the mother of a british serviceman killed in afghanistan says foreign troops shouldn t return, despite the taliban now threatening to take control. i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever, just leave them. just leave them to it. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gbs medal tally above 50. and coming up on the bbc news channel: she has waited three olympics to get a medal but holly bradshaw s pole vault bronze is a historic one for britain. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ministers have defended changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists now scrambling to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has just been placed on the travel red list, and means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the governm
glorious across eastern parts of scotland and england but the cloud has a built in, heavy rain across northern ireland which was followed by a rash of heavy downpours and thunderstorms across much of ireland. if you popping up into wales as well. this band of rain, some heavy and fragmented, will continue northwards and eastwards this evening and overnight. in between, drier spells but further heavy and thundery downpours likely. these are the mean wind speeds. a breezy night, gusts hire around the coast and over hills. but a mild night, temperatures no lower than 14, 15 celsius. low pressure is parked on top of us for friday so another day of sunshine and showers, longer spells of rain for the east and north east of scotland, risk of flooding here. dan was likely in northern ireland, northern england down to wales. a better chance of seeing some prolonged spells of sunshine in the south where we could see 22 celsius, otherwise 17 to 20 celsius. this feature runs across the s
i don t think we should go back or have any involvement whatsoever. just leave them. just leave them to it. £100 million for midfielderjack grealish. manchester city smash english football s transfer fee record. he was tactically masterful and it has led to a gold medal for great britain. and matt walls victory in the omnium helps take team gb s medal tally above 50. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, the end of an era. barcelona say lionel messi will not be staying at the club because of financial and structural obstacles . good evening. the government has been defending new changes to the rules governing foreign travel, with thousands of british tourists trying to get home from mexico by sunday morning. the country has now been placed on the red travel list which means those returning to the uk will have to quarantine in a designated hotel at their own expense. spain remains on the amber list, but the government is now urging travellers to take a pcr tes
ever passenger flight. no, i wanted to enjoy every minute of it, and i did. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. you could describe it as a classic italianjob. italy have snatched the euro 2020 trophy from england at wembley and in the most dramatic fashion on penalties. it ends a 51 year wait since they last won these championships. england have never won it. mark lobel reports. it was italy s night. coming back from england s electric start and then winning it on penalties. cheering. european football s finest honour goes to rome. incredibile! translation: it s incredible, it s incredible! you can t feel better than this! it is amazing we won the final! translation: i am so happy! we are euro champions! i m going to celebrate all night! after sky high expectations for england, it was heartbreak. after 55 years without a trophy, the wait goes on. i feel sorry in particular, ifeel sorry in particular, you know, for everyone because, you know, f