he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. commentator: goal! for half a century, he's been a true footballing fixture. commentator: here's gascoigne. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes! his commentary‘s as much a part of the game as the many moments he's so uniquely described. but finally, john motson has decided to hang up his mic and he told me why this season will be his last at the bbc. i think there's always a time to go. lots of water's gone under the bridge in all the years i've been doing match of the day. the challenge i still love, but it has got more difficult. ijust think it might be the moment to say — thank you very much and leave it to somebody else. motson‘s big breakthrough came in 1972 at hereford versus newcastle when he conveyed the emotion of one of the fa cup‘s greatest shocks. commentator: oh, what a goal! what a goal! radford, the scorer. when i see ronnie radford, i always say, "you know, you changed my life, ronnie." when i see it again, as i have hundreds of times, i still think to myself — please go in, don't hit the p

dan roan, bbc news, at lord's. ryanair is facing increasing criticism over its plans to cancel thousands of flights, and it's been accused by the civil aviation authority of ‘persistently misleading passengers' about the kind of compensation they can claim. the caa has now given ryanair until five o'clock tomorrow afternoon to correct its compensation policy, to comply with consumer protection law. the airline says it will do whatever is necessary. the caa could take legal action if it's not happy with ryanair‘s response, as our correspondent richard westcott reports. it is europe's biggest and busiest airline. but ryanair has been made to look a little small today, accused of persistently misleading nearly three quarters of a million customers, the uk regulator has now threatened them with legal action. we wa nt threatened them with legal action. we want them to make it crystal clear that every single passenger what they are entitled to in terms of rerouting expenses and compensation where applicable to the we

dan roan at wembley, thank you very much indeed. manchester united are through to the fourth round of the efl cup after a comfortable 4—1 victory against championship side burton albion. marcus rashford opened the scoring afterjust four minutes and added a second soon after. anthony martial set upjesse lingard for united's third 10 minutes before half time. and it was martial who scored united's fourth after the break. burton managed a late consolation goal thanks to lloyd dyer after a scramble in the united area. there were five efl cup matches tonight. no surprises. arsenal won 1—0 at home to doncaster, chelsea scored 5 against nottingham forest, a comfortable win for everton at home to sunderland and manchester city won the all premier league tie at west bromwich albion. the pick of the ties see the london derby, spurs hosting west ham and another all premier league clash, everton travelling to chelsea. a big win for celtic in the quarter—finals of the scottish league cup. 4—0 at dundee. chris froome has won a bronze meda

our sports editor dan roan takes a look now at how the city could benefit. from school sports day to an international showpiece. local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham's alexander stadium. but five years from now this host to some of the world's best athletes. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we've never hosted a multisport event here before, we've hosted world championships of lots of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it, but this is our time we can show the world we can bring everyone together here and it's all part of the bigger story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will undergo a major upgrade of the it is successful. a brand—new aquatics centre will be built and famous local landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square here right in the heart of the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games here to birmingham would cost an estimated £750 million. so is it all

dan roan was in court. less tha n month. dan roan was in court. less than 2a hours after playing for his club, when ruby lviv at stockport magistrates' court this morning over a drink driving charge. flanked by police and security guards the former england captain was escorted through a media scrum and accompanied by his agent. he was arrested in the early hours of september after being stopped by police driving a car belonging to a woman he met on a night out and who he was driving home from this part. the court heard that the 31—year—old had been three times the legal alcohol limit. wayne rooney spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea three his solicitor. he said his client had genuine remorse for the terrible mistake. the district judge handed him a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of community work. he was told to pay £170 in costs. he wrote a letter to the court expressing remorse. his solicitor asked that he be spared a community sentence because of his charity work.

our sports editor dan roan takes a look now at how the city could benefit. from school sports day to an international showpiece, local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham's alexander stadium. but five years from now theirs could play host to some of the very best athletes in the world. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multi sport eventually before. we have hosted world championships of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it. this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together here and it's all part of the biggest story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will undergo a major upgrade if the bid is successful, the new aquatics centre will be built and famous landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square here right in the heart of the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games to birmingham will cost an estimated three quarters of a billion poun

dan roan, bbc news. sir peter hall, the founder of the royal shakespeare company, and arguably the key figure of british theatre over the past half century, has died. he was 86. a former director of the national theatre, he introduced the works of samuel beckett and harold pinter to british audiences. nick higham looks back at his life. i think she wants to be that side. he started as britain's most talented young director, charismatic and adventurous. at stratford aged just 29, he created the royal shakespeare company. not bad for the working class son of a railway man. we're not going to read the play, and embarrass each other and ourselves. the rsc was a company of international standard which attracted the very best actors. wilt thou accept a ransom? yea or no? peggy ashcroft was one, here in an early hall triumph, a reworking of shakespeare's henry vi plays, as the wars of the roses. sir peter was a visionary. he was a colossus bestriding the world of british theatre. in a way, it would be iniquitou

dan roan, bbc news. 50 years ago, the bbc launched radio 1, with tony blackburn as the first dj on air. others who followed him have become household names, including kenny everett, john peel and chris moyles. this weekend, a series of special programmes will celebrate radio 0ne's half century on air. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito reports. one... bbc radioi... we are celebrating 50 years. go! there we are. radio 1, bright, young, and 50 years old. 50 years, they give you the opportunity to reflect and celebrate, but, importantly, look to the future. because that future is a bit of a worry — in an age of smart phones and streaming, can old—style radio stations remain essential listening, given the radio is, for many, a bit of a mystery. can i give you this? it's a radio. yeah... you've got it upside down at the moment. how do you find radio 1 on there? i'll try. i have no idea. but you've never used a radio, have you? no. never. is this how you find signals? this? you've never held a radio, have you? you are making me feel very old today. good morning everyone and welcome to

mr sampson has been speaking to the bbc‘s sports editor dan roan. with his team preparing for their opening world cup qualifier, mark sampson is trying to focus on football. but with racism and bullying allegations hanging over him, the england manager has been under intense scrutiny. today, at the squad's training camp, he told me just how tough the controversy had been. it's been difficult for everyone. of course, it's been difficult for myself and my family, but everyone involved in this, it's not been easy for anyone. this is a situation that has to be respected and dealt with in the right way. last month, striker eni aluko, one of england's top players, told me that sampson had made racist comments, and that she may have been dropped as retaliation for her original complaint last year. he had been fully cleared by an fa review and an independent investigation. since then, otherformer players have criticised the culture under sampson, and there have been calls for a new enquiry. but he insists he's innocent. did you ever belittle, victimise or b

he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. for almost a decade jason for almost a decadejason kenny has been cycling sprint seine vagus sayings no british 0lympian winning more gold medals. his six nt rio could have been his last. kenny revealing to me today he's secretly decided to retire after last year's games. ied aide had enough, to be honest. i was happy with my decision to kind of walk away and never come back, really. istarted to kind of walk away and never come back, really. i started looking at other kind ofjobs and things like that i would do with my time. you know, i was serious really. you effectively had retired am you had decided it sounds like? yeah, in my head. i'm glad i didn't announce anything now, to be honest, looking back. he may not have competed since rio he has been busy away from the track marrying four time gold medallist laura trot last year and becoming a father earlier this summer. the 29—year—old now feels he's ready to return. i felt like i did when i was 18 again, ifeel refreshed. i though

dan roan, bbc news, at lord‘s. the united nations has been accused of a series of failures in the lead—up to the current crisis in myanmar. the un secretary—general acknowledged today that the crisis has produced the world‘s fastest—developing refugee emergency. more than half a million rohingyas have now fled to bangladesh. around 90 per cent of the population of myanmar is buddhist, but one million rohingya muslims who have been denied citizenship live in rakhine state. the latest violence broke out in august when rohingya militants launched attacks on burmese security forces. our correspondentjonah fisher has seen internal un documents outlining concerns about the handling of the rohingya conflict and has this special report. in the months since rohingya muslims first began fleeing into bangladesh, the united nations has been at the forefront of the response. delivering aid and making robust statements, condemning the burmese authorities. the situation remains, or seems a textbook example of ethnic clean

dan roan, bbc news, at lord's. the latest round of brexit talks have ended — with somewhat different interpretations of how they've gone. the brexit secretary david davis says there have been decisive steps forward. his eu counterpart, michel barnier, agreed that theresa may's earlier keynote speech on brexit had created a new dynamic — but he's still warning that it could be months before the two sides are ready to move on to discussing a future trade deal. from brussels, ben wright reports. the british minister's car is the same. a gag, of course. but the tone of these brexit talks has changed. a month ago, it was fractious and frosty. the divides worldwide. but today, reporting back on the week's negotiations, david davis and his cou nterpa rts negotiations, david davis and his counterparts were conciliatory and for the first time, mr davies spoke first. i believe that thanks to the constructive manner in which both sides have conducted these negotiations, we are making decisive steps forward. our teams work

our sports editor dan roan was in court. less tha n less than 24 hours after playing for his club, everton, wayne rooney arriving at the magistrates this morning over a drink—driving charge. flanked by police and security guards and the former england captain was exported through a media scrum and accompanied by his agent. he was arrested in the early hours of september one after being stopped by police, driving a car belonging toa by police, driving a car belonging to a woman he had met on a night out and who he was driving home from above. the court heard the 31—year—old had been three times the legal alcohol limit. wayne rooney spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his solicitor who said his client had genuine remorse for a genuine mistake. the districtjudge handed him a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of community work. wayne rooney had written a letter to the court exposing his remorse and his solicitor asked hebe sped community sente

our sport's editor dan roan went to meet him. and there it is! the crazy gang have beaten the culture club. here is gascoigne. .. brilliant! yes! oh, yes! goal! platini for france! it's dramatic, it's delightful, it's denmark! they are the european champions. what was, for you, the secret, the key, to be able to call those moments in time so quickly? it's like saying to your postman, how do you prepare the letters? you know, people don't have do know that, do they? and people didn't need to know that i was spending two days in this office banging myself over the head with who the substitute was going to be for this team on saturday. they were only concerned with the end product, and i had to make that as good as i could. that'sjohn motson, reporting for us tonight of course on the southend and liverpool match, looking there rather like an orphan in the storm. your big breakthrough was the ‘72 cup match? oh, ronnie's goal... without that, would you be here? it changed my life. newcastle winning1—0 with five minutes to go. radford. .. now tudor

he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. did you ever belittle, victimise or believed alu ko? believed aluko? not at all, my intention has always been to help the players, and the intentions of my staff. the environment and the work we have done is reflected in performances and results we have achieved over the last three and a half years. chris froome will look to round off what's been an outstanding season with a world time trial title — after being named today in the great britain team for the forthcoming world road championships in bergen, norway. on sunday, froome became the first man for 39 years. to win the tour de france and vuelta a espana titles in the same year and next he'll line up alongside steve cummings in the world time trial. the championships start on sunday. british and irish lions captain sam warburton will have surgery on a neck injury, ruling him out of the autumn internationals. the wales and cardiff blues flanker aggravated the injury in training this week, and will miss all four of wales' autumn t

roan was at the court hearing. less than 2a hours after playing for his club, everton, wayne rooney arriving at the magistrates this morning over a drink—driving charge. flanked by police and security guards and the former england captain was escorted through a media scrum and accompanied by his agent. he was arrested in the early hours of september1 after being stopped by police, driving a car belonging to a woman he had met on a night out and who he was driving home from above. —— this bar. the court heard the 31—year—old had been three times the legal alcohol limit. wayne rooney spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his solicitor who said his client had genuine remorse for a genuine mistake. the districtjudge handed him a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work. he was told to pay £170 in costs. wayne rooney had written a letter to the court exposing his remorse and his solicitor asked he be spared a comm

our sports editor dan roan has more. local children are enjoying the alexandra stadium. this could play host to some of the world's best athletes. the bid to bring the commonwealth games here receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multisport event here before. we've hosted world championships of lots of individual sports like badminton, gymnastics, but this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together and it is part of the bigger story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will get a major upgrade. a brand—new aquatics centre will be built and famous landmarks transformed into venues. victoria square will provide a historic backdrop to the basketball tournament. bring in the commonwealth going —— games here to cost three quarters of £1 billion. is it worth it? that has always been a boost to the local economy from hosting the event and what you do see is a strong legacy in terms of participation but use of the venues after the event. teale —— it is a real opportunity the birmingham and the uk to showcase itself is hosti

but their bid could face opposition from canada, australia and malaysia. 0ur sports editor dan roan has more. from school sports day to an international showpiece, local children enjoying birmingham's alexander stadium. of the world's best athletes. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multi sport eventually before. we have hosted world championships of individual sports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it. this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together, it's all part of the biggest story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will undergo an upgrade of the bid is successful, with a brand new aquatics centre built and famous landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square in the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games to birmingham will cost an estimated three quarters of the billion pounds. is it all worth it? there's always been a boost to the local economy from hosting an event and you do see a

our sports editor dan roan has the details. they are the shocking scenes that have cast a shadow over english cricket, a video allegedly showing england vice captainfierrfitokes involved in a street fight. the footage, published by the sun newspaper, claims to show the cricketer brawling with two men outside a nightclub in bristol in the early hours of monday morning. despite appeals for calm from others present, stokes appears to grapple with a man on the floor before throwing a flurry of punches. a 27—year—old was later taken to hospital with facial injuries. stokes, who was arrested after visiting the embargo nightclub in a city where hours earlier, england had played a one day international, was held on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm and released under investigation. team—mate alex hales, who was with him, is helping police with their inquiries. only yesterday, ben stokes was included in england's ashes squad that will leave for australia in november. but the ecb, having reviewed the footage this afternoon,

our sports editor dan roan takes a look now, at how the city could benefit. from school sports day to an international showpiece, local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham‘s alexander stadium. but five years from now this could play host to some of the very best athletes in the world. the city‘s bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multi sport eventually before. we have hosted world championships of individualsports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it. this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together, it‘s all part of the biggest story of the revival of the west midlands. the stadium will undergo an upgrade of the bid is successful, the new aquatics centre will be built and famous landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square in the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games to birmingham will cost an estimated three quarters of the billion pounds. is it all worth it? there‘

he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. did you ever belittle, victimise or bully eni aluko when she was a member of the squad? absolutely not, my intention, working with all of our players, eni included, was to give them the best chance to perform for england. that's always been the intention for myself and the staff and i believe the environment we have and the work we've done is reflected in the performances we've achieved over the last three and a half years. did you drop eni aluko as a form of punishment for her making the original complaint? in terms of the selection decision we've been very clear and i've been clear with every decision we make, it is to help the tea m decision we make, it is to help the team perform. iam decision we make, it is to help the team perform. i am the decision—makers, i know how to make difficult decisions and any selection decision is a difficult one. i must consider a lot of factors. is her complaint one of those factors? absolutely not, i was unaware of what was going on. the timing d

dan roan, bbc news, at lord's. you're watching beyond 100 days. the spanish region of catalonia is scheduled to hold a referendum on independence on sunday — but the madrid government seems to be doing everything in its power to stop that vote going ahead. today, police in barcelona are guarding a warehouse containing ballot boxes. websites informing catala ns about the referendum have been shut down. but thousands of people have come out onto the streets, defending their right to vote. earlier spain's security secretary jose antonio nieto said that people can demonstrate on sunday — but that the law must not be disobeyed. an on sunday everybody can celebrate as they wish, with a picnic, a demonstration if they want, everybody can publicly express their feelings but they cannot violate the law. we'll have to avoid that. in 1979 catalonia was given what was cold a statute of autonomy and declared as an autonomous region. that was expanded in 2006 and the regional government was given greater powers and financial autonomy. four years later, grea

our sports editor, dan roan talking to john motson. i want to show you this footage that has gone viral. listen to this. it's a bat loose in a house. get the bat. get the bat. get it out of the house. get out. will you catch him? catch him. catch him. catch him. bigger towel. that's it. get him now. quick. marie, will you stop looking in the door! oh... catch him. catch him. you're doing great. you're doing great. just... that's it. he nearly got it that time. nearly. no, he's still flying around the place. quick. oh. time. nearly. no, he's still flying around the place. quick. 0h. that raises a smile on a pretty difficult day for many. let us catch up with the weather and chris fawkes will begin his forecast by telling us what is going on with hurricane irma. hi, there. full uk forecast in a moment but firstly a look at hurricane irma. now, irma roared right over the top of barbuda, about 7 o'clock our time. remember this is a category 5 hurricane, the second strongest hurricane that's ever been in the records. for here, it's working

roan was in court. rooney spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his solicitor, who said his client had genuine remorse for a terrible mistake. districtjudge john temperly handed rooney a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work. he was told to pay £170 in costs. i accept your morse is genuine, but despite everything i have heard i am not convinced a hefty fine would be as punitive sentence as a community order. this is 0utside source live from the bbc newsroom. 0ur lead story: donald trump says bureaucracy and mismanagement are holding the united nations back in a speech at the general assembly. the iraqi prime minister has demanded the suspension of next week's referendum on kurdish independence. but he's got no way to enforce that demand — kurdish leaders are expected to ignore it. in germany, three people have been given heavy fines for ignoring a pensioner who collapsed next to a bank's cash machines.

our sports editor dan roan takes a look now, at how the city could benefit. from school sports day to an international showpiece, local children enjoying the facilities at birmingham's alexander stadium. but five years from now this could play host to some of the very best athletes in the world. the city's bid to bring the commonwealth games here today receiving government backing. we have never hosted a multi sport eventually before. we have hosted world championships of individual sports, have hosted world championships of individualsports, badminton, gymnastics, athletics, you name it. this is our time to show the world we can bring everyone together, it's all part of the biggest story of the revival of the west midlands. stadium will undergo an upgrade of the bid is successful, the new aquatics centre will be built and famous landmarks transformed into sports venues. victoria square in the city centre will provide an historic backdrop to the basketball tournaments. bringing the basketball tournaments. bringing the commonwealth games to birmingham will cos

let's speak to our sports editor, dan roan. is great news for birmingham?m certainly looks that way. for the last few weeks the government has been weighing up whether to proceed with a formal bid ever since it preferred birmingham to liverpool as its candidate city to represent great britain. we think it will cost an estimated three quarters of £1 billion to bring what is often referred to the third biggest sporting event in the world to the west midlands in five years come up ata west midlands in five years come up at a quarter has to be raised by local authorities. but the government has seen the success in recent yea rs government has seen the success in recent years of events like london 2012, the commonwealth games in glasgow two years later, while temperatures in cricket, rugby and athletics and many feel that hosting sport can be a platform as it prepares for brexit for greater trade and tourism. this is the sports minister, tracey crouch. there has always been a boost to the local economy from hosting the event and what you do see is a strong lega

he's been speaking to our sports editor, dan roan. commentator: goal! for half a century, he's been a true footballing fixture. commentator: here's gascoigne. 0h, brilliant. oh, yes! his commentary‘s as much a part of the game as the many moments he's so uniquely described. but finally, john motson has decided to hang up his mic and he told me why this season will be his last at the bbc. i think there's always a time to go. lots of water's gone under the bridge in all the years i've been doing match of the day. the challenge i still love, but it has got more difficult. ijust think it might be the moment to say — thank you very much and leave it to somebody else. motson‘s big breakthrough came in 1972 at hereford versus newcastle when he conveyed the emotion of one of the fa cup‘s greatest shocks.

roan, has the story. from 6—0 to the sack in less than 2a hours. 0ne from 6—0 to the sack in less than 2a hours. one day after seeing his england team win in emphatic style, manager mark sampson finally lost hisjob this afternoon manager mark sampson finally lost his job this afternoon after weeks of controversy. the fa confirmed they had terminated his contract is due to safeguarding allegations made against him when he was coach at the bristol academy before taking the england job. the governing body said the full details of aids 2014 investigation into what they called inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour with female players only came to the attention last week —— details of an investigation in 2014. the issue was around his conduct and around the boundaries between a player and a coach. 0n reading that report i felt what i saw was incompatible with the standard we would expect for somebody to work at the fa. the pressure had been building. former england striker eni aluko told me last mont

our sports editor dan roan was in court. less than 2a hours after playing for his club everton, wayne rooney arriving at stockport magistrates this morning over a drink—driving charge. flanked by police and security guards, the former england captain was escorted through a media scrum and accompanied by his agent. rooney was arrested in the early hours of september 1st after being stopped by police, driving a car belonging to a woman he'd met on a night out and who he was driving home from this bar in wilmslow. the court heard the 31—year—old had been three times the legal alcohol limit. rooney spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his solicitor, who said his client had genuine remorse for a terrible mistake. districtjudge john temperly handed rooney a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work. he was told to pay £170 in costs. rooney had written a letter to the court expressing his remorse and his solicitor asked that he b

our sports editor dan roan talking to match of the day commentator, john motson. time for a look at the weather, here's chris fawkes. a quick reminder about irma, the second strongest hurricane on record. it has made two landfalls already, at seven o'clock at barbuda, that i of the storm in the wrong place. since then it has moved north—west, moving across st martin at the moment. this storm will bring catastrophic damage, only hurricane allen has been stronger in terms of sustained winds, they were files mild —— five miles per hour stronger than this brood. the british virgin islands are in danger in the next few hours, some strong winds over quota rico. the bar hamas will —— there is some patches of cloud around, sunny spells going. the cloud is big enough to squeeze some showers out. across north—west england and north and west scotland, away from these areas, you have a small chance of a shower. most areas stay dry. it feels pressure, if you have been outside. highs at 16—20d for most. tonight, overnight, initially clouds break a little, some cle

roan was in court. what happened there? sophie, wayne rooney was stopped by police while driving a woman he met at a bar in alderley edge home after a night out while his pregnant wife and three sons were away on holiday. the court he heard that rooney was about three times over the drink—drive limit. riding with a small entourage, wearing a dark blue suit, he spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his lawyer, michael rainford, to —— asking thejudge to consider his genuine remorse. but thejudge did say consider his genuine remorse. but the judge did say that this was a serious crime that was committed, placing himself and other road users at risk as a result of his poor judgment that night. i want to make it clear that i've read a bundle of character references that speak of you very highly and a letter to me, i accept your remorse is genuine but iam not i accept your remorse is genuine but i am not convinced a hefty fine would be as punitive a sen

our sports editor dan roan was in court. less than 24 hours after playing for his club everton, wayne rooney arriving at stockport magistrates this morning over a drink—driving charge. flanked by police and security guards, the former england captain was escorted through a media scrum and accompanied by his agent. rooney was arrested in the early hours of september 1st after being stopped by police, driving a car belonging to a woman he'd met on a night out and who he was driving home from this bar in wilmslow. the court heard the 31—year—old had been three times the legal alcohol limit. rooney spoke only to confirm his name, address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his solicitor, who said his client had genuine remorse for a terrible mistake. districtjudge john temperly handed rooney a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work. he was told to pay £170 in costs. rooney had written a letter to the court expressing his remorse and his solicitor asked that he b

he‘s been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. did you ever belittle, victimise all bully her which was a member of your squad? absolutely not. my intention of working with my players was to support them, give them the best chance to perform for england, and thatis chance to perform for england, and that is was been the intention of myself and the staff and i do believe the environment we have created here and the work we have done is reflected in the performances and results we have achieved over the last three and a half years. she was one of the true greats of women‘s cricket in this country. jan brittin, england‘s leading test run scorer, has died from cancer aged 58. she scored 1,935 runs in 27 test matches, making five centuries in a 19—year international career. she was also part of england‘s world cup—winning squad in 1993 the former england cricket captain charlotte edwards paid tribute to brittin on twitter saying... she was was my idol growing up,so sam warburton will miss the rugby union autumn internationals

our sports editor dan roan was in court. less tha n less than 2a hours after playing for everton at wayne rooney arriving at stockport magistrates this morning over a drink—driving charge, flanked by police and security guards, the former england captain was escorted through media scrum and accompanied by his agent. he was arrested in the early hours of september the 1st after being stopped by police driving a car belonging to a woman he met on a night out and who he was driving home from this bar. the court heard the 31—year—old had been three times the legal alcohol spoke only to confirm his name and address and date of birth, issuing a guilty plea through his solicitor who said his client had genuine remorse for a terrible mistake. the district judge had genuine remorse for a terrible mistake. the districtjudge handed him a two—year driving ban and ordered him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid community work and he was told to pay £170 and cost. he had written a letter to the court expressing his remorse and the s

he's been speaking to our sports editor dan roan. did you ever belittle, victimised or bully eni aluko when she was a memberof the bully eni aluko when she was a member of the squad? absolutely not, my intention, working with all of our players, eni included, was to give them the best chance to perform for england. that's always been the case for myself and the staff and i believe the environment we have and the work we've done is reflected in the work we've done is reflected in the performances we've achieved over the performances we've achieved over the last three and a half years. liverpool will be without forward sadio mane for three matches after the fa turned down their appeal against the length of his ban, following his red card against manchester city at the weekend. the player was sent off in the first half after catching the city goalkeeper ederson in the face with a high foot. the club tried to argue that the ban was excessive. it means he'll miss the next two premier league matches and liverpool's efl cup tie with leicest

our sport's editor dan roan went to meet him. and there it is! the crazy gang have beaten the culture club. here is gascoigne. .. brilliant! yes! oh, yes! goal! platini for france! it's dramatic, it's delightful, it's denmark! they are the european champions. what was, for you, the secret, the keys, to be able to call those moments in time so quickly? it's like saying to your postman, how do you prepare the letters? you know, people don't have do know that, do they? and people didn't need to know that i was spending two days in this office banging myself over the head with who the substitute was going to be for this team on saturday. they were only concerned with the end product, and i had to make that as good as i could. that'sjohn motson, reporting for us tonight of course on the southend and liverpool match, looking there rather like an orphan in the storm. your big breakthrough was the 72 cup match? oh, ronnie's goal... without that, would you be here? it changed my life. newcastle winning1—0 with five minutes to go. radford. .. now tudor h

the manager also denied these specific claims when he spoke to our sports editor dan roan two days ago. did you make any comment regarding a number of times being arrested to drew spends about meeting of the china cup in 2015? as i said before, i have never said to an england player or accused them of being arrested. i have tried to make sure i communicate in the best possible way to help the players, make them feel relaxed and give them the best possible chance to perform on the field, because it is a difficultjob playing for england, lots of pressure and scrutiny. we have incredibly talented and professional players, and i try my best with the staff to support them to help them be at their best. maria sharapova has responded to her critics in an exclusive uk interview with the bbc, claiming she's not a cheat. after a 15—month doping ban for taking meldonium, a substance that had been moved onto the banned list, she returned to the women's tour in april. sharapova has been widely criticised since her comeback, organisers of the recent us open were also criticised for putting sharapo

our sport‘s editor dan roan went to meet him. and there it is! the crazy gang have beaten the culture club. here is gascoigne. .. brilliant! yes! oh, yes! goal! platini for france! it‘s dramatic, it‘s delightful, it‘s denmark! they are the european champions. what was, for you, the secret, the keys, to be able to call those moments in time so quickly? it‘s like saying to your postman, how do you prepare the letters? you know, people don‘t have do know that, do they? and people didn‘t need to know that i was spending two days in this office banging myself over the head with who the substitute was going to be for this team on saturday. they were only concerned with the end product, and i had to make that as good as i could. that‘sjohn motson, reporting for us tonight of course on the southend and liverpool match, looking there rather like an orphan in the storm. your big breakthrough was the 72 cup match? oh, ronnie‘s goal... without that, would you be here? it changed my life. newcastle winning1—0 with five minutes to go. radford

before that though, he‘s been talking to our sports editor dan roan. dan asked him what the key to being able to commentate was. we will hear more from him in a moment, but first, some of his career highlights. radford for newcastle. bradford again. oh, what a goal! what they goal! ronnie ra dford. a goal! what they goal! ronnie radford. the crowd — the crowd are invading the pitch. and there it is will stop the crazy gang had beaten the culture club. wimbledon have destroyed liverpool‘s dreams of the double. her royal highness supports one of the great cup shocks of all time. platini through the middle... goal! platini, for franz, with a minute to go. it is 3—2. i have not seen events like this in years. he cannot be shaken. in the end, the german bench get up to protest that gascoigne‘s last challenge. oh, dear. oh, dear me. he‘s going to be out of the final if england get there. for the tackle on number 14, gascoigne has had his second yellow ca rd of gascoigne has had his second yellow card of the competition, and here is a moment that al

this is what sampson had to say when he was asked by dan roan about the initial racism claims. i made it clear that i deny the comments, and that wasn't said. why is she saying it? what do you think her motive is? i can't answer the question for someone else. i respect that people have made allegations, andl that people have made allegations, and i respect that, since they have been made, i have gone through a full process, answering the questions asked of me, i have done everything asked of me, making sure i have answered those questions as well i can. sampson i have answered those questions as welll can. sampson received the backing of his players yesterday. they are getting ready for world cup qualifying. fa executives will face a parliamentary enquiry over the investigations into aluko's claims. this probably won't be the last we hear on the issue. thank you very much. the united nations refugee agency has issued an urgent plea for funds this morning after a surge in new rohinhya muslims fleeing from myanmar. 370,000 refugees have crossed to bangladesh since violence escala

last month eni aluko spoke to dan roan about the bullying and discrimination she says she was subjected to. in 2014 we had a big game against germany. it was at wembley and we had a big list of family and friends who would be coming to the game. i found myself next to mark sampson, next to the sort of board, and he asked me which family members, who is coming to watch the game for you? and i said, i've got family coming in from nigeria actually. i've got family flying in. and he said, "make sure they don't come over with ebola". how did you feel? when that was said did you challenge him at the time? did you say that's unacceptable? no, i laughed. i laughed because, i mean, i was in shock, i didn't know, you know, i didn't know what to say. 0ne one of the players spoke to the bbc. mark sampson gave me a chance to play for england and not only getting the opportunity, it's the technical detail. you know, it's improving me as a footballer and as a person. i've said it before and i'll say it again, this is the most together team i've ever been involved in. the most positive environment and