and the french government is to hold an emergency meeting with uefa and the paris authorities after police fired tear gas at liverpool fans during the champion s league final. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackled the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier, along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher reports from the town. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each of those murdered at this sc
old city s muslim quarter. and the one constant over 70 years of change, as britain prepares forfour days of platinum jubilee celebrations for the reign of the queen. hello and welcome to the programme. 78 minutes that is the precise length of time police are understood to have waited before going into the elementary school in texas to tackle the gunman, who killed 19 children and two teachers. public anger has been growing since the revelation on friday that officers waited in a hallway as children trapped with the teenage gunman made desperate emergency calls. the usjustice department is to investigate the cause of that delay. president biden met grieving families on a visit to uvalde earlier along with survivors and first responders. barbara plett usher reports from the town. this is the hardest visit a president has to make, especially when the victims are so young. mr biden and his wife, jill, joined the mourning of a devastated community, pausing to recognise each o
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