220 people on board but has been modified to double the capacity to 500. protesters are worried the conditions are inhumane but the government says it is safe and functional and that is exactly the point, it is not meant to be a luxury, is meant to be a deterrent for people to come here. we luxury, is meant to be a deterrent for people to come here.- luxury, is meant to be a deterrent for people to come here. we will be s-ueakin for people to come here. we will be speaking to for people to come here. we will be speaking to the for people to come here. we will be speaking to the justice for people to come here. we will be speaking to the justice secretary - for people to come here. we will be speaking to the justice secretary in | speaking to thejustice secretary in the next half hour so we will try to get clarity on those points. but at five past seven, what else do we need to know this morning? a man is due in court over the death of a 12 year old boy who was hit by a car while
as callum s family try to come to terms with such a devastating loss, officers are still trying to piece together what happened on this stretch of motorway. alice key, bbc news. thousands of hospital consultants in england will strike on september 19th and 20th, in a long running dispute over pay. the walk out will affect routine services, but medics will continue to provide emergency cover, including at a&e. ministers say their 6% pay offer was fair. retail sales slowed injuly, as the wet weather dampened demand for summer clothing. the british retail consortium said total sales across the uk grew by 1.5% last month, compared with 2.3% injuly last year. hundreds of firefighters are battling wildfires in portugal. the country recorded a temperature of 46.4 celsius yesterday the hottest this year. more than 1,000 people had to leave their homes
hosts brazil on thursday has already been taken up by several other women s football and rugby teams across the uk. alice key reports. this was the iconic image of the women s euros, a triumphant chloe kelly swirling her england shirt high above her head after scoring the winning goal. but although the result won t be forgotten in a hurry, the lionesses are keen to make their white kit a thing of the past. stars like beth mead and george stan mead have led the call for their white shorts to be ditched because they say they re not practical for players on their period. it is something that many women in sport have experience of. in my teens and early 20s i had my own challenges with my menstrual cycle on my flow in things like that. i had an instance where i even, it stop me from playing. i couldn t play because i was in a lot of pain and i didn t want to have that kind of feeling of i couldn t focus on the game and what i was there to do in terms of performance.
and that is actually an everyday reality for a lot of women and girls, who want to play in recreational sport from the grassroots level all the way up to the elite level. $5 grassroots level all the way up to the elite level. grassroots level all the way up to the elite level. as the team s new home and away the elite level. as the team s new home and away kits the elite level. as the team s new home and away kits were - the elite level. as the team s new| home and away kits were unveiled this week, it was seen as another significant victory for a squad who have also successfully campaigned for the uk government to offer girls equal access to all sports in school. it is a change that is being echoed across other sports as well, after a similar campaign, female tennis players will now be allowed to wear dark shorts under their wimbledon whites for the first time. the lionesses new kit will have its first outing on thursday, when they host brazil at wembley. and as the team begin th
this week, it was seen as another significant victory for a squad who have also successfully campaigned for the uk government to offer girls equal access to all sports in school. it is a change that is being echoed across other sports as well, after a similar campaign, female tennis players will now be allowed to wear dark shorts under their wimbledon whites for the first time. the lionesses new kit will have its first outing on thursday, when they host brazil at wembley. and as the team begin their world cup campaign, they will be hoping to be as powerful on the pitch as they continue to be off it. alice key, bbc news. let s bring you the latest pictures from that train crash in the netherlands. you can see that the derailed carriages on their sides with engineers and rescue teams still looking over the site there very much trying to figure out what went wrong. this happened in the early hours of the morning. one person has been confirmed dead and about 30 are injured.