in 1973, a new career beckoned. theme music plays. he joined forces withjimmy greaves and the tv show saint and greavsie was a huge hit. well, hello and good afternoon. the programme ran for nearly a decade, stjohn winning millions of new fans with his warmth and wit. hello there. well, euro 92 is all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. among the tributes, sir geoff hurst described him as a great footballer who d been fantastic on saint and greavsie. as the sport remembered both a player and a ground breaking broadcaster. he was the anchor but he was also the straight man but he also had the jokes as well. people said it wasjust a light hearted show, as you know, that s sometimes the hardest thing possible to do. he completely changed the way punditry was done in sport. a man, then, whose versatility was matched only by his popularity. both on and off the pitch, one of football s finest. andy swiss, bbc news. ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82. time for a look a
what is a safe way to move forward. we are unlikely to see any changes to the professional game any time soon. but work is under way to make the game nesta mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s sarah keith lucas. over the weekend summer and head first into autumn because through this week things are looking cooler this week things are looking cooler this week things are looking cooler this week with rain and blustery winds. that is down to the fact low pressure is sweeping in from the atlantic. this weather front brought this morning s fairly heavy rain and squally winds and we had a report of a possible tornado in lincolnshire as the rain swept through. icy is mainly clearing towards the east but icy will linger for shetland into the afternoon so icy will be wet here and for the rest of the uk a picture of sunny spells but plenty of scattered, heavy, blustery showers, some of them bringing some hail and thunderstorms as well. eastern england looking the
germany is set for months of coalition talks after a knife edge election result. poor parts of the country will spend longer on the nhs waiting list. the united states cruise to a record win over europe in golf s ryder cup. good afternoon. the government says it has no plans at the moment for using the army to drive fuel tankers to resolve the petrol crisis, after a weekend of panic buying. there ve been more long queues today outside petrol stations, with thousands closed or running dry because of a shortage of fuel delivery drivers. ministers are urging people only to fill up when they need to. the government is issuing temporary visas in the hope of bringing in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. it s also suspended competition law, so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morning, the queues began to form. drivers seemingly desperate to fill their tanks. but 40 nhs desperate to fill
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this is bbc news, the headlines: as international pressure mounts on israel to pause its offensive, the world health organization stages a second rescue mission from gaza s nasser hospital. the prince of wales says he wants to see an end to the fighting in gaza as soon as possible , in a strongly worded intervention on the conflict. nd labour changes its position on the war with its shadow foreign secretary calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. police recover a body from the river thames, believed to be abdul shakoor ezedi wanted over a south london chemical attack. the mother of alexei navalny has made a direct appeal to vladimir putin to release his body to her. sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. it appears kylian mbappe s destination is the one we all expected. the ps6 forward has agreed to join real madrid in the summer when his contract with the french club expires. no deal has yet been signed with real. but it s thought it ll be fo