the owner steve dale who took over the club for just mess. forjust £1 mess. the owner steve dale who took over the club forjust e1 in december 2018 from the previous owner, stuart day, trying to salvage a package and it seemed it was there and he announced on friday he had sold the club to a company. it was a company who have since conducted due diligence but it has proved beyond them. they released a statement that said as part of their due diligence they set themselves a list of criteria regarding the cva, the ground and the overall financial state of the club, that had to be met in orderfor us state of the club, that had to be met in order for us to state of the club, that had to be met in orderfor us to be state of the club, that had to be met in order for us to be satisfied that we have enough knowledge to proceed with the takeover. the complexities involved in each of these matters escalated and continues to do so, and it is therefore with regret, we will be unable to proceed with the takeover of bury fc, and this decision has not been

owner steve dale that bury ca n afford current owner steve dale that bury can afford to pay their billshis season can afford to pay their bills this season and fulfil their financial obligations. because of that, that is why they have had their game suspended. there is a deadline looming over bury and they have until friday to prove proof of funds to the efl or they risk being thrown out of the league. so potentially they could cease to exist after 134 yea rs of they could cease to exist after 134 years of history, which would be devastating to the fans and the community. katie, thank you for that. unbelievable to think about all the riches in the premier league not filtering down to the likes of bury and bolton. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. oliver norwood's made a huge mistake in retiring from international football, according to northern ireland manager, michael o'neill. still only 28, the sheffield united captain wants to focus on his club career with the premier league new boys. phillipe coutinho's joined bayern munich from barcelona on a season—long lo

this really was the final chance for bury and the current owner steve dale. in the last hour he gave an interview to our colleagues at radio manchester and this is what he had to say. sadly up until now the fa have not worked with us to give us a reprieve to get a deal over the line. it is notjust us but also bolton, two of the great clubs in the north being destroyed. ijust do not understand why there is no mechanism for saving them that text asa mechanism for saving them that text as a way, this threat. because what we need to do is allow them time to re cover we need to do is allow them time to recover and carry on in the league. so steve dale the current owner who bought the club for £1, now going into administration and he has asked for more time for the vfl have been in this tough position accused of taking on bury and also criticised for allowing steve dale to take over at the club in the first place. perhaps not doing their due diligence on him. but you feel for those fans behind you. absolutely and in the last hour bury issued a statement saying they

, steve dale, bought bury for just a pound. an owner, steve dale, bought bury forjust a pound.season, they w011 forjust a pound. last season, they won promotion back to league 1, it should have been the start of a bright new future. instead, for the tea m bright new future. instead, for the team and for everyone connected with bury, it was the beginning of the end. those bury supporters who saw yesterday, cleaning the seats, standing outside. you would say that the heart of the town has been ripped apart. it's up to the bury people, myself included, to try to put some parts back into a town that relied heavily on the football club. it was the reason, it was the reason when i was growing up, when i was 8-10, when i was growing up, when i was 8—10, when we would go travelling around, my dad was working there. that was our town. every town needs a football club. right now, the people of bury have lost theirs. their future, unclear. the people of bury have lost theirs. theirfuture, unclear. the fans, unsure if they will ever see the once great shakers take to the field again. austi

well, yesterday we reported that steve dale had turned down an offer for the club from a former chairmane understand, that he can get a better offer. he is not speaking at the moment, he says it is too sensitive a time as well, but he has heard previously that he wa nts to he has heard previously that he wants to see the club survive, although clearly tempers are running high here, and time is running out. katie gornall, thank you. some breaking news here as well that phil parkinson, the bolton manager, another club in financial difficulties, has stepped down. we will bring you more on that story on the bbc website in the next hour or so. o nto onto the scottish premiership now, and neil lennon says everything is fine after his side's shock exit last week. they went out against the romanian champions. he has described the reaction to that defeat is hysterical. ahead of their europa league play—off tomorrow night, he says he is happy with his side's form. there is a little bit of hysteria around things at times, and thatis hysteria around things at times, and that is the case when you are

owner steve dale that bury ca n afford current owner steve dale that bury can afford to pay

when owner steve dale boat bury for just a crippled once again when owner steve dale boat bury forjust. last season they won promotion back to league 1. it should have been the start of a bright new future. instead for the team and everyone connected with bury it was the beginning of the end. bury supporters you saw yesterday cleaning the seats, standing outside, you would say the heart of the town has been ripped apart, it is up to the bury people myself included to try and put some heart back into a town that relied heavily on the football club. it was the reason when i was growing up when i was eight, nine, ten that were used to go travelling around because my dad was working there because it was our turn. every town needs a football club. right now the people of bury have lost theirs. their future unclear. their fans unsure if they will ever see the once great shakers take to the field again. rain has delayed some of the outer matches at the us open in new york today. joanna ka ntor and dan matches at the us open in new york today. joanna kantor and dan evans will be in second roun

and in the last few minutes the bury owner steve dale has told the bbc he's agreed a deal to sell the made more clear. glasgow university is to raise and spend £20 million to atone for the money it benefited from during the slave trade. it's thought to be the first institution in the uk to put such a programme in place. the money will be used for a research centre which glasgow will manage in partnership with the university of the west indies, to raise awareness of the history of slavery. from glasgow, lorna gordon reports. the university of glasgow was the first civic institution in scotland to petition against slavery. in centuries past, the cloisters here echoed with the voices of prominent abolitionists and academics who challenged the trade in humans. but there is a less well—known side to its history. we can see he donated £1000 to the university of glasgow. a search of the institution's archives revealed significant support from those who made their wealth off the back of slaves. we don't think the university of glasgow ever owned any slave people or estates. but what has come

steve dale has told me that the club has been sold at the 11th hour.otential of being lost, a club that is so vital to the community. steve dale has texted me saying it's been sold and his agreed a deal with a company called cnn analytics, a football analytics company headed by henry newman and rory campbell and this deal, they agreed in principle, relies solely on the esl agreeing to an extension on the esl agreeing to an extension on the esl agreeing to an extension on the deadline to get it done. aston villa picked up their first points of the season and their first win in the premier league since february 2016. they beat everton 2—nil this evening as nick parrott report. so far this season, aston villa have failed to deliver. this was a plea heard by those watching on tv and the players on the pitch. despite everton dominating the opening 20 minutes, the home side survived a penalty claim before answering the call. wesley became villa's record signing in the summer. this was the start of his payback and the brazilian could have got his second for t

owner steve dale but the club for £1 back in december.lub winning promotion from league 2 last season, there are rumours of bills going unpaid. since then the club have been docked 12 points and been prevented from playing by the efl forfailing to provide proof of funds. today, dale called on fans to step in. we've gone to the public and we've said to them, look, we don't need this money, but if you want to save the football club, make a pledge. once we're up to the amount that the efl say that we need, with projections, then we can go back to them and say, right, it's nothing to do with me, there you go, there's 2 million, 3 million, whatever it is, from genuine people what will pledge to the club this money, so what can you boot the club out for, now? protests continued at the club this week, with fans frustrated at the football league for allowing december‘s takeover to go ahead. something the league say will be looked at. we need to sit back and look at it and understand how we got in this situation, and make sure this doesn't happen

its owner, steve dale, has just hours to prove they have the funding to continue. 0ur north of englanddith moritz, is in bury for us. yes, there are less than six hours until that deadline and the atmosphere here is a mixture of anger and resignation. half of the fa ns anger and resignation. half of the fans i've spoken to are convinced they will never see their team play again. the other half say they are still hopeful that a deal can be secured on what would literally be the 11th hour. it is the photo stunt they would rather not be posing for but these supporters have a point to make. the clu b supporters have a point to make. the club was founded more than 130 years ago but they know this could be its last day. across the generations, the fans are feeling desperate. amongst them, anthony and peter, both season ticket holder since childhood. it is in the family. you know, i can only describe it to losing a relative. it sounds silly but that's really what it feels like. tough for you as well? definitely, berry is a place that every saturday, you don't have to get in touch with your fr

english football league says it's "working tirelessly to achieve a solution" — while its owner steve daleo the public to pledge funds. i spoke to dale earlier today and he told me there is still "prospective buyer" and he shouldn't be blamed for the crisis. we are extensively along the road 110w we are extensively along the road now with the potential buyer. he has done always various checks with the cba and all of the things from that. he has spoke to the efl, nick craig in there. he is in all his checks with them. and we are hopeful that they can come to the table at this late stage. i'm not in control, it is like watching a car crash but you are not holding the steering wheel. we need to try and come up with a plan to help. but what i am getting sick of his being blamed for someone else's debt. i do not run up this debt with the club. the club was blessed beyond belief when i took over. it's now sustainable and it seems criminal that they would allow other clubs in administration to play football, get their money awards from the week, but bury had barely had a penny after that. i heard

mike — you've spoken to steve dale this evening — what has he told you. me that the club has been sold at the 11th hour, barry of course by midnight was in potential of losing a football the club and the club that is so vital to the community. steve has texted me saying it has been sold and it has been agreed a deal with some any company called at cnn analytics, as headed by henry newman and rory campbell, they are a football analytics company and we know from thatis analytics company and we know from that is that this deal, although agreed in principle, rely solely on the esl agreeing an extension to the deadline in order to get it done, but at the last minute questions will be asked and so fans will be concerned as to why and how we have got to the stage in a very last—minute barry have been saved two of the important thing tonight asi two of the important thing tonight as i have been confirmed by secondary as i have been confirmed by secondary source as i have been confirmed by secondary source close to the leading party that they have sold the club to

referring back to what steve diehl said —— steve dale.ing picture. thank you roger. peter is with us from look north. you have been monitoring the prospects for rail travellers coming into and out of the north this bank holiday weekend. it will be a hard weekend for travellers. the line links edinburgh, yorkshire and london king‘s cross. there is no service this weekend in or out of king‘s cross because of engineering works. they are doing track signalling. when the work is done they seem more trains will be able to use the station. some of the equipment is a0 yea rs station. some of the equipment is a0 years old. that is being replaced. engineering work is also being done at new work. they are telling customers not to travel. there will literally be no services on the east coast mainline south of peterborough at all. this is the first in the section of the line has been totally closed in 20 years. i will come back to the line in just a moment. closed in 20 years. i will come back to the line injust a moment. they say it will be an extrem

we heard then that a takeover deal had emerged from steve dale, the current owner, said a group calleda deal. they had to do due diligence so that the deadline was extended to 5pm. they cannot keep suspending games. bury are yet to kick a ball this season. all six of their fixtures have been suspended because the owner of steve dale has not been able to provide the efl with proof he has the funds to pay the bills for the rest of the season so the efl have a suspended their six fixtures so far. they are adamant they will not do that any further so it appears that this group c&n sporting risk have until 5pm today to do their due diligence and get the deal over the line or bury could go under. 0ne and get the deal over the line or bury could go under. one of the old est bury could go under. one of the oldest in the football league, they have won the football alley fa cup. fans are optimistic, some volunteers have gathered at gigg lane to do the clear up there. the call went out from the club over the weekend asking for volunteers to arrive at the stadium in order to get the stadium ready

bury have been forced to suspend a sixth match as owner steve dale turned down an offer to buy the club. the league one side faces being kicked—out of the football league. dale believes he can secure a better deal before friday's deadline. england, scotland, wales and ireland have all failed to reach the men's semi—finals at the eurohockey championships. england needed to beat spain in their final pool game, but could only draw 2—all. team ineos have named britain's tayoh gaigan hart as joint leader with wow‘t pools for cycling's final grand tour of the year, the vuelta a espana. the 24—year—old is the youngest member of the team which includes fellow britons owain doull and ian stannard. the race gets under way on saturday. rain affected play in the women's t20 blast this evening, but loughborough lightning did just about enough to beat lancashire thunder on the duckworth lewis method. loughborough posted 157, while the thunder could only get to 7a for 6 before the rain arrived. loughborough's bonus point takes them up to second behind leaders western storm who beat southern vipers ton

after bury missed that deadline set by the efl, the club owner steve dale said they weren't given enough we asked the efl to work with us. sadly, maybe they will give us a re—brief. let's hope so. so we can get a deal over the line. it is notjust us. two of the great clubs and the north. being destroyed. ijust did not understand why there isn't a mechanism of saving them that takes this away. this threat. because what they need to do is allow them time to recover and carry on in the league. bolton wanderers are in a similar predicament after a deal to buy the club collapsed over the weekend. their future in the league will also be decided by the efl in the coming days, though the club has said discussions are still on—going with all parties. our sports correspondent katie gornell is outside bolton for us. katie, according to bolton's adminstrator, the liquidation process starts tomorrow — what's the situation as you understand it? as you say, those talk sister undergoing. i understand that despite the 5pm deadline passing, the efl are all well aware of keeping us abreast of any and all a

executive chair debbie jevans has told the bbc they're working to find a solution with the club's owner steve dale running out. the talk is clicking, no question about that. please don't think that i am on a motive, but we are in daily contact with mr dale and myself are the team through e—mail, albeit their conversations. it's been frustrating, to be perfectly frank. i don't know when he came to us whether he thought the situation was different to what it is, i must assume he did his due diligence before he bought the football club. but i think it has been frustrating in the sense that the information we've asked for is very simple. we've broken it down that it is just simple information. demonstrate the funds that we need to run the football club, note more or less. we cannot allow something continue when there is no guarantee that the players or the upkeep of the ground will be maintained. that cost money. no one wants to see this club disappear out of the league, least of all me. which is why we are working 24—7 to make sure that doesn't happen. i completely understand, i have empathy and symp

huge step forward, particularly for berry fans, then they confirmed recognition of this move by steve daleed to exclusively work with them to help the change of control from their club from there, they did fire a warning shot saying that they are going to give a deadline of tuesday at five p:m.. the deadline was going to be at midnight on friday night, they move that back 72 hours, 72 and bits, hours. if the deal is not completed by then, they will still withdraw bury's status in the football league, which it gives a little bit of frustration for bury fans. i think they wanted a little bit longer. those working around it certainly wanted longer. from there on, the buyers of bury, or the potential buyers have issued their own statement saying it is disappointed they've only been given until tuesday. particularly with the strange line if you will that their lawyer is only available from wednesday onwards. so they've got to work quick, without their legal team, that i guess they have known and trusted to get them to the stage. you can understand where they're coming from as a business. they a

bury‘s owner steve dale has told the bbc tonight that given recent events at the club he's happy to sellbuyer. the english football league's given bury until 9am tomorrow to show how they plan to pay off creditors or face having their next match suspended. earlier, staff at bury issued a statement imploring the owner to accept an offer that's been made to buy the club saying it's "the only lifeline for the future of the club." bury are yet to play a game this season after their league matches against mk dons and accrington, as well as tuesday's carabao cup game against sheffield wednesday was suspended because of the ongoing crisis. liverpool goalkeeper alisson will be missing for "the next few weeks" according to managerjurgen klopp. the brazil international suffered a calf injury near the end of the first half against norwich at anfield on friday night. spanish keeper adrian, liverpool's new signing from west ham, is set to deputise in the mean time. klopp says he'll probably sign veteran andy lonergan on a short term contract for extra cover, after he left middlesborough in the summer

at the centre of all of this is steve dale, the owner who bought the club for £1.ave the club. let's hearfrom him now. i am not in control. it is like watching a car crash but you are not holding the steering wheel. we need to try and come up with a plan. but what i am getting sick of is being blamed for someone else's debt. i did not run up this debt with the club. the club was bust beyond belief when i took over. it is now sustainable. the only actions stopping bury football club now are those of the efl. there is no monetary requirements now for that club to trade. none whatsoever. it has been dreadful. it is the only industry i have been involved where the guy who's trying to save that gets vilified. that is what i don't, it won't go in my head. if you have seen some of the dreadful acts that have been done with my family and my home you just think my god. and if i retaliate, i am the bad guy. well, i won't let people do things to my family. it is not going to happen. manchester united manager, 0le gunner solskjaer, says social media companies must stop the spr

bury owner steve dale has turned down an offer for the club, which would have secured its future.icked out of the football league, unless they can provide proof of funding — dale believes he can secure a better deal before friday's deadline. phil neville has named his squad for a couple of friendlies coming up. manchester city's 23—year—old defender aoife mannion gets her first senior call up alongside chelsea's bethany england, whilst sandy maciver and anna patten move up from the under—20's side. they play belgium on 29th august and norway on 3rd september. and england prop mako vunipola is in contention to make his comeback following injury against ireland in their world cup warm up match this weekend, he tore a hamstring in saracen‘s champions cup final in may. british climber shauna coxey‘s won a second bronze medal at the world climbing championships — it came in the combined final — which consists of three events, and will feature for the first time in the olympics next year. coxey already won bronze in last week's bouldering event... she is a big medal hopeful for gb injap

dissatisfied that bury can pay outstanding creditors and have funding for the season ahead. 0wner steve dalence and is prepared to sell the club. there's europa league qualifying this evening, four teams we're going to keep an eye on... wolves host armenian side pyunik. they have a 4—0 lead from the first leg of their third qualifying—round tie. rangers too have a lead against fc mitchelland. 2—0 up from the first leg. tougher for aberdeen though, they trail by two against riekka. the toughest of tasks though for the new saints — 5—0 down against bulgarian side ludogorets. you can keep updated on those ties on the bbc sport website. now, this british pair crossed the line together celebrating first at the olympic triathlon test event in tokyo overnight. but then they were disqualified. georgia taylor—brown and jess learmonth crossed hand in hand and although learmonth was initially given the win, both were later disqualified under a rule that says you can't intentionally cross the line together. it meant bermuda's flora duffy was given first place, and great britain's vicky holland was upgra

owner steve dale tells the bbc that the league one club has been sold.re all set for a weekend, a long weekend for some of us weekend, a long weekend for some of us of abundant sunshine and becoming very warm to hot with it. it has been a while, but summer has bound again. it's saturday 24th august. our top story. chief constables in england, wales and scotland will hold an emergency meeting next month after an alarming rise in violence against the police. in an unprecedented move, the national police chiefs‘ council has called the crisis summit after pc andrew harper was killed during a spate of attacks on officers. richard lister reports. whistle blows a policeman's whistle marked the start of a minute's silence for pc andrew harper, murdered in the line of duty. around the country, police forces paused to reflect on a colleague lost. pc harper was the first policeman attacked and killed in the uk since 2017. but assaults on officers are on the rise. the latest figures show that in the year to march there were almost 31,000 attacks on police officers.

we don't know who is love, no communication from steve dale. —— who is left.ble but day—to—day, the way it is today, football is a business. if this is not a viable business, this is the question, steve, not communicating is your opinion, but if there is no buyer and that is not a viable business, it has to go under. the way football is currently funded is com pletely way football is currently funded is completely broken, bury last year, solidarity payment from the premier league £a70,000. that is one week is wages for sanchez. week in, week out, so we understand, 12,000 you can have in the stadium? just under. how many turn out for a match? we average around 3000 home fans. obviously the crowd has been an issue. has been throughout our history, really. that comes right down to it. emotions employee, some of you seem angry as well. is that directed at the way the club is been run, financial mismanagement? other clubs are doing it well, rochdale, accrington. we know what crowd we get, we never really deviate beyond the 3000, you might get a few hundred more if

the club have been forced to suspend a sixth match under owner steve dale after he turned down an offerlacency after australia's steve smith is ruled out of the third test. more sport at 9:40am. see you then. thanks, sally, see you a bit later. back to one of our headline stories now. a report has warned there are more than 200,000 children in england without a permanent home, with some living in converted office blocks, or even former shipping containers. the children's commissioner, anne longfield, says whole families are being housed in flats little bigger than parking spaces. the government says it's invested £1.2 billion to tackle all types of homelessness. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. would you like to live here? this office block in essex was converted into flats to house homeless families. developers don't need planning permission after the government relaxed the rules to boost the housing supply, and tens of thousands of similar properties have been created in recent years across england. today's report highlights that some of the flats are tiny,

the league 1 side has not played a match this season because of financial problems. 0wner steve dale the funding to continue. judith moretz is in bury for us. it is the photo stunt they would rather not be posing for, but these supporters have a point to make. the club was founded more than 130 years ago but they know this could be its last day. across the generations, the fans are feeling desperate. amongst them, anthony and peter, both season ticket holders since childhood. it's in the family. you know, i can only describe it to losing a relative. it sounds silly but that's really what it feels like. tough for you, as well? definitely, berry is a place that every saturday, you don't have to get in touch with your friends, you know they are going to be here. it is organic socialisation, meeting up with people and it is killing us losing this club, it is killing us. it's a big contrast to the highs of last season when they won promotion from league 2. but the club has been dogged by rumours of financial trouble. it was bought for £1 in december, 12 points were docked and the team is

the bury owner steve dale has been critical of the efl saying the clubs need more time. re—brief. let's hope so. so we can get a deal over the line. it is not just us. two of the great clubs and the north. being destroyed. ijust did not understand why there isn't a mechanism of saving them that takes this away. this threat. because what they need to do is allow them time to recover and carry on in the league. as steve dale mentioned, bolton wanderers are in the same predicament after a deal to buy the club collapsed over the weekend. their future will also be decided by the efl in the coming hours. their fans say they're devastated at the situation. it is our club. nobody else's. we are the one doing all the suffering. sad enough getting people to support bolton. and when things like this happen, people laughing at us. just laughing at us. it is a jog. that will be the end of it have been institution in this area. generations of football fans. model the limit all of my three sons are fans. i don't know. what we will do. -- all fans. i don't know. what we will do. —— all

a hugely significant day, the owner steve dale will have to demonstrate he has the finances and moneyto the deadline of midnight tonight, we understand there are four offers, one was serious offer on the table, but talks would need to be at a very advanced stage if there is to be an extension to that deadline tonight. the executive vice chair of the english football league said yesterday that an extension of 24—48 are as might be possible if talks are as might be possible if talks are in an advanced stage but anything further than that, very unlikely now. the english football league will face questions themselves over why they fit and proper persons test didn‘t stand up with steve dale purchasing the club forjust £1 back in december. they will face questions over whether they need to do more to verify the ability of potential owners and funds available when it comes to purchasing clubs in the future. at the heart of the story is the fans and the impact on the community. the heart of the story is the fans and the impact on the communitym course. for bury this could be hugely significan

they've also been removed from the league cup after failing to fulfil that fixture.the club's owner steve daler. it's been a disappointing day for the home nations in the hockey. england, scotland, wales and ireland have all failed to reach the men's semi—finals at the eurohockey championships. england needed to beat spain in theirfinal pool game, but could only draw 2—all. scotland lost to the netherlands after germany had beaten ireland. it looks like we're going to see a return to summary weather and for some of us, it's going to last into next week as well. today, we have some weather funds to contend with. generally most of us are starting fine with sunshine, thanks to this high pressure. we literally atlantic, this next deep area of low pressure which will come hurtling into bring wet and windy weather to the north and west of the uk. we start off with a few showers across scotland, northern england first thing. further south, probably scotland, northern england first thing. furthersouth, probably the best of the sunshine. much of northern and western scotland into the afternoon, gusts 4

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executive chair debbie jevans has told the bbc they're working to find a solution with the club's owner steve dalefinancial information to mr dale but if he does want to sell the club, he must prove to us that he has the money to sustain because nobody wa nts to money to sustain because nobody wants to see this club disappear, least of all me which is why we are working 24—7 to stop that happening. wolves are in a good position to qualify for the europa league group stage for the first time after winning 3—2 away in italy against torino. this raul himenez goal made it 3—1 before a late penalty for torino set up a nervy finish. the two teams meet again at molineux on the 29th of august with the winners moving into the main group stage of the competition. and the irish league champions have caused a huge shock. they beat carabag of azerbijan 3—2 in belfast with shayne lav—ery‘s goal the pick of the bunch. elsewhere celtic took a significant step towards the group stages after beating aik 2—nil in glasgow. and rangers play—off tie with legia warsaw remains finely poised after a goalless first leg in

bury‘s owner steve dale has told the bbc tonight that given recent events at the club he's happy to sellthey plan to pay off creditors or face having their next match suspended. earlier, staff at bury issued a statement imploring the owner to accept an offer that's been made to buy the club saying it's "the only lifeline for the future of the club." bury are yet to play a game this season after their league matches against mk dons and accrington, as well as tuesday's carabao cup game against sheffield wednesday was suspended because of the ongoing crisis.

they had been a proposed sale with a company and steve dale said he had accepted that offer however thatcided not to pursue their interests in bury. the efl sake having fully considered all available options, including a number of expression of interest, they determined, with enormous regret that bury‘s membership be withdrawn and they could be no further suspensions to the fixture list because so far bury have not played a single match this season. staff and players have not been paid, ongoing concerns as well about the integrity of the competition. that was a significant factor. i will read you a quote from the executive chair of the efl, she says that today is undoubtedly one of the darkest days in the league's recent history. the efl has worked determinant and tirelessly but it is with a heavy heart of the situation has been forced on us. the fans will be the people who would be very upset and that the statement goes on to say that i understand that this would be a devastating type of players, staff, supporters and it will be felt across the entire football family. no—one wanted to b

a last minute stay of execution came to nothing, and there was anger directed at the bury owner steve daley said that what we have to do from this is learn lessons. this is a devastating situation. i saw on television yesterday, the fans, the fans' reactions, the emotional impact of this has had, and of course we are cognizant of that. so i accept that we need to look and we need to learn lessons from it. it is not yet clear what the future holds for the players, the staff, or the town, and those with a strong connection to bury fear the worst. the heart of the town has ripped apart, and now it is up to the bury people, myself included, to try and put some heart back into a town that relied heavily on the football club. it was the reason, when i was growing up, when i was eight, nine, ten, that we used to go travelling around, because that was our town. every town needs a football club. and just a few miles down the road, bolton fans anxiously wait to see if their club can avoid the same fate, after they were given 1a days to complete take takeover or show proof of funds. today, staff at b

bury‘s owner steve dale has told the bbc tonight that given recent events at the club he's happy to selleditors — or face having a fourth successive match postponed. earlier, staff at bury issued a statement imploring the owner to accept an offer that's been made to buy the club saying it's "the only lifeline for the future of the club." bury are yet to play a game this season after league one matches against mk dons and accrington, as well as tuesday's league cup match against sheffield wednesday were suspended because of the ongoing crisis. next — in a huge blow for wales — gareth anscombe has been ruled out of the rugby world cup after injuring his knee in their 33—19 defeat to england. wales feared the worst when their first choice fly—half limped off at twickenham yesterday and today they've confirmed that anscombe has damaged knee ligaments and is definitely out of next month's tournament in japan. meanwhile england coach eddiejones has announced his 31—man squad for the tournament almost four weeks before the deadline. there are a few familar big names missing from the squad today

anger directed at the current owner, steve dale, for not being able to sell the club.. a lot of people here today saying the english football league should have done more notjust to perform checks on the type of people who own football clu bs, the type of people who own football clubs, but also they should have done more to try and help bury avoid this situation in the first place. that is something we put to the chair of the efl today. this is what she had to say about how this might be avoided in the future. one thing that i have said and people have often said to me, cut the player wages? i do think player wages need to be considered without question. if your revenue as something and your outgoings whatever that number may be, clearly any long term that is not going to be sustainable. if the point that you are making as you need to take back, consider what has gone on, i completely agree with you. yes, lessons indeed. and also another club in the north—west and a similar position. that's right. just a few miles down the road is built and bolton fans will have been l

steve dale says bury fc has been bought by football analytics company c&n sporting risk, headed by henrylastair campbell — rory campbell. bury had been given until midnight to prove they can pay off creditors and have funding to complete the season. the headlines on bbc news: european countries threaten to block a huge eu trade deal with south america unless brazil does more to curbs forest fires. the family of a police officer killed in the line of duty pay tribute to him as forces across the country held a minute's silence. president trump vows to retaliate after china announces plans to escalate the trade war. glasgow university is to raise and spend £20 million to atone for the money it benefited from during the slave trade. it's thought to be the first institution in the uk to put such a programme in place. the money will be used for a research centre which glasgow will manage in partnership with the university of the west indies, to raise awareness of the history of slavery. from glasgow, lorna gordon reports. the university of glasgow was the first civic institution in scotland to

have until midnight tonight to avoid being expelled from the english football league, unless owner steve dale the funding to continue to find a buyer. dale's been speaking to bbc radio manchester. we have made a request for the league to stay the removal from the league to stay the removal from the league based on the fact we have an interested party. we have more people coming to the table. also we are trying to cover what they require. we have gone to the public and we have said to them, look, we don't need this money but if you wa nt to don't need this money but if you want to say that football club, make a pledge to the club, not me, we're not asking you for many, we are asking you to pledge. we are there to try to save the club. i didn't put the club in a mess, i didn't it was all done before i got there. all i had done is try to save it. the manchester united manager 0le gunner solskjaer says social media companies must stop the spread of hate. it's after his midfielder paul pogba was racially abused online after missing a penalty in united's premier league draw with wolves on monday. p

it includes questions like: "why did owner steve dale passed the fit and proper person test?" former chairman. the brazilian bid was a very strong bid indeed, there was significant net worth of the individual behind the company, and he was extremely keen to buy the football club, as was the italian consortium. but they don't appear to have been considered or given the same opportunity to formulate their bid to save bury football club. manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage of the europa league. they‘re facing the prospect of a 7,a00—mile round trip to kazakhstan for the clash with fc asta na. let‘s take a look at how the all british teams fared in today‘s draw. it‘s not a bad draw, in terms of competition though, for ole gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they‘ve only faced fk pa rtizan once before, they‘ve also got dutch side az alkmaar. last season‘s finalists arsenal have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria guimaraes. wolves have been handed an interesting draw in theirfirst european compe

it includes questions like: "why owner steve dale passed the fit and proper person test?" was not accepted?" the club's lawyer has told bbc sport "all options are on the table." 0ne one was from a former chairman, another one was from a brazilian connection. there is significant worth behind the net individual for the country. he was extremely keen to buy the football club, as was the italian consortium. but they don't appear to have been considered or given the same length of opportunity to save berry football club. manchester united fans will be racking up the air miles in the group stage of the europa league. they're facing the prospect of a 7,000—mile round trip to kazakhstan, for the clash with fc asta na. let's take a look at how the all british teams fared in today's draw. it's not bad in terms of competition for 0le gunnar soljkaer‘s side. out of those three opponents, they've only faced fk pa rtizan once before. they also have dutch side az alkmaar. last season's finalists arsenal — have been drawn against eintracht frankfurt, standard liege and vitoria. wolves ha

it‘s understood that the bury owner steve dale has turned down a new offer to buy the club from a former off by the football league forfailing to provide proof of funding. the club only has until friday to try and avoid expulsion from the league altogether. england, scotland and ireland have all failed to reach the men‘s semi—finals at the eurohockey championships. england needed to beat spain in their final pool game, but could only draw 2—all. scotland lost to the netherlands after germany had beaten ireland. these are the live pictures from wales‘s match against belgium now in pool a. if they‘re to avoid the fate of england, scotland and ireland they must beat the hosts by 5 goals that‘s all the sport for now. i‘ll have more for you in sportsday at half past ten. national grid say a lightning strike was to blame the man charged with murdering pc andrew harper, who was killed last thrusday, has appeared at reading magistrates court. jed foster, aged twenty, is also charged with the theft of a quad bike. he denies the charges and his solicitor called on the police to follow all lines of

i think steve dale, you look at his business history, he has several companies he has wound up in thehis at your gut feeling that at 5pm that really will be at? i can't see how they could do a deal in one we a day. i don‘t know who is going to come in and half an hour. the efl have been very clear that they wa nted have been very clear that they wanted to see resolution by 5pm so the game on saturday has been suspended. as it stands, expelled from the football league means i am sure there is some logic in there somewhere but it doesn‘t really feel like it. you are smiling but i know you‘re not inside, i don‘t know what to say to you, frankly, keep watching and there is still time. really good to talk to you, thank very much. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. the heat is now on its way out. an area of low pressure coming in from the atlantic, this line of cloud here our weather front heralding the arrival of cooler, fresher conditions once it swept across the uk. ahead of it, still warm and humid and this mass of cloud marks an instability in the atmosphere. i

owner steve dale tells the bbc that the league one club has been sold. good morning. in weather, we are all set for a weekend — a long weekend for some of us — of abundant sunshine and becoming very warm—to—hot with it. it has been a while, but summer has found us again! i have got your forecast coming up. it's saturday 24th august. our top story: chief constables in england, wales and scotland will hold an emergency meeting next month after an alarming rise in violence against the police. in an unprecedented move, the national police chiefs‘ council has called the crisis summit after pc andrew harper was killed during a spate of attacks on officers. richard lister reports. blows whistle. a policeman‘s whistle marked the start of a minute's silence for pc andrew harper, murdered in the line of duty. around the country, police forces paused to reflect on a colleague lost. pc harper was the first policeman attacked and killed in the uk since 2017, but assaults on officers are on the rise. the latest figures show that in the year to march, there were almost 31,000 attack

and how did you find, rory campbell, how did you find the chairman of bury to deal with, steve dale?quite optimistic about it but he said in the end you couldn't get anything done on the stadium and without the stadium, they couldn't continue. i think multiple parties were in the process of negotiating with the report and some things were allowed to say, some which we are not, but in the end, we were getting more and more information in the last 72 hours that were just forcing the situation... that was coming from him and from other people, thatjust ended up forcing, as we said, the situation to be insurmountable challenges that we weren't going to be able to deal with. bbc sport's sally nugent is at gigg lane for us this morning, sally. fans have been talking about this clu b fans have been talking about this club being at the heart and soul of the community. how big a blow is this for the community, and why, ultimately, did the people involved in trying to save this club are not managed to make that work?|j in trying to save this club are not managed to make that work? i think lots

it's understood that the bury owner steve dale has turned down a new offer to buy the club from a former scheduled matches so far called off by the football league for failing to provide proof of funding. they club only have until friday to try to avoid expulsion from the league. the final round of group matches are under way at the euro hockey championships in belgium and these are live pictures from antwerp at the moment where scotland are taking on the netherlands in pool b right now. heading off there at half—time and scotland are losing 3—0 to the dutch for that they need a big win and to help the goal difference might allow them to sneak through. they will need a steering team top if they are to turn that around. you can watch it on the bbc sport website at the moment or follow all of the stories of the day including how shauna cooksey has won a second bronze of the world climbing championships. impressive performance from her. that's all the sport for now. new research claims a no deal brexit would cost the farming industry £850 million a year in lost profits. consultants say some

steve dale had turned down an offer to buy the club believing he can secure a better deal before tomorrow'ss in the semifinal of the world hockey championships after beating belarus yesterday. more to come on all of those stories later in the hour. back to brexit and borisjohnson will seek to persuade the french president of the need to renegotiate the brexit deal when they meet in paris this lunchtime. joining me now from westminster is mp chris phillip, who sits on the alternative arrangements commission, which was set up to explore possible replacements to the backstop. thank you forjoining us. angela merkel has said to borisjohnson, 0k, merkel has said to borisjohnson, ok, if you don't want the backstop then you have 30 days to come up with an alternative. you have been looking at this issue. is that feasible? the alternative arrangements commission published its report just arrangements commission published its reportjust a few arrangements commission published its report just a few weeks arrangements commission published its reportjust a few weeks ago and its reportjust a few weeks ag

bury have been forced to suspend a sixth match as owner steve dale turned down an offer to buy the clubsays he's confident his players can step up after their star batsman steve smith was ruled out of the third test against england which begins in headingley tomorrow. smith has failed to recover from concussion after being hit in the neck in the drawn second test. marnus labuschagne replaced smith at lords and is favourite to do so again. we've got to make sure that all the other guys, our senior players and younger players all step up and build what are almost on fillable shoes, because he is the best player in the world, but we thought the whole time about squad mentality, being ready and when things come up, like they was doing this game, we have guys were ready to step up. so, i'm confident they'll do that. england, scotland, wales and ireland all failed to reach the men's semifinals at the eurohockey championships. britain's shauna coxsey won a second bronze medal at the world climbing championships in japan. it came in the combined event which is going to be the discipline contest

with the club in financial turmoil, it has now emerged that owner, steve dale, has received four offersl information that we've shown to him, but if he does not want to sell the club then he just must prove to us, just demonstrate that he has money to sustain it. for many it is a crisis that should have been avoided. it is a classic case of things going wrong, and people only realising it when it gets too late, and now we are on the verge of — i mean, the grey sky clouds are looming over us here — they're certainly looming over the football club and ijust pray and hope that some resolution can be found it. as the gates at gigg lane remain close, the message from the fans to steve dale is, please, make a deal. alex humphreys, bbc news, bury. it does seem astonishing that the clu b it does seem astonishing that the club was just bought for £1 by the current owner. i'm joined now by dan plumley, football finance expert from sheffield hallam university. people will be watching, thinking, how on earth is the current owner bought the club for £1. surely he had to demonstrate that he had the m