steph mcgovern, bbc news, middlesbrough. now it is time for a sports day.h me, watching sportsday with me, reshmin chowdhury. the headlines tonight.... steve clark has been appointed as the new scotland head coach. but with the scots fifth in their euro 2020 qualification table, just how big is the task ahead? a big job for graham potter too, as he is named as the new manager of brighton. potter replaces chris hughton, who was sacked last week. a big job for graham potter too, as he is named as the new and it's a glorious evening in manchester as the historic domestic treble winners city gear up for their open top bus parade. manchester city neck enjoy their celebrations in the city centre. also coming up in the programme... victoria azarenka reveals to the bbc how she thought becoming pregnant would mean never playing competitive tennis again. in my mind, my first thought was, "oh, my god, my career is over, and we're live in slovakia where great britain finished in style at the ice hockey world championships. hello and welcome to sportsday. there have bee

they cheer and applaud steph mcgovern, bbc news, middlesbrough.m, voters in the brambles and thorntree ward voted 82.5% to leave the eu — the highest leave vote in the country. and it is still an issue which causes a lot of frustration. if we voted to be out, we should be out, and that's it. and who do you blame for us not being out? well, the government. the government had a say in it, they should have done it. we voted for it. that's the end of it, as far as i'm concerned, anyway. and if there was another referendum, what would you do? i'd do the same. for me, the liberal democrats are the best of the lot. do you want to stay in the eu? yes, i voted to stay and, yes, we both did, because it's just a load of, what you call it? they are shouting at each other like babies in the house of commons. the political situation is internal now. the conservatives, the labour party, god knows! this place was all labour at one stage when i was young. and now, everyone isjust going for whoever, not even bothering even. and for more on the history of middlesbro

steph mcgovern, bbc news, middlesbrough.ddlesbrough" across bbc news all this week. and if you're in middlesbrough and have a story you want the bbc to cover, there's a pop—up newsroom in the cleveland shopping centre. if you go there this afternoon you might even have the pleasure of meeting our very own simon mccoy. home secretary sajid javid has been speaking this morning about his updated counter—terrorism strategy, which was published last year. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw is at scotland yard where mrjavid was speaking. what has he been saying? he has been setting out the landscape in terms of countering the threat. he said the threat from counter—terrorism was increasing and the tempo was increasing. since march 2017 he said there had been 19 plots foiled, one more than was previously given. 1a we re more than was previously given. 1a were islamist plots and five from the far right. he said he would be single—minded in using all the powers at his disposal. there are new measures coming in it which would e

steph mcgovern, bbc news, middlesbrough.eek. and if you're in middlesbrough and have a story you want the bbc to cover, there's a pop—up newsroom in the cleveland shopping centre. if you go there this afternoon you might have the pleasure of meeting our very own simon mccoy. don't be afraid, he doesn't actually bite. we are getting a statement from huawei on google, relating to the top story, the decision by google to block some services on its android operating system, to block huawei from some of those services in the future which would make it difficult for apps and security updates. huawei saying, we have made substantial contribution to the growth of android around the world and is one of their key partners we work closely with their open source platform to develop an ecosystem that has benefited both users and the industry. huawei will continue to provide security updates and after sales services to all existing huawei smartphone and tablet products, covering those that have been so that in stock globally, in order to

we will be hearing from steph mcgovern later.sbrough council. it's good to see you. it's all very well for people to come into middlesbrough, outsiders, and have a view, what defines this town? middlesbrough carries the reputation of being a good place to come on a bad news day. but that belies the fa cts . bad news day. but that belies the facts. as someone born and bred in the area, its geography is very natural. there are very few places in the world where you can't live within ten minutes drive of the coast, and surfing, within ten minutes drive of international airports, good rail links, natural beauty, natural trust parks. the time was born in the 1800s and is the first growing town of its time. it was born when i or was discovered in the western hills, and ironworks we re in the western hills, and ironworks were situated in the town. it was born out of immigration and spirit, and resilience, and ingenuity. and those qualities still exist in the town today. the people of middlesbrough, and from the first industrial revoluti