Hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. Its transfer deadline day but not as we know it, with one of the quiestest days in history. Well tell you whos been in business. Pressure on social Media Companies to stamp out racism. We hear what more needs to be done, with Marcus Rashford the latest target of online abuse. And big names from the Lgbt Community help the bbc kick off a month long celebration. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The January Transfer Window closes at 11pm tonight for efl and and Premier League clubs so were into the final few hours for new signings for the final stretch of the season. Last years Winter Window was massive Bruno Fernandes the headline deal, going to Manchester United for nearly £70 million. Almost quarter of a billion was spent in all there. In 2018, it was even higher. 430 million spent then, which included Pierre Emerick aubameyangs Big Money Move to arsenal. Its very different this time in 2021. And Austin Halewood is in the studio for us t
Activists last weekend. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. After 20 stages and thousands of kilometres ridden, the Tour De France is set to have its youngest winner in a century. Not even being ill can stop Lewis Hamilton at the german grand prix but mechanical problems stop the ferraris. And from big bash to challenge cup Courtney Hill inspires leeds to victory over castleford, as warrington and st helens reach the mens final. Also coming up in the programme. England name their test squad for the ashes opener and theres a first call up forjofra archer. And find out how the Tokyo Olympics are set to bring new life to an area devastated by a Nuclear Disaster. Thanks forjoining us. Egan bernal is set to become colombias first the Tour De France. Hell go into tomorrows final stage to paris uncontested, as is the tradition. Bernal has a one minute, 11 second advantage over the defending champion, geraint thomas, who is also his team mate. Todays stage
Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But the new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, im going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the leeds to manchester route. But while local leaders have welcomed that p
Agreement and we put more pressure on president. Everybody here agrees that unless something gets done to truly effect the power structures behind the violence there will be more killings and they will remain the single biggest threats to the implementation of the peace deal in the country. Thousands of mines in south africa who are suffering from potentially fatal diseases have reached a legal settlement worth 350000000. 00 lawyers for the mine workers sued 10 Major Companies for compensation 6 of the firms accepted a deal which has now been approved in johannesburg up 2100000 miners or their dependents could benefit many developed lung diseases or other illnesses because of their work. Now ivory coast does not as the worlds leading cocoa produce a bit now another crop as a merging as a big money maker kona nuts reached record highs last year when interest reports from. Pruning quality are used to get more not over the last 3 years farmers here have been improving the way they work an
A natural response let the military council see this is a strong message that the people cannot remain silent as the Investigation Commission was formed not to establish the truth but to conceal the truth and speak to him or going to our correspondent who is in addis ababa in neighboring ethiopia we heard the reaction there from the opposition there before says a handful of officers but no mention of the a military general who is widely thought to be responsible for the attack on june 3rd tell us more about what else is new is in this report. Well holy weve heard from the head of the investigation on the teach its had a mans aid and he said that at least he said that 87 people were killed and that about 200 people were injured now this number is very different from the numbers that we got some the Sudanese Central Doctors Committee which said that over 100 people were killed and more than 700 engines so the opposition and protesters on the street are disputing this report there is sayi