beyond his criminal conviction, simon silwood whenever also be allowed back to the skates.saying racism would not be tolerated by the club. the uk's first dedicated football hate crime officer led the investigation and told me he hoped the would act as a deterrent. if told me he hoped the would act as a deterrent. , ., �* ., ~' deterrent. if you're going think about sending _ deterrent. if you're going think about sending a _ deterrent. if you're going think about sending a message - deterrent. if you're going think about sending a message to i deterrent. if you're going think about sending a message to a | about sending a message to a footballer or anyone else, there are consequences for your actions and i think there was a perception that there was no and you could not be trickles of the media and could not be found out. this clue shows that you can. you will be charged and found guilty and get a real risk of getting a criminal conviction which has a massive impact.— has a massive impact. england manauer has a massive impact. england manager gary _ has a massive impact. e

simon silwood has always denied that message he posted on facebook was intentionally racist. clark said he had shown very minimal remorse and there was no place for racist abuse. she handed him an eight week prison sentence and ordered him to pay £500 in compensation plus costs. that is on top of the lifetime ban. in the last 20 minutes, the club and romaine sawyers, who now plays the stoke city, have welcomed the sentence and romaine sawyers says he hopes to act as a deterrent to others. he called on social media companies to do more to prevent abuse and said players must stand strong together to rid the game and society of this hideous behaviour. thank you, laura. laura scott. when the climate change summit cop26 begins in glasgow in a month's time, world leaders will discuss how to cope with extreme weather. it's a challenge made all the more urgent by a series of catastrophes this year, including flooding in europe which left more than 200 people dead. our correspondentjames cook has been hearing from survivors of that disaster, in germany's ahr valley, near bonn. this pl

immediate custodial sentence has been imposed for the crime in england and wales. 50 year old simon silwoodegarding a black player, romaine sawyers, via social media in january, following west bromwich albion�*s 5 0 defeat by manchester city. he admitted to posting the message but he blamed predictive text for its offensive nature. the cps and west midlands police were able to prove his account was not plausible. an investigation is found the system to manipulate boxing matches. matches at the rio 2016 olympics was in place during the games. suspicious bouts include the men's superheavyweight final which saw britain'sjoejoyce lose out on gold and irish boxer michael conlan�*s shock defeat in his bantamweight quarterfinal. alex capstick has the details. there was lots of speculation, rumours swirling around rio that the boxing tournament was corrupt. there were certain fights that hit the headlines because the results were astonishing to some people, certainly experts within the game. one of them was michael conlan, the irish fighter in the quarterfinal against the russian. he lost that figh

west bromwich albion supporter simon silwood was found guilty of targeting one of the club's players,bromwich albion's 5—0 defeat to manchester city, that he was shown the racially offensive message at the heart of this case. he said he was distressed by it, not least because it had come from a supporter of his own club. in a victim statement that was read out in court today, he said, "it's 2021. behaviour like this is unacceptable. " and he said that every time he plays football now, he thinks about the comments that might be being made about him online. now, simon silwood has always denied that the message he posted on facebook was intentionally racist. he blamed autocorrect for the language that was used, but that was thrown out at trial, and today the districtjudge briony clarke said that he had shown very minimal remorse and that there was no place for racist abuse. she handed him an eight—week prison sentence and ordered him to pay £500 in compensation, plus costs. that's on top of the lifetime ban from west bromwich albion. in the last 20 minutes, the club and romaine sawyers,

immediate custodial sentence has been imposed for the crime in england and wales. 50 year old simon silwooding the message but he blamed predictive text for its offensive nature. the cps and west midlands police were able to prove his account was not plausible. an investigation is found the system to catalans dragons are through to their first grand final after beating hull kr in the play off semi final the dragons there is also speculation about rumours swirling around rio and the boxing tournament was corrupt. there were certain fights that were hit the headlines because the results were astonishing to some people. certainly experts within the game. one of them was michael conlon, the irish fighter in the quarterfinal and the team of russia. he lost that fight a fight that most observers thought he won easily. afterwards he was really critical and outspoken of the judge and, was really critical and outspoken of thejudge and, of was really critical and outspoken of the judge and, of the refereeing and affect the whole of the image or international boxing organisation and another one isjoe

immediate custodial sentence has been imposed for the crime in england and wales. 50—year—old simon silwoodeeks in prison for sending an offensive message regarding a black footballer, romaine sawyers, via social media injanuary, following west bromwich albion�*s 5—0 defeat by manchester city. he admitted to posting the message, but he blamed predictive text for its offensive nature. the cps and west midlands police were able to prove his account was not plausible. people looking and well say that if you're going to think about sending a message to a footballer or anyone else, there are consequences for your actions. else, there are consequences for youractions. i else, there are consequences for your actions. i think there was a conception that there wasn't, you could not be tracked on social media, you can be found out. this clearly shows that you can. you can be identified and you can be taken to court for it. if you're charged and found guilty, you run the real risk of getting that criminal conviction. england manager gareth southgate names his squad this afternoon for the world cup qua

simon silwood, who's 50, had claimed the offensive remark he'd posted online about west brom player romaineit comes on the day the former england football captain rio ferdinand has been giving evidence to mps about racist abuse aimed at football players. he told them racism is becoming normalised because of the prevalence of abuse online and warned backwards" as a result. he blamed the rise of racist abuse on the anonymity allowed by online platforms. the perpetrators are allowed to stand behind the curtain at the moment. they are allowed to stand and allowed to post these keyboard warriors to say and all this abuse from behind a curtain. they are anonymous. and that is an absolute problem for everybody in society was of the fact that you can be anonymous online, this is a good example, speaking about before, you can go to a game and if you throw banana on a pitch, they will be repercussions. but online, you can post a banana can be can type in banana to a black player or black person with racist connotations behind it, and be fine. and you are not going to get punished, no repercussions. h

immediate custodial sentence has been imposed for the crime in england and wales. 50—year—old simon silwoodon social media or found out. this clearly shows that you can. you can be identified and you can. you can be identified and you can be taken to court for it. if you are charged and found guilty, you will risk getting a criminal conviction. a new report has found that the system was in place to manipulate the outcome of a boxing matches in the outcome of a boxing matches in the real olympics. suspicious belts included the final when joyce was defeated and won a silver. it was an independent investigation commissioned by the sports leading body. they said they were concerned by the findings. it is the first stage of the report commodities are expected in november. foden returns having missed the last matches in september to the england squad. the same applies for the aston villa player. the arsenal keeper aaron ramsdale comes on in place of nick pope. manchester united defender harry maguire misses out through injury. tottenham manager nuno espirito santo insists it's up to his team to r

simon silwood, who's 50, had claimed that the use of a racial slur was unintentional and caused by autocorrectmanchester city. the susect, defeat to manchester city. the suspect. a _ defeat to manchester city. the suspect, a life _ defeat to manchester city. ii2 suspect, a life long west brom fan went online and posted about the west brom midfielder. he said he had intended to call him a buffoon, but instead also correct change it to a racial epithet. he denied a charge under the malicious communications act. today he had at the magistrates�* court, thejudge said he made an unreliable witness, that she effectively did not believe his version of events. she asked why when he was arrested a few days later that he not mention or correct at the time. so she found him guilty and he will be sentenced at the end of this month at birmingham magistrates�* court. as he left court with his wife he was still protesting his innocence. i have a statement from west bromwich albion, the club which is still belongs to. it says that west bromwich albion has a proud history of fighting all forms of discriminatio