of course, you are a st helens lad born and bred. it's i a st helens lad born and bred.red. it's a town that just lives a st helens lad born and bred. it's a town thatjust lives rugby league. how special he that i'm? what this mean to the town? it’s how special he that i'm? what this mean to the town?— how special he that i'm? what this mean to the town? it's massive here. eve bod mean to the town? it's massive here. everybody has — mean to the town? it's massive here. everybody has grown _ mean to the town? it's massive here. everybody has grown up _ mean to the town? it's massive here. everybody has grown up on _ mean to the town? it's massive here. everybody has grown up on rugby - everybody has grown up on rugby league around here, and to bring this cup home, like he said, it's been 13 years since the last time we wanted that's really less everybody�*s spirits, it is almost a bit of a religion around here, you know, everybody loves rugby league so that's why we are seeing so many numbers tonight.— numbers tonight. what is next for ou toda numbers tonight. what is nex

and all smiles for st helens, who fightback to beat castleford in a thrilling challenge cup final atg, thanks forjoining us. they don�*t call it moving day for no reason — plenty of drama at the open golf today, where louis 0osthuizen began his third round with a two—shot lead. but is that still the case? ben croucher is at royal st george�*s for us and has been following the action. it�*s getting tight at the top. yes, really tense here and you call it moving day, but there is no movement at the top of the leaderboard for now. it is all quiet behind me because most of the action is taking place on the far side of the course at the moment. it is louis 0osthuizen you had a two shot lead at the start of the day, that has been reduced to one. he has been playing some calm and consistent golf for the most part, a birdie at seven and nine to —13 he has dropped back to —12. the man chasing him is the 2017 championjordan speed. his game fell apart the 2017 championjordan speed. his game fellapart in the 2017 championjordan speed. his game fell apart in recent years dropped and the world top

it is st helens who go home singing.rish lions wrapped up their preparations for the south africa tests, with a 49—3 thrashing over the stormers. the lions fell behind to an early penalty but three tries inside the first half flipped it around — adam beard ran in unopposed to get the ball rolling before luke cowan—dickie and jonny hill got involved in on the action. the visitors have added four tries in the second half, this from louis rees—zammit the pick of the bunch, as they won by 46 points. the lions take on south africa in the first match of the series next saturday. wales were well beaten by a strong argentina in their second test match. the visitors dominated throughout. pablo matera crashed over with the final try as it finished 33—11. wales coach wayne pivac had said he was without 27 players for this final game of the season because of injuries and lions�* commitments in south africa. time now for some of the day's other sports stories and we'll stay with rugby because noah lolesio kicked the winning penalty a

st helens have more recent memories.his sport's giants not too long ago. in the team that day was 22—year—old james roby, a one club man, who now, at 35, leads out the team. i'm lucky enough to be involved in a challenge _ i'm lucky enough to be involved in a challenge cup winning team, but never— challenge cup winning team, but never as— challenge cup winning team, but never as a — challenge cup winning team, but never as a captain. that would really — never as a captain. that would really cap _ never as a captain. that would really cap it off as a fantastic achievement, and great for the town, the team _ achievement, and great for the town, the team and off the back of everything everyone's been through with covid — everything everyone's been through with covid. it's a real left. in everything everyone's been through with covid. it's a real left.— with covid. it's a real left. in the third round. _ with covid. it's a real left. in the third round, castle _ with covid. it's a real left. in the third round, castle third

castleford and st helens are two of the oldest clubs.es can change with the bounce of the ball. saints got the first score with help from the post, but castleford responded with something extraordinary. castleford fans are leaping to the air! —— castleford fans leap into the air! in castleford, this sport's at the heart of the town, but a fierce half in the heat would drain them in the second. st helens were here as favourites, now they'd surged through the gaps and into the lead. after 13 years without it, one of this sport's giants had its oldest prize. yeah, it's been a long time coming and obviously a number of years before we've been able to get back here and win it again. so, it was one really tough game today, obviously the heat i think played its part. you could see that in the second half, for both teams, but it's very special for me to call myself the captain of this team and obviously to lift this trophy. this has been rugby league's toughest year, but a thrilling final in the noise is a win in itself. it is st helens who go h

st helens, though, will be favourites.coming for the team. we want to be remembered. that surely the point of everyone because my career — you want to be remembered. and that's all the sport for now. hello. some very warm to hot weather on the way for much of the uk this weekend. there is a weak weather front in northern scotland, and that will bring windier conditions, some cloud and the chance of a little rain, and temperatures just into the mid to high teens. in fact, this cloud becomes more extensive across western scotland into northern ireland overnight. some patches of cloud through eastern parts of england as well as temperatures drop into the mid to low teens. so, tomorrow then, eastern and southern scotland seeing some sunny spells. northwest scotland, breezy, cloudy and in places, damp. in northern ireland, a few spots of drizzle early on, but then it brightens up, though some irish sea coasts may hold onto a bit of low cloud. any early cloud across parts of eastern england will clear away. the lion's share of t

st. helens. hey, devin, how are you doing?my team >> reporter: it's just after 11:00 in the morning i met jeff cramer in the parking lot at the southbound trail of mount adams. the 52-year-old is getting ready to summit his second mountain of the day. just hours prior he climbed mount hood, climbing more than 5,700 feet in elevation. >> i did great i did 310 cccx to the summit. >> reporter: this climb is more than 650 feet up why are you doing this >> i don't know. i got a good lady behind me and she's giving me inspiration, and i've had the idea for about ten years. >> reporter: cramer has limited time so we talk while he's getting ready. because in order to do all three climbs in 24 hours, he has little to no time to spare and, unfortunately, when you're rushed, not everything goes as planned. >> oh, no, i just broke it >> reporter: he quickly adapts and makes due with a broken strap. >> are we running on this first section? yeah, i don't like to run, no. you guys ready to go >> reporter: and just like that he's off and runn

the challenge cup winners st helens, were due to host hull kr on friday — with cas preparing to facep flight rugby league matches have fallen victim to rising cases in the last two months. 0rganisers have re—arranged the previously postponed catalans—hull kr game for this saturday though. alun wynjones will return to captain the lions, for the first test against south africa on saturday. the welshman's tour looked to be over less than a month ago, after suffering a dislocated shoulder. but his remarkable recovery means he'll become the first player in the professional era to win 10 successive test caps for the lions. it's a side that has three scottish players for the first time in 2a years. 0llie robinson is back in england's squad for the test series against india which starts next month, after his suspension for historical tweets. the fast bowler was given an eight match ban for his historical racist and sexist tweets, but five were suspended and three have already been served, meaning he's free to play again. ben stokes, jos buttler, jonny bairstow and sam curran also return, whi

st helens are looking to win the trophy for first time since 2008. you can watch it now on bbc one. history will be made at silverstone later on today, with the first "sprint race." final practice took place earlier this afternoon with red bull's max verstappen the fastest. lewis hamilton was only eighth fastest but he'll start on pole position after winning last night's qualifying event. the inaugural "sprint race" starts at 4:30 this afternoon with the winner of the 17—lap sprint taking pole for tomorrow's race and three championship bonus points. you will be able to follow that on the sport website on bbc, as well as the sport website on bbc, as well as the latest from the challenge cup, it is all happening there. that's all the sport for now. let's turn to afghanistan now where high—level talks between afghan political leaders and the taliban have begun. afghan government sources have told the bbc that peace negotiations are off to good start but have warned that the window for negotiations is closing fast, as taliban militants continue their une

it is st helens who go home singing.*re back with the late news at 10:40pm. now on bbc one it�*s time for the news where you are. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. more than 35 million people in england will get a free flu jab this winter. over 50s and all children up to 16 will be included. the expanded programme will be delivered alongside booster jabs for covid—19. here�*s our health and science correspondent james gallagher. flu all but disappeared last winter. the restrictions, social distancing and mask wearing that slowed down the spread of coronavirus also prevented the usual round of winter bugs. but now we�*re getting closer to normal, the fear is we could have a bigger than usual flu season. that could combine with covid and other infections to put the nhs under intense pressure, so england is launching its biggest ever flu vaccination programme. more than 35 million people will be offered the vaccine for free. so who can get it? doctors, nurses, care home staff and otherfront—line and care workers, anyone ove

st helens, though, will be favourites. hot sunshine for many, bit of cloud around to start off saturday morning across parts of east anglia and the southeast. generally more cloud further north and west, retreating to the store still might coast northern ireland. it will stay windy with the odd spot of rain. a bit cooler here as a consequence, but go further south, 29 or 30 degrees. that sunshine will be strong with very high uv levels. especially for southern and southwestern areas. as we head through saturday night, we will continue to see clear spells towards the south. more cloud up towards the south. more cloud up towards the south. more cloud up towards the north and a bit of rain across the far north of scotland. sunday, we will see more cloud across the northern half of the uk, but further south, a lot of sunshine and temperatures perhaps 30 or 31 degrees. this is bbc news, i'm celia hatton with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. europe's flooding disaster western germany and belgium s

but for three key years of his life, he lived with sandra and peter reeves in rainhill, near st helensas such a grounded young man, and he had a path in his head. he knew where he wanted to go, so to be signed for liverpool was really good for him, because that's where he was going and he knew, and he was lovely. players like raheem would attend the local school, go training with liverpool in the afternoon and started and ended their day with foster parents like the reeveses. i used to do sausage sandwiches for them and a cup of tea and i would take it up and say, come on, you've only got so long to get to school, you know. what's it been like watching him in the euros? oh, it's been exciting. hasn't he turned it on for the euros? absolutely marvellous because he was going through a bit of a flat period at city, wasn't he? he has really come good and he's on a roll now. let's hope he keeps going! just one more match to do. do you get nervous for him? i do, yes. i can't look sometimes. you don't, you're all right, but i do. we can't look, you know, when they get near the goal and he's t

st helens have more recent memories.inish with a true showpiece. wembley is ready for the noise from the north. one of castleford or st helens will go home singing. joe lynskey, bbc news. 45,000. 115,000. they 45,000. they are so dependent on the supporters being there for the finances of the games and a big spectacle for them. we are gradually getting used to it, after the euros. seeing these crowds in wimbledon, as well, seeing crowd spilled. absolutely. great to see that coming back. with silverstone,, 140,000 for the british grand prix. great to see the british grand prix. great to see the crowds back. test event, we are waiting to see what happens off the back of it. nice to see the atmosphere left and we saw that at the euros. in atmosphere left and we saw that at the euros. ., ., , the euros. in a moment, we will be talkin: the euros. in a moment, we will be talking about _ the euros. in a moment, we will be talking about defibrillators - the euros. in a moment, we will be talking about defibrillators in - talking

st helens are celebrating their first challenge cup win, in more than a decade. good evening.not long to go now, the tokyo 0lympics get under way in less than four day's time — with the opening ceremoney on friday injapan. but even so, the build—up to the games continues to be marred by coronovirus. 21 south african footballers and officials are self—isolating, while eight members of team gb�*s athletics team also remain in isolation, after being in close contact with positive cases. from tokyo, rupert wingfield—hayes has more. i think they have been taken by surprise, almost at every stage in the run—up to the olympics over the last weeks and months. if you think back to march, we were talking about having stadiums full of spectators. we were talking about no compulsory testing of people coming into the country, certainly no talk of athletes having to be vaccinated before they came into the country. as time has gone on and the coveted pandemic has continued and then actually got worse here injapan in the last couple of months, we have seen the olympic authorities in response

elsewhere, reigning champions st helens beat wakefield 30—1a.d league tonight. the 28—year—old ran a time of one minute, 56.73 seconds — but is actually focusing solely on the 1,500m at the tokyo olympic games. fellow scot, jemma reekie, who will run in the 800m and 1,500m injapan, finished second behind muir. and finally, just take a look at this spectacular catch from india's harleen deol. she took this on the boundary to dismiss england's amyjones in the first t20 international at northampton. look at that there. the hosts went on to win the rain—affected match by duckworth—lewis stern method for the first win of the t20 series. and that's all the sport for now. hello. it's been a day for sky watchers today. some very big building clouds. not everybody�*s caught a heavy downpour or thunderstorm, but there have been some around, particularly into parts of east anglia, even a funnel cloud in county durham today, a tornado that hasn't touched the ground. and where we have been seeing some of these torrential downpours, only slowly fading as we g

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welcome to the st. helen. hi, my name is max robins. i'm the founder and executive director of students. again, child marriage, where the 1st student lead non crop in the united states that the voted to and then the american child marriage crisis get to have you get. i'm going to start with a conscious of a controversial unicef and teen marriage ad campaign that made some people really upset. have a look. ah . so that campaign was company against child marriage and you could see the response on line. it doesn't happen to white children. it doesn't happen in the developing. well people who was really, really surprised. sorry, i'm getting the same response back here on our twitter feed for the stream. and we were talking about children. i was telling people about this program. and then b, d, b, let me just scroll up here shocking in the land of the freeney tolerating child marriage this entire conversation. why in america, in 2020, will there be children who have been married off this year and will be married off next year. and they are o

elsewhere, reigning champions st helens beat wakefield 30—14.harleen deol. she took this on the boundary to dismiss england�*s amyjones in the first t20 international at northampton. look at that there. the hosts went on to win the rain—affected match by duckworth—lewis stern method for the first win of the t20 series. and that is all the sport from us for now. hello there. it�*s looking unsettled for this weekend as well, but it�*s not going to be raining all the time everywhere. there will be some places staying dry, but the general theme this weekend is for sunny spells and for scattered showers to develop. again, these will be heavy and thundery and slow—moving as winds will be light. if you look at the pressure chart this afternoon, we�*ve got this weather front across the south, bringing an area of more persistent rain to southern counties. it will continue its journey eastwards through the morning through the channel islands, southern and southeastern counties of england, then clear away in the afternoon. elsewhere, after a dry start, we�

and you'll probably find a couple of low upper eighties low nineties up towards mount st helens or st in those areas, the five day forecast. then, as you look at it just kind of. steady as she goes with a real nice pattern that i think is exactly kind of what cal fire would would like to see this time of year when i like to see this time of year, so there's your five day forecast. when i come back, we'll update the weather and see what's happening in terms of the next chances of some right for the first time in more than 15 months of cruise ship sailed out of the port of seattle headed for alaska, the royal caribbean ship serenade of the seas left seattle yesterday but only at about 40% capacity. to get on board, crew members and passengers had to prove that they had been vaccinated against covid 19 and children too young to receive a shot were tested before boarding, rising covid cases are causing more concerns in japan. coming up how olympic organizers say the games could be canceled all together and there you have it - wireless on the fastest, most reliable network. wow! big deal!

st. helens oregon. >> with democrats in control of the white house on the majority in congress, fear of stricter a legal defense company for gun owners, 1900 jurisdictions around the country, including nine states, have passed some form of a secondment midcentury law barring enforcement of federal gun laws they say infringe on the constitutional right to bear arms. >> the actual origin of this came out of the immigration sanctuary cities and folks thought, you know, what's good for the goose is good for the gander. >> but the voters in columbia county oregon with the furthest, allowing the elected sheriff to determine even what state gun laws should not be enforced. >> this is just, be a county saying if you're going to come and violate our rights, then you're going to pay for it at our county sheriff isn't going to do it. >> gun control groups see a different way. we are filling are michael bloomberg's every town for gun safety is challenging the law support from others. >> i don't think guns is a reasonable [indiscernible] guns are lethal, guns can lead to tragedies. >> a circuit court judge i

this weekend's super league fixtures involving st helens and castleford have been postponed due to covidtches have fallen victim to rising cases in the last two months. organisers have re—arranged the previously postponed catalans—hull kr game for this saturday though. ollie robinson is back in england's squad for the test series against india which starts next month, after his suspension for historical tweets. the fast bowler was given an eight match ban for his historical racist and sexist tweets, but five were suspended and three have already been served, meaning he's free to play again. ben stokes, jos buttler, jonny bairstow and sam curran also return, whilejofra archer and chris woakes are injured. a new format of cricket will make its debut tonight. the first ever match of the "hundred" competition will take place a year later than expected because of the pandemic. the tournament begins with "oval invincibles" against "manchester originals" in the women's competition in london, before the same two teams open the men's competition tomorrow. some big names are involved, including th

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