and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the history chasers can they become the first scotland side to make it out of the group stage of a major tournament? hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. well, in just a few hours, scotland s footballers kick off the euros, taking on germany in the opening game of the four week tournament. tens of thousands of scotland fans have descended on munich. england play their first match on sunday, against serbia. john watson s in munich for us and john, a big task for scotland tonight playing germany in germany? it is. they are calling this the biggest party in scottish football in 26 years. not since the world cup which was staged in france back in 1998 have scotland qualified for a major tournament overseas. as you can probably see behind me most of the scotland fans have now arrived here in munich. they have been mingling alongside their german counterparts here in one of the main squares in the city. it has been good natured, good
times by english water companies, in one year. small amounts making a big differnce. i ll explain why an increase in microdonations is good news for charities. sunshine makes a big difference at the moment but the problem is a lot of shower cloud around and i have been looking for summer but still no sign. it s friday, ilithjune. around 200,000 scottish fans are expected to be in germany for tonight s european championships opening game. scotland s been drawn in a tough group, with the first match against the hosts taking place in munich. meanwhile, england heads into the competition as one of the favourites having reached the final last time around. john watson is there for us. good morning. finally, the tournament about to begin. that is right. good morning. the day has finally arrived. for scotland fans, it is called the biggest party for them in 26 years as they prepare to take on hosts germany in the opening match of the euros. their first major overseas tournament since
prepared to take on the german hosts in the first match of the tournament. there s no point getting on the train there s no point getting on the train or there s no point getting on the train or the plane if you can t believe train or the plane if you can t believe you can make history. also coming up, now a semifinal too forjack drake in the last four in stuttgart. from a ball boy at 12 years old, nearly two decades later, roger federer talks about the tyrant and the euros. welcome along. it does seem strange to say when we had some consequential football less than two weeks ago but yes, the wait is over. in fact, the wait since the last major tournament and most recent european championship are both shorter than normal, but there are few things anticipated like a summer of international football. so it s to germany we go for euro 2024, where fittingly, 2a teams will be trying to win the trophy last held aloft by italy at wembley three years ago. the title will be won
eastern areas and it will be another cool day. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday the 11th ofjune. the conservatives will promise to cut a further two pence from employee national insurance when they publish their election manifesto today. the prime minister will claim his government would let working people keep more of the money they earn, while labour branded the plans a desperate series of unfunded commitments. our political correspondent hannah miller has the latest. thank you! hoping for a warm welcome. katherine, i m rishi. ..as rishi sunak prepares to set out his party s plans for another five years in government. on the eve of his manifesto launch last night, the prime minister hinted at tax cuts to come. we will have a manifesto that builds on all the things that you ve just gone through that we ve already announced in this campaign that, yes, does continue to cut people s taxes, because i believe in a country where people s hard work is rewarded. aft
we ll be in rome for the latest. also coming up on sportsday. it s a battle of the brits in nottingham dart and boulter go head to head, as the grass court season begins. and more milestones forjamie chadwick. she speaks to us after victory at a prestigious indy car event at the weekend. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday, and we re kicking off with the countdown to the european championship which starts on friday, with the hosts germany against scotland england s campaign begins at the weekend. they re one of the tournament favourites and received a royal send off before flying out today. gareth southgate and the team will be based in the centre of the country, an area called blankenhain in the city of erfurt, ahead of theirfirst game in gelsenkirchen to face serbia on sunday. they ll then go on to play denmark and slovenia. a big couple of weeks ahead so let s speak to our correspondent andy swiss who is at the england base for us. andy swiss who is at