celtic had the best early chance, leigh griffiths just off target. then tomas rogic went on an amazing run. thanks to a deflection off the shot by one of the defenders it's 1-0 to shot by one of the defenders it's 1—0 to the scottish champions. that's the score in glasgow with ten minutes to go till half—time. arsenal manager arsene wenger says the club haven't made any progress yet on a new contract for alexis sanchez. the chile international, who has less than a year to go on his contract, has been linked with a move away from the club. however, wenger insists sanchez isn't for sale and wants him to see out his current deal — even if that means he walks away for free at the

the labour mp sarah champion resigns from the shadow cabinet and apologises for her "poor choice of words a newspaper article about child abuse. unemployment falls to the lowest level since 1975 — but average earnings are still lagging behind inflation. homes buried under a mountain of rock and mud — six hundred people still missing in sierra leone. also — the royal navy's new flagship arrives home. the 280 metre—long hms queen elizabeth — the navy‘s biggest ever warship — sails into her new berth in portsmouth. and mps will look again at plans to silence big ben forfour years — after the prime minister intervenes. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the government says that it wants people and goods to be able to move seamlessly across the border between the irish republic and northern ireland after brexit — much as they do today. in their latest proposal for life outside the eu, ministers say there will be no return to check points and border posts. but critics argue the plan raises as many questions as answers — not least, what's to stop eu migrants coming into the uk from ireland th

labour mp sarah champion has offered to resign from her role as shadow secretary of state for women andper article. ms champion cited her column for the sun last friday as the reason for her apology and resignation. emma vardy is with us. plenty of people may not even know what she has written so could you explain the background. sarah champion cause particular offence with the words that she wrote in the article for the sun newspaper in which she said britain is a problem with british pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls. as you said she was reacting to the conviction in newcastle of a group of mostly asian men of exploiting and abusing young girl. that was the latest court case ina girl. that was the latest court case in a series of cases in which we have seen men convicted of exploiting young girls in which the perpetrators within these gangs have been of asian origin. so she‘s not the first person to comment on this at all, a number of people have raised questions over whether the ethnicity of these perpetrators has in any way been a barrier for police and social services

but for some, of thing sarah champion was trying to address.ogised to those. jeremy corbyn said it was wrong for her to single out an entire community. 0thers said it was wrong for her to single out an entire community. others say sarah champion did nothing wrong and should not have had to step down. emma, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: thousands of students have been getting their a—level results — and the number getting the top grades has gone up slightly, for the first time in six years. the government is to withdraw funding from learn direct, one of the largest private training companies in the uk — after a damning report by ofsted. president trump says american history and culture are being ‘ripped apart‘ by removing statues commemorating those who fought to retain slavery. the first day, night test match is happening at edgbaston today with the pink ball already posing a challenge. alistair cooke has an unbeaten half—century as england reached lunch. england's women have booked their place in the semifinal rugby world cup

so ta ke not supporting sarah champion.ampion was on the end of a lot of criticism for her comments in the sun. others have hit back and said that what she was saying was fact but nonetheless the pressure on her has increased. a number of labour party members called on her to be sacked and last night she stepped down. jeremy corbyn accepted her resignation and said she was not sacked. but he has been pressed today for his opinion on her comments, particularly on the issue of race and this crime. what he said is he has very much put the emphasis on the crime itself. he said this is a crime against women no matter who it is committed by and he has spoken out about what he says of her comments were wrong to make a sweeping generalisation about an entire community. i do not think you can label lay an entire community. i think you have to label those who perpetrate disgusting and disgraceful crimes and they can be from any community. they can be white, black, they can be any community but they have to be dealt with for the crime

sajid javid has been tweeting to say that corbin was wrong to sack sarah champion.this is closing down the space in which people can talk freely about this without being worried about being labelled as racist? that is right. a number of people have criticised jeremy corbyn. they say it is wrong for sarah champion to be forced out of her role for simply telling the truth about an issue, which is the way some people see it. jeremy corbyn was asked if she was sacked. he said no. but nonetheless, people feel it was wrong that sarah champion felt that her position became untenable. that is, of course, because we have seen a succession of cases coming through the courts in which gangs of mostly south asian men have been convicted of grooming and exploiting young girls. that has led to questions of why it seems that the disproportionate number of asian men are being convicted of this crime. it is something that a number of people have tried to tackle. it is a very difficult issue as to whether races playing a part in this, and as to whether ethnicity and fear of being call

the labour mp sarah champion resigns from herfront bench role, and apologises for what she says was an extremely poor choice of words in a newspaper article about child abuse. at least 600 people are still missing after the sierra leone mudslide. the country's president says entire communities have been wiped out. those are the main stories. sportsday is next but let's tell you what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we will be talking about the latest criticism of donald trump following his condemnation of both sides after the violence at cha rlottesville both sides after the violence at charlottesville on both sides after the violence at cha rlottesville on saturday. both sides after the violence at charlottesville on saturday. that's at 730. we are expecting to hear an official comment from jeremy corbyn after the resignation of his front bench colleague sarah champion. and my guests in the papers to night otherformer my guests in the papers to night other former trade minister, my guests in the papers to night otherformer trade minister, lord digg thejones otherformer trad

the labour mp sarah champion resigns from the shadow cabinet and apologises for her "poor choice of words article about child abuse. unemployment falls to the lowest level since 1975 — but average earnings are still lagging behind inflation. homes buried under a mountain of rock and mud — six hundred people still missing in sierra leone. also — the royal navy's new flagship arrives home. the 280 metre—long hms queen elizabeth — the navy‘s biggest ever warship — sails into her new berth in portsmouth.

that i think that sarah champion this just by this fact up and she has said the same thing they evidence is factual when every time somebody touches mention the word muslim these are the terms screamed and there is evidence to back up that there is a huge percentage i think in the words of david cameron this is happening on the industrial scale we've got to be. what you mean what percentage. what percent you're saying it's in here. perpetrated by muslims the actual c.p.r. statistics say that ninety percent will between eighty and ninety percent according to the child sexual exploitation leave of the c.p.s. between eighty and ninety percent of child sex exploitation perpetrators are white non muslims i'm not saying you know i also absolutely i also know you might you or someone in your view that muslims should be held to some kind of superior moral standard because i happen to be a muslim and even one muslim doing something reprehensible is one too many for me but i think. i would a great actually. but focusing disproportionately on i don't these but when muslims do it is doing nothing bu

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the times runs with the resignation of sarah champion who is leading the shadow cabinet after commentscial times reports the us central bank criticising attempts to weaken bank regulation. the guardian has the fa under pressure over payments allegedly made to the player after he made a brilliant complaint. —— after she made a billion complaint. daniel craig remain as james bond after saying he would quit the role. i think he said he would rather slit his wrists and play the role again. the brexit back door. nigel farage is putting his fingers of alarmism on this and that is a shame because the good people of the island of ireland deserve better than that. this is an enormous opportunity, you don't want borders are about offences watchtowers, and there is a lovely photograph on the front of the metro showing where the border is. cars pass freely. guns change that. put on immigration border on the airports and ports in northern ireland and then turn it into hong kong, a fabulous place where young people can think, if i get a skilled asa people can think, if i get a skilled as a future fo

sarah champion there. a specific group of men, she says. to parliament, the home affairs select committee in 2012 uncalled for this research because i thought there was an issue here. it's not the issue. the reality is the availability and vulnerable at the availability and vulnerable at the young girls, and the fact that these perpetrators take advantage of that. but disproportionately when it comes to this type of sex offending, group grooming, asian men, pakistani men are disproportionately involved in that has to be an issue for us. i have tried to understand it myself, whether it is the night—time economy, whether there is some cultural baggage that needs to be addressed. the reality is we need to explore this in more detail. i have said before and i will say to get little grey stone and you will find this kind of abuse happening up and down the country. the vast majority of children are more likely to be abusing their homes or in institutions or online, but when it comes to street grooming, pakistani men, men from south asian backgroun

the labor party's sarah champion claimed that people are afraid to acknowledge the racial aspect of the story because they're worried about being branded racist and we put the issue up for debate. on my scale and it may not be every single case but on the my scale these men are muslim and the thing that with people are afraid of say it isn't that people are afraid to say the word asian they're afraid of saying the word morsi between eighty and ninety percent of child sex exploitation perpetrators are white non muslims i'm not saying you know i also absolutely i also know you're not you're someone in your view that muslims should be held to some kind of superior moral standard because i happen to be a muslim and even one muslim doing something reprehensible is one too many for me but i think. mostly i would agree actually but focusing disproportionately on i don't these but when muslims do it is doing nothing but allowing the this deep problem which with deep roots throughout the establishment to perpetrate further and to claim that it's some kind of. just merely because i really agree w

sarah champion received criticism from this article that she had written in the sun.g and abusing young girls. she made a number of comments following vacuous. this article that she wrote in the sun but she talked about british pakistani men drew a number of criticisms and she began to try to defend those comments. she has distanced herself from that article, saying it had been edited and stripped of nuance. that right has intensified and we have heard that she is offered to resign from her role as shadow secretary of state. in a statement she said i apologise for the offence caused by the extremely bad choice of words in the extremely bad choice of words in the sun article on friday. i'm concerned that my continued position in the shadow cabinet would distract from the issue such as child protection, which i have campaigned on. it is with regret i tender resignation as shadow secretary of state. there has been discussion around some cases where there has been that of the people have been afraid to speak out because they would deemed to be saying something was politic

sarah champion from the labor party has claimed that people are afraid to acknowledge the racial aspect of the story because she thinks they're worried about being deemed racist we discussed the issue with our guest who didn't see eye to eye . i'm offended at the fact that the term asian is continuously used because on my scale and it may not be every single case but none of my scale these men are muslim and that's the thing that when people are afraid of say it isn't that people are afraid to say the word asian they are afraid of saying the word morsi your right when you say that eighty percent of crimes committed there are paid a failure rate white people this is still a majority of white country but when you look that muslims are according to statistics five percent of the population and then that the statistics of how many are carrying out these these heinous acts against but don't want girls there is the racism the racism is towards the white girls asian people and muslim people are not excessively outside of statistical significance disproportionately represented when you look at

the labour mp sarah champion has resigned as shadow equalities minister, after apologising for an articleem with british pakistani men raping and exploiting white girls." the mp for rotherham said she used an extremely poor choice of words. tens of thousands of people have greeted the hms queen elizabeth as she sailed into her home port of portsmouth for the first time this morning. the 65,000 tonne ship, which took eight years to build, is the royal navy's largest ever surface warship. it can't currently deploy planes, but flying trials are due to begin next year. a group of robbers used sledgehammers to smash their way into a london jewellers this morning. footage captured the men leaving the shop and escaping on mopeds. scotland yard said nobody was injured in the raid. no arrests have yet been made. a week of national mourning has begun in sierra leone, in the wake of the flooding and mudslides that claimed many hundreds of lives near the capital, freetown. officials say more than 100 children are among the 400 people who are known to have died when part of a mountain collapsed onto a

labour mp sarah champion said that "people are more afraid to be called a racist than they are afraidbe wrong about calling out child abuse", which has inhibited exposure of wrong—doing. she asked, "why are we not commissioning research to see what is going on and how we need to change what is going on, so that it never happens again?". they're good questions, so we are going to ask them for the first part of the programme this evening. first, rabiya limbada reports from oxford. some of the 18 men and one woman convicted of abusing girls in newcastle. the men convicted were mainly british—born, and came from bangladeshi, pakistani, indian, iraqi, iranian and turkish communities. a report in 2011 by the child exploitation and online protection centre identified over 2000 potential localised grooming offenders, ethnicity data was only available for one third. of these, 49% were white, and 46% asian. these figures include both group and individual cases of grooming. but, they are stark when you consider the uk asian population is round 7%. i can hear a woman getting slapped about. a poli

we heard also in that report from the mp there, sarah champion talking of the perceptions of politicaloblem in these investigations? i think that has beenin investigations? i think that has been in the past, people are scared to deal with the gang because they predominantly come from pakistan and bangladesh and people are afraid of being deemed racist. but they're abusing children and they're paedophiles. it is more than race. we need to know why they're targeting white girls. we heard from lord macdonald saying this is a profoundly racist crime. would you agree with that? i would completely accept that. we also know that these gangs not only target white girls, they target girls from other communities, but many of those girls are scared to come forward. so girls from the asian community won't come forward , from the asian community won't come forward, because the whole idea of them having shame brought on their families that they have been assaulted and raped is greater than reporting the crime. there has been criticism of various police forces in the investigations of these cases, do

lord macdonald has also been backed up by sarah champion, she is the labour mp from rotherham and alsothis morning. she said there's a need to acknowledge that the vast majority of these perpetrators of these type of crimes are british asian men, she is calling on the government to carry out more research to find out why that is the case. dutch investigators have arrested two suspects in connection with a probe into the discovery of fipronil insecticide in european eggs. it comes as the food standards agency says around 700,000 eggs from dutch farms have been distributed to britain. that's much higher than the 21,000 first estimated. the scandal over the insecticide has seen millions of chicken eggs pulled from european supermarket shelves. 0ur correspondent has been following the story. this is a fast moving story, they have been talking about fipronil which is banned for used for treating animals which are destined for human consumption, and so somehow this has ended up in the human supply chain. millions of eggs have been taken off the shelves in germany, for instance. the food stan

lord macdonald has also been backed up by sarah champion, she is the labour mp from rotherham and alsowomen and rotherham and also the shadow minister for women and equality is. she made this point this morning. she made this point this morning. she said there's a need to acknowledge that the vast majority of these perpetrators of these type of these perpetrators of these type of crimes british asian men, she is calling on the government to carry out more research to find out why thatis out more research to find out why that is the case. thanks forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news: the tension between the us and north korea escalates — now pyongyang claims that a plan to fire four missiles near the us territory of guam will be ready in a matter of days. after 18 people are convicted of abusing girls in newcastle — the former director of public prosecutions says the crime should be treated as "profoundly racist". nhs waiting lists have hit a ten—year high in england — other key targets including urgent referral for cancer care have also been missed. and in the sport. open championju

sarah champion, shadows is a gradual state for women and equality is. coming up. school children in some of the most deprived parts of wales are getting free school meals these summer holidays paid for by the welsh government. £500,000 has been allocated which still means only a small number of schools are covered. a report earlier this year said that up to three million children across the uk risked going hungry in the holidays. we played you catrin nye's full report earlier — here's a short extract before we have conversation about this. can you tell me what your favourite foods are? i love chicken nuggets with beans! chicken nuggets with beans? school holidays equals hungry kids. what did you have for lunch yesterday? bolognese! and how many bowls did you have? three bowls?! this is millbank primary in cardiff. it's one of 39 schools in the most deprived parts of wales providing breakfast, lunch and activities in the school holidays. it's funded by the welsh government's education department, a budget controlled in cardiff rather than westminster. do you guys h

people will be familiar that last week sarah champion, the rather mp, —— rathermp, week sarah championared to call out this horrifying problem for what it is? she then had to apologise. i apologise, some people will find that offensive, but it is important people know what he said. people say she is calling it right. why is she having to resign? do you think she was calling it out right now we stay scared to talk about race in this context? people are very nervous talking about race. we know in this case the men came from pakistani descent. but we can't say all pakistani men are perpetrators. we have to be really careful. but we need to look at education and go into schools, which we are doing, and talk to young men and women about how they can report sensibly and about women's rights. it is important we look at the next generation and how this is going to be dealt with. is a cultural problem? i have spoken out on this subject several times. what sarah said, i wouldn't have said it without the context. 80% of the child sex offenders in this country are white males. british pakistani me

lord macdonald has also been backed up by sarah champion, she is the labour mp from rotherham and alsothis morning. she said there's a need to acknowledge that the vast majority of these perpetrators of these type of crimes are british asian men. she's calling on the government to carry out more research to find out why that is the case. the number of people waiting for routine surgery in england has reached its highest level for nearly a decade. figures from nhs england show that injune there were about 3.83 million patients on waiting lists for operations — the highest total since december 2007. other key targets were also missed — including urgent referrals for cancer care. our health editor hugh pym has been analysing the figures, when he spoke to my colleague kate silverton. the nhs is doing more than it was, but that waiting list has been climbing and it was 3.83 million patients waiting for routine surgery and operations in the month ofjune. nhs england says it could be even 4 million because not all hospitals reported theirfigures. what about the key target of waiting 18 weeks

it plays into the debate we've been having over the last week after the newcastle case where sarah championnd i've been saying. people are suspicious as to the motives of the party in deselecting has. there's no avoiding it this weekend, it's made the back pages and the inside pages of the papers. the individual story of the papers. the individual story of conor mcgregor, really is i'm sure bound to end up in a hollywood movie. i have no doubt whatsoever. weathering —— my son was wide awake at 5am, he said he was training himself to be up tomorrow morning for the pay—per—view. i've no doubt there are many others sitting there waiting for this event. it's not boxing as we know it. the point is he has inspired people. he's not a boxer. i just saw the david he has inspired people. he's not a boxer. ijust saw the david haye interview. his mma. but people are excited by this. they are excited by the journey he is taking. from being on the dole, from having no work at all. we made reference to his previousjob as a all. we made reference to his previous job as a plumber. now look. £75 million is w

the front of the times, also about sarah champion, and eu migrants can come to live in britain aftere in place suggesting eu citizens can travel through the uk, restrictions will be related to work, and we will have that through the programme. the front of the daily mirror, the alton towers crash victim, near washington, on holiday with other half — you can see her with her prosthetic leg, and she says she doing this because of pictures portraying unrealistic body images. the interview and more pictures inside. in the sun today, there is an interesting story about car loans. they have been going up dramatically. more people taking out loans to get new cars. the latest stats show a little drop. it looked like a bubble that was going to burst, so it looks like fewer people have ta ken out burst, so it looks like fewer people have taken out car loans. they say it has been a real driver behind sale. more and more cars mean more people can access them with cheap credit available, when you don't have to pay the loan back for a while. and a nice story about barbecues, £428 million of barbec

a home winner at this year's british open would do that but a south korean champion is more likely. swedish swimmer sarah days on wednesday, posting a new world mark in the short course 50 metres freestyle at the fina world cup event in moscow. after setting new world records in the 50 and 100 metres freestyle at the world championships in budapest last week, the 23—year—old recorded a time of 23.10 seconds taking 0.14 seconds off the previous mark set by the dutch swimmer ranomi kromo—wid—jojo who claimed silver in the race. robert kubica enjoyed his first official formula one outing in six years at the sports in—season test at the hungaroring on wednesday. the 32—year—old polish driver managed an impressive 7a laps, more than any other driver and posted the seventh fastest time in his first taste aboard this year's renault. the 32—year—old partially severed his right arm in a rallying crash back in 2011 but prior to that had made 76 grands prix starts, and finished on the podium 12 times winning the 2008 canadian grand prix. you can get all the latest sports news at our website that's bbc.com/sport. bu

muirfinished fourth in her heat, keeping plenty in reserve, a double indo—european champion, she will bejoined by sarahst see if we can have a very, very quick chat. i talked about the re—allocation of medals. ten years you have been waiting after you were cheated out of bronze. a brilliant moment. i was so honoured to receive the medal in front of this home crowd. i am so grateful for everyone that has made this happen tonight. i was really emotional and overwhelmed. it is bittersweet to not have got the medal ten years ago when i was lying on the track and thought i had failed when it should have been a proud moment. this made up have been a proud moment. this made upfor have been a proud moment. this made up for it, having my two children there who weren't born when i did there who weren't born when i did the race. it was very emotional. i am very grateful. we haven't got any more time to chat, but maybe we were later this evening. many thanks. that is it for this world athletic sports day, is on bbc news we are going to be right across everything this evening. it is nice and sunny here, what is the

dublin on wednesday, and the winners included the holders, england, former champions new zealand, and the host nation, ireland, as sarahublin after the opening day of the women's rugby world cup. and boy, did we get plenty of tries. england, the defending champion, started well, 56—5 against spain. ten tries in that victoryjust showing the strength of the side. they are the only full—time professional team here, and they have such strength and depth in this squad. 12 debutants lining up to begin with. they will be the ones to watch. new zealand, four—time champions in this tournament. they did get knocked out in the pool stages three years ago. so they're looking for a bit of a comeback here. 411—12 against wales, eight tries. a big win for canada, the runners—up three years ago. 98—0, beating the debutants, hong kong. a tough opener for hong kong. the hosts, ireland, they had fans on the edge of their seats towards the end of their match. just a two—point margin of victory ireland gave theirfans in dublin. 19—17 they eventually won against australia, much to the relief of the home crowd. for americans of a certain gen

dublin and belfast host the 12 teams with defending champions england naming their squad ahead of their opening match against spain. captain sarahtt and heather kerr. while making her fourth while making herfourth world cup appearance, full—back danielle waterman has been called up. there are three groups of four teams in the stages, with the final to be played at belfast on saturday the 36th of august. —— 26. that looks like it will be a fantastic tournament. england are the reigning champions, but they will face stiff competition. everything else, you can go to our website. but for me, tulsen tollett, and the marvellous sport today team, it is good night. goodbye. well, ket me start with a very dramatic picture from tuesday. that's some rough weather. here's a big storm just off the coast of essex, and two waterspouts — the marine equivalent of a tornado. incredible. a thunderstorm picture here from the south end. some rough weather over the last 12 or 18 hours or so. this low pressure system is spinning around the uk. mind, london missed the bad weather. scotland and northern ireland also had some sunshine. throughout wednesd

rugby world cup and it starts tomorrow with defending champions england naming their squad ahead of their opening match against spain. captain sarahscott and heather kerr. while making her fourth world cup appearance — full back danielle waterman has been called up too. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate proctor, political correspondent at the london evening standard, and journalist and broadcasterjohn stapleton. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. .. the times splashes donald trump's stark "fire and fury" warning to north korea, in which he takes aim at the country's ballistic missile programme. a storm warning makes the front page of the express — they expect a month's rain to fall tomorrow. the financial times focuses on a warning from the financial watchdog to the financial world of a cliff edge brexit. the metro also focuses on the american president's fiery threat to pyongyang over nuclear weapons. stamp duty stopping people from downsizing, is the claim in the daily telegraph. meanwhile, the

sarah corker, bbc news. we heard earlierfrom cbs correspondent don champion in corpus christi.h parts of texas. at this hour, there are reports of hundreds of water rescues taking place in and around the houston area, after as much as 14 inches of rain fell there overnight in the span of three hours. now, that area, that region is still going to be pounded by torrential rains, not only today, but over the course of the next two days. at this hour, the flooding that is taking place there is being called a 500—year flood, historic. and what support is being given to people who have already been affected or who have had to leave their homes? yeah, a number of shelters have been opened across this part of texas. also, the national guard has been deployed here. before the storm, the governor and federal officials did pre—position aircraft and supplies up and down the gulf coast here in texas, so that crews were ready to move into hard—hit areas the moment conditions improved. a 31—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a young boy in wythenshawe in greater manchest

get going — four time winners ajax fail to progress from the champions league qualifiers, losing to nice on away goals. and the flying swede sarahhips in moscow. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the footballing story that has made news headlines all over on the world on wednesday, and that is that neymar is on the verge of moving from spanish giants barcelona to paris saint—germain. the 25—year—old brazilian international was given permission to leave training with barca and fly to france and begin talks with psg — under the condition that his release clause of 263 million dollars was met in full, and that transfer could be confirmed in the coming days. 0ur sports news correspondent richard conway can bring us more from paris.

champions germany. austria had an excellent chance to take the lead, but sarah puntigam missed from the penalty spot.re‘s live commentary on bbc 5 live sports extra and the bbc sport website. england against the netherlands kicks off is at 7.45 with commentary on radio five live and of course live updates on the bbc sport website. there‘s nobody who wants england‘s women to reach the final more than gloria sta pylton. she‘ll be glued to the tv tonight as her grand—daughter lucy bronze is part of the team to take on the dutch. but if england make it through to the final, gloria faces a bit of a fixture clash as mark tulip explains. that‘s the touch, and manchester city lead. she is one of the most inform footballs and the planet, lucy inform footballs and the planet, lu cy bro nze inform footballs and the planet, lucy bronze helped england to third place in the last world cup and her clu b place in the last world cup and her club to fa cup glory to the delight of gloria, her 81—year—old grandmother. but she is a sports woman in her own right, president of the 50—year—old lady section at a bowling club

champions — in women's football. the host nation beat denmark in the final. watching — for the bbc — was sarah mulkerrins.ding for netherlands. their coach and a very young team and what a fitting final. the first european title and they did it in some style stop you can hear the cheers behind me as the players make their way onto the bus. what a game. the first half had four goals. denmark where the ahead after a penalty. then it was levelled, much to the delight of the boisterous crowd. then the netherlands went ahead again before it was equal again by half—time. in the second half, the dutch started to wrestle control of these match. the captain with a great freekick to make it 3—2. and finally with a minute to go, 11—2 for the netherlands. what a tournament for the hosts. the surprise team coming into this. after 22 years of german domination, it is the start of a new era in women's european football. arsenal have english football's first silverware of the season. the fa cup winners beat the champions, chelsea — to win the fa community shield at wembley. it was chelsea who took the lead though — victo

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champions in women's football. the host nation beat denmark 4—2 in the final. sarah mulkerrins reports.d a very young team and what a fitting final. their first european title and they did it in some style. you can hear the cheers behind me as the players make their way onto the bus. what a game. the first half had four goals. denmark went ahead after a penalty. then it was levelled, much to the delight of the boisterous crowd. then the netherlands went ahead again before it was equal again by half—time. in the second half, the dutch started to wrestle control of this match. the captain with a great freekick to make it 3—2. and finally with a minute to go, 4—2 for the netherlands. vivianne miedema again. what a tournament for the hosts. the surprise team coming into this. after 22 years of german domination, it is the start of a new era in women's european football. one pennsylvania family has taken to the tree tops in their own backyard to protest against a portion of their land being seized by the petroleum company sunoco. they want to lay a new pipeline and they say they've followed

champion and bahamian shaunay miller—weebo also competing. the women's rugby world cup got underway in dublin earlier on wednesday with all 12 teams in action. sarahbeen following the action and sarah there have been plenty of tries on the opening day? indeed there has. the sun has set and it has seen so many tries. let's talk you through the results. england are the defending champions in this tournament. they won three yea rs in this tournament. they won three years ago and they marked the defence of their title with a good performance. they are the only full—time professional team here and they have real strength in depth. 12 debutants they have real strength in depth. 12 debuta nts ran out they have real strength in depth. 12 debutants ran out today and they we re debutants ran out today and they were 56—5 winners against spain. four of the ten tries scored by england were scored by winger k wilson. captain sarah hunter was pretty pleased with the performance. really pleased to get the first game done and the first wing tip. it was very about getting the job done. it's nice to get ten tries but we will be looking to improve as we go oi'i will

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sarah mulkerrins reports. the sun has set in dublin after the opening day of the rugby world cup for the women. we got plenty of tries. england, the defending championted well, 56 points against five against spain. ten tries showing the strength of the side. they are the only full—time professional tea m side. they are the only full—time professional team and have such strength and depth. 12 debutants lining up to begin with. they will be the ones to watch. new zealand, four—time champions in this tournament. they got knocked out in the pool stages three years ago. looking for a comeback. 44 points against 12 against wales. a tries. a big win for canada, the runners—up three years ago. 98— zero, beating the debutants, hong kong. a tough open up for hong kong. the host, ireland, they had fans on the edge of their seats towards the end of their match. just a 2—point margin of victory ireland gave their fans in dublin. 19 points against 17. they eventually beat australia. much to the relief of the home crowd. she mentioned it was a tough opening for hong kong. we will look at those results, including that one. in pool a, there were big win for new zeal

rugby world cup and it starts tomorrow with defending champions england naming their squad ahead of their opening match against spain. captain sarahher kerr. while making herfourth world cup appearance full back danielle waterman has been called up too. wales have named their team ahead of their opening game against australia so along with captain carys phillips, there's call ups for scrum—half keira bevan and fly—half elinor snowsill. we are still eclectically from ireland later today and we will update you then. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. some breaking news just some breaking newsjust reaching its here. we are hearing that the deen mohammed, 43 years old, has been found you'll see at manchester crown court has been found guilty of explosives with life or property. this was after a handgun was found in hand luggage at manchester airport. despite that one being found, the court did hear that mohammed was still able to board another flight. so he mohammed was still able to board anotherflight. so he got mohammed was still able to board another flight. so he got that flight another flight. so he got th

champions league. it is said to be the biggest women's rugby world cup. sarah hunter, the captain, is in the next.her 0 opening match. the irish have named a former winner. heather o brien will start in number eight for her first game since the six nations. the regular skipper is ruled out due to injury. wales have named their tea m to injury. wales have named their team ahead of their opening game against new zealand. that is all for now but you can keep up—to—date on all of the stories on the bbc sport website. we will have sports day at 6:30pm. now we will return to get the latest on everything that is happening inside africa. votes are being counted in south africa's parliament after a secret ballot was held on a motion of no confidence in the country's president, jacob zuma. he has survived seven similar votes — although all were public. 0pposition parties believe that mps from the governing anc would be more likely to vote against the president if the ballot is secret, a move which was granted yesterday by the parliament's speaker. with me now is lebo diseko from bbc world's focus on africa.

rugby world cup and it starts tomorrow with defending champions england naming their squad ahead of their opening match against spain. captain sarahappearance, full—back danielle waterman has been called up too. wales have named their team ahead of their opening game against australia so along with captain carys phillips. there's call ups for scrum—half keira bevan and fly—half elinor snowsill. let's return to one of our main stories this hour, the case of chloe ayling, the model who was allegedly held captive by a gang in italy. chloe said she was held for nearly a week at a remote house near turin and was told by her kidnappers that she would be sold as a sex slave in the middle east. earlier i spoke to model jacqui ryland who has years of experience in the industry. she told me this case exposes the potential dangers of modelling. 100% i think as a glamour model, like girls come into the industry thinking that they're going to be the next katie price and the industry changed a long time ago. even when i first started modelling, we are talking about seven or eight yea rs, we are talking about seven or eight years, there were thi

sarah byrne, the prop, to give some daylight between england and france. and then at the final whistle, england pounced on the ball to get the 20—3 victory. and they meet championsal. the scoreline was 115—12. it was another very tight semi—final. much tighter than people expected from the usa. they really put up a fight against the mighty black ferns. it was 15—7 at half time, very close at half—time, but gradually, new zealand found a second gear and pulled ahead to get to the final as well. it is the fairy tale final everyone wanted to see in belfast on saturday. the top two teams in the world, england against new zealand, going head to head for the world title. barcelona says it will demand at least $10 million from its former player, the brazilian striker, neymar. they say the 25—year—old was in breach of contract when he left the catalan club for french giants paris saint—germain. the legal action follows neymar‘s world record $260 million transfer. the club is also chasing an additional 10% in interest payments for a delay in payment. ijust want i just want to take you back to phoenix now, the situation after donald trump delivered an address at the phoen

sarah harding lot, rugby fans. brightening a great belfast date with all the sparkle a world cup semifinal deserves. come to add their voices to the roar of the crowd, however small. england, defending world championecent six nations campaigns, and so it would prove. by half—time there were only six points on the board shared between the boots of emily ‘s carrot and izar. 40 boots of emily ‘s carrot and izar. a0 minutes of crunching tackles, this was perhaps even more of a battle tha n this was perhaps even more of a battle than expected. england opened up battle than expected. england opened upa slight battle than expected. england opened up a slight lead at the start of the second half, another three points ha rd second half, another three points hard earned, ground up french mistake. even that try when it came to was inched over. england's battering ram finally puncturing a hole in france's defence. 20—3 disco. but also rendered finally by a french bumble at the final whistle. so relieved for england and the realisation that the world cup double is still possible, but if france were tough to beat, four times champions new zealand who beat the us is a earlier, wait in the final two claim the tro

champions. don't write off the french just yet though. they know the english game very well having played them most recently of course in the six nations. according to the england captain sarahoach simon middleton says he's not yet preparing in his mind for a final. we had our combinations mapped out for all the games and it was to culminate to get to the stage where we are now. this is about putting the best 23 out that you feel are right for the job and if you feel it's the right 23 for the next one you'll put them out again, if you don't we'll make changes, simple as that. it's going to be huge. england against france. kick off at 7. 45. england going for back—to—back world titles. before that, usa against new zealand, that kicks off at 5. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's eurohockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to progress to the last four. england took the lead following this great pass from anna toman. before this goal from a penalty corner by giselle ansley secured the points. the defeat means scotland are eliminated from the tournament. anti—racism campaign group kick it out have asked the fa to conduct "a