news, the headlines. anger at the treatment of fans at the champions league final in paris. the match is delayed andsome supporters claim they were tear gassed and prevented from entering the ground. real madrid win the match, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool. the spanish football side take the title for a record fourteenth time. heavy fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine, where russian forces are trying to capture the city of severodonetsk. the russian ambassador to the uk tells the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. president biden renews his appeal for tighter gun control following the texas elementary school shooting as the parents prepare to bury their children. legendaryjockey lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week, we will catch up with an olympic superstar hoping to help women exercise smarter. i m trying to run for a gold medal here, b
few could match lester piggott. his statistics are staggering. nearly 5,000 victories across a career spanning almost half a century. he rode his first winner back in 1948 at the age ofjust 12. it was a feat that made the headlines, and plenty more would follow. in 1954, while still a teenager, he won the derby, the first of a record nine victories in the race. the youngest jockey to win the derby in modern times. but for all the adulation, piggott remained a shy, softly spoken man. how hard do you have to work, in fact? well, it s pretty hard work. you know, all day long, i and at night sometimes. at five foot eight, he was tall for a jockey, hence his nickname the long fellow. but his much imitated style in the saddle earned him the championjockey s title some 11 times. the success, though, was followed by scandal. good evening. the headlines at six o clock. lester piggott has been sent to jail for three years. - in 1987 piggott was jailed for tax evasion and stripped of hi
and we ll bring you that interview in full at 2.30. president biden will arrive in the texan city of uvalde later today after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. welcome to the programme. liverpool football club has called for an investigation into what it describes as unacceptable issues faced by fans trying to get into the stadium in paris last night to watch the champions league final. the match was delayed by more than half an hour after liverpool fans were held outside the stadium and police used pepper spray and tear gas. some merseyside police officers at the game described it as the worst european match they d experienced. dan johnson reports. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable, and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters frustrated and angry after the french polic
in the texan city of uvalde later today, after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. welcome to the programme. liverpool football club has called for an investigation into what it describes as unacceptable issues faced by fans trying to get into the stadium in paris last night to watch the champions league final. the match was delayed by more than half an hour after liverpool fans were held outside the stadium, and police used pepper spray and tear gas. some merseyside police officers at the game described it as the worst european match they d experienced. dan johnson reports. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable, and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters frustrated and angry after the french police reached quickly for the tear gas as they struggled to get everyone to their
and it is mainly when the existence of the state is endangered. president biden will arrive in the texan city of uvalde within the next hour, after a teenage gunman killed 19 children and two teachers. one of the greatestjockeys of all time, lester piggott, who won the derby nine times, has died at the age of 86. welcome to the programme. liverpool football club has called for an investigation into what it describes as unacceptable issues faced by fans trying to get into the stadium in paris last night to watch the champions league final. the match was delayed by more than half an hour after liverpool fans were held outside the stadium and police used pepper spray and tear gas. some merseyside police officers at the game described it as the worst european match they d experienced. dan johnson reports. these are scenes any football fan will find uncomfortable, and not what you d expect to see at the biggest european final in 2022. thousands of supporters frustrated and angry