antonyjoshua beatsjermaine frankin in his comeback fight, but fails to land a knockout punch. our ancient woodlands standard stead fast and tall, it is with this past that we build a future for all. the unmistakable voice of damejudi dench, as the king says thank you for the three million trees planted in honour of the late queen. good morning, a fairamount good morning, a fair amount of cloud around this morning but things will brighten up through the day. it will be less windy with more sunshine than we saw yesterday. more details, shortly. it s sunday 2nd of april, out main story. three british men are being held in custody by the taliban in afghanistan. a humanitarian organisation said two of the men were arrested injanuary, while a third was detained on a different date. the foreign office says it s working hard to make contact with them, as helena wilkinson reports. back under taliban control since the summer of 2021, now it has emerged that three british men are being
china by visiting taiwan. fidel ramos, the former president of the philippines who s now seen as one of the most effective leaders the country ever had, has died. and the american actress, nichelle nichols, best known for her ground breaking role as lieutenant uhura in the original star trek, has died age 89. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk where england have won a major football title for the first time in more than fifty years with victory in the final of the women s european championship. they beat germany at wembley stadium in london by two goals to one. the match, which took place before 87,000 fans saw england substitute ella toone score the opening goal for the lionesses in the 62nd minute. germany s lina magull was on the recieving end of a low cross from teamate tabea wassmuth before she guided the ball to the roof of the net bringing the germans back on level terms. chloe kelly then scored england
Of the south east. It does change into sunday, Bank Holiday Monday, the Weather Front crosses the country. We will still have sunshine around, but heavy showers, may be thundery once on sunday, pretty much anywhere as we head into a Bank Holiday Monday it looks like the heaviest of the thundery showers were moved to northern areas. Quite a bit of sunshine in the south, still quite warm into the new week, staying quite unsettled with sunshine at times, but showers or even longer spells. Thanks, stav. And thats bbc news at six. Now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. Goodbye. Hello, im olly foster. Heres whats coming up on sportsday fantastic phil we hear from the Manchester City and england star on a stellar season that could get even better. Lookman lights up dublin well look back at the Europa League final on a memorable night for atalanta and their london born forward. No luck of the draw for andy murray hes got a tough start at the french open. Also coming up
It is once again going to feel pretty warm. I will have all of the details very shortly. Its sunday the fifth of may. Good morning to you. Our main story the conservatives have suffered a significant defeat in the West Midlands after losing the regions Mayoral Election to labour. In the closely fought race, andy street, who was seeking a third term in office, lost out to Richard Parker, by a margin ofjust over 1500 votes. The result had been seen as pivotal for Rishi Sunakfollowing One of his partys worst ever performances in this weeks local elections. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports. Parker, richard labour and co operative party, 225590. It was a result that will send a shudder through conservatives. Street, andrew, the Conservative Party candidate, 224082. Labour victorious in the west midland mayoral race by 1508 votes a tiny margin in a region of 2 Million People. One of the conservatives high profile metro mayors andy street toppled. The Labour Leader was t
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