match of the tournament here in three days time. and good morning. remaining in charge at manchester united. after speculation he wouldn t be there next season, the club s board decides erik ten hag will stay on as manager. and she s the queen of funk who s been getting us on the dance floor for more than five decades. we hearfrom chaka khan in her new role as a music festival curator. good morning. it is a cloudy start for many of us this morning. the cloud will hang around in the east where we will see most of the showers. it will brighten up in the west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. iwould have west, but it is still going to feel cool forjune. i would have all the details later. good morning. it s wednesday the 12th june. our main story. the green party will launch its election manifesto in brighton and hove today. they re promising a £50 billion a year investment into the nhs and social care. they
we begin with the penultimate day of the european athletics championships in rome with some of contenders sure to star at the olympic games in paris at the end ofjuly in action on tuesday. italy s olympic champion gianmarco tamberi thrilled the home fans by taking high jump gold while dutch star femke bol won the women s 400 metres hurdles gold. our correspondent natalie pirks is in the italian capital. well, another very busy night began with back to back championship records in both the men and women s 400 metre hurdles from world champions karsten warholm from norway and femke bol from the netherlands in the women s 10,000 metres, britain s megan keith took a very well earned bronze. she d already secured her place in paris, so this was a nice, unexpected bonus. there was yet another gold for italy, though, from nadia battaglia with a national record and a personal best. there was a thrilling photo finish in the women s 200 metres. the defending champion, switzerland s muj
and coming up on bbc news. keeley hodgkinson cruises into tomorrow night s 800m final in rome as she hopes to defend her european championship title. hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. rishi sunak has promised to scrap the main rate of national insurance for the self employed over five years, end stamp duty payments for most first time buyers, and recruit thousands more police officers if the conservatives are re elected to power next month. the prime minister launched the party s manifesto this morning at silverstone home of the british grand prix hoping to pull voters minds back to policies after recent setbacks on the campaign trail. our political correspondent leila nathoo reports. he needs this to be the moment his campaign motored ahead. rishi sunak knows that after a series of missteps, he now needs to get on the front foot. today, his chance to set out what five further years of conservative government would bring. but amid the promises of the future, a nod
hello and welcome to sportsday. i m marc edwards. raising the bar. italy s olympic champion gianmarco tamberi thrills home fans by taking highjump gold at the european athletics championships. erik staying hag, the dutchman, will remain as manager of manchester united following a post season review and still in with a chance. pakistan beat canada as they live to fight another day at the t20 world cup. hello and thanks forjoining us on sportsday. we begin with the penultimate day of the european athletics championships in rome with some of contenders sure to star at the olympic games in paris at the end ofjuly in action on tuesday. italy s olympic champion gianmarco tamberi thrilled the home fans by taking high jump gold while dutch star femke bol won the women s 400 metres hurdles gold. our correspondent natalie pirks is in the italian capital. well, another very busy night began with back to back championship records in both the men and women s 400 metre hurdles from world c
hello and welcome to sportsday with me, marc edwards. raising the bar italy s olympic champion gianmarco tamberi thrills home fans by taking highjump gold at the european athletics championships. erik staying hag, the dutchman will remain as manager of manchester united following a post season review. and still in with a chance, pakistan beat canada as they live to fight another day at the t20 world cup. thank you forjoining us on sports day. we begin with the penultimate day of the european athletics championships in rome with some of contenders sure to star at the olympic games in paris at the end ofjuly in action on tuesday. italy s olympic champion gianmarco tamberi thrilled the home fans by taking high jump gold while dutch star femke bol won the women s 400 metres hurdles gold. our correspondent natalie pirks is in the italian capital. well, another very busy night began with back to back championship records in both the men and women s 400 metre hurdles from world ch