a nine year old girl found stabbed on thursday evening. the us state of kentucky is hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. good morning from birmingham, and the commonwealth games on the busiest day so far in terms of medals, as scotland celebrate victory over england in a dramatic showdown between two friends in the pool. a humid start for england and wales, some a humid start for england and wales, some rain a humid start for england and wales, some rain around. brighterfor scotland some rain around. brighterfor scotland and northern ireland. the full forecast coming up on breakfast. it s sunday 31st july. our main story: england s lionesses have a chance to make history this afternoon when they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. a win would secure both the first major trophy for the team and the first football honour for the nation since the men s world cup victory in 1966. john s at wembley stadium for us this mor
3,000 metres individual pursuit. i m paul scott at the bbc sport centre in salford, with the rest of the day s sports news. less than 2a hours to go now, until the england lionesses take on germany in the euro 22 final. we ll be live to wembley. and for the first time in his career, george russell will start a formula 1 race from pole. details on qualifying for the hungarian grand prix coming up. hello and welcome to birmingham. we re here at victoria square which is right in the heart of the city. there s a big screen and bands and dj sjust below us here where big crowds have been gathering to watch the action at these commonwealth games. and that includes the marathon races which all took place today and came to a finish just behind me you can see the arch of the finish line. and there was plenty of drama, especially for england s david weir as dan 0gunshakin now reports: it soon became obvious as competitors to medway that david weir was the man to beat. his lead cont
hello this is bbc news. the headlines: police investigating the death of 9 year old lillia valutyte have arrested a 22 year old man on suspicion of murder. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk england s women train ahead of the biggest football match of their careers preparing to take on germany in tomorrow night s euros final. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. the race between rishi sunak and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday live from the commonwealth games in the heart of birmingham city centre this saturday night, coming up on the programme. heartbreak for england s six time paraly
and liz truss to become prime minister continues as former leadership rival tom tugendhat backs the foreign secretary. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. and at the commonwealth games england sjohnboy smith wins the wheelchair marathon after fellow countryman david weir suffers a puncture. the anticipation is growing, the excitement is building by this time tomorrow we should know whether the lionesses have managed to win england s first major international football trophy in more than half a century. the team take on germany in the women s euros 2022 final at a fully sold out wembley stadium tomorrow, kicking off at five o clock. england beat pre tournament favourites spain and europe s top ranked team sweden on their road to the final. but our reporter matt graveling, who was at the stadium earlier watching the lionesses put the finishing touches to their prepara
devastating incident. the government says people will receive the £400 to help with rising energy bills in six monthly installments from october. will smith apologises to chris rock over his infamous oscars slap, in his first public statement in three months. alex yee wins gold for england in the men s triathlon on the first day of the commonwealth games in birmingham. and coming up later in the hour, does the true story of the rescue of 13 youngsters from a flooded thai cave work well as a feature film? find out what mark carmody thinks of 13 lives and the rest find out what mark kermode thinks of 13 lives and the rest of the week s mean releases in the film review at 5:45pm. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case which had become known as the wagatha christie trial at the high court. vardy had sued coleen rooney after the latter accused her of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. both women have huge social media followings and business inte