tough day at augusta. good evening. a singer with one of the biggest british pop groups of the early 20005, paul cattermole of s club 7, has died. he was 46. he was discovered at his home in dorset, and police say there are no suspicious circumstances. his fellow band members say they re devastated by the news, and he d be deeply missed . s club 7 sold more than 10 million albums worldwide, and had four number one hits. his death comes just weeks after the band announced a comeback tour. here s laura tra nt. they were one of the biggest bands of the late 90s and early they were one of the biggest bands of the late 905 and early 20005, famou5 of the late 905 and early 20005, famous for their upbeat and catchy hit5. in february, pauland his 5 club 7 bandmates announced their reunion to mark the band s 25th anniversary. they were planning an 11 date tour of the uk and ireland later this year. we 11 date tour of the uk and ireland later this year. later this year. we are stil
that could save hundreds of millions of pounds and that could be transferred into savings and a better pay offer we could put on the table. and where s the government in all of this? ministers say it s down to the rail companies and their workers to sort out. also tonight.. the grooming gangs of oldham an independent inquiry says the council and greater manchester police failed to safeguard vulnerable children. the mountain gorillas of central africa once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising. are their wider lessons for conservation? if you re on the hunt for a first major golf title, why not make it the us open? we ll have more on matt fitzpatrick s remarkable feat. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. reaction to the decision made by swimming s world governing body to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s races if they went through male puberty. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. britain is facing its biggest rail s
now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m olly foster. they ve already won their series but there s no let up from england s women as they beat south africa again. danish delight at the tour de france tomorow there ll be champagne on the champs elysees forjonas vingegaard. and, the flying ferrari can leclerc cut verstappen s championship lead before formula 1 s summer break? good evening. england s women had already won their multi format series against south africa, but didn t take their foot off the gas in worcester today, winning their second t20 match by six wickets. they have one more t20 before they turn their attention to the commonwealth games in birmingham where they ll face south africa again. the england skipper heather knight sat out the game with a hip problem, her replacement, the teenager alice capsey had a good debut while katherine brunt made bowling history. lydia campbell reports. the final chance for a pep talk be
victory over saracens at twickenham. good morning, a precious story across the country today. cloud and across the country today. cloud and a few showers across england first thing, but there will be sunny spells around. i will tell you when and where, injust a moment. it s sunday 19th june. our main story: the transport secretary grant shapps has accused the country s biggest rail union of punishing millions of innocent people after it confirmed it will go ahead with series of crippling strikes. mr shapps said the travelling public faced a week of misery because the rail, maritime and transport union had refused repeated appeals to call off their action due to start on tuesday. our political correspondent nick eardley has more. for nick eardley has more. anyone who relies on trains next for anyone who relies on trains, the next few days are going to see significant disruption. the biggest real strikes in decades are happening and the government says it will cause misery for
good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday, they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. awful for people if they need to get to jobs and to work and to places. like, i ve come to visit my son here and if i needed to come back again then, no trains we re just going to have to put everything behind. i m going to test cricket next week and to my grandpa