Martin peters who scored englands second goal in the 1966 World Cup Final against west germany, has died aged 76. Hed been diagnosed with alzheimers disease. Martin peters spent a large part of his career at west ham. The club released a statement on their website announcing his death saying, the 1966 world cup winner passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of saturday morning, following a long and courageous battle with illness. Tributes from current and former players have been paid to Martin Peters. On twitter, Martin Peters World Cup Winning Team mate sir geoff hurst said, today is a very sad day for football and for me personally. Martin peters was one of the all time greats and a close friend and colleague of mine for in excess of 50 years. A fellow World Cup Final goalscorer and my west ham partner for years along with bobby moore rip old friend. earlier we heard from steve perryman, a former teammate of Martin Peters at tottenham in the 70s. He told us how he wil
Spending your money this year. Good morning from Blenheim Palace and youre listening to the oxford gospel event choir. Alice in the palace here, some wet weather but mild compared to as of late. More details later. Its monday, december 23rd. Our top story there are calls for a government inquiry into racism in football. Its after the Chelsea Player, Antonio Rudiger, complained of racist chanting during yesterdays premier league match at tottenham. The professional Footballers Association said it was disgusted by the reports, and insisted urgent action was needed. Heres our sports correspondent, andy swiss. It was a day english football was once again overshadowed by racism. Chelseas Antonio Rudiger clearly showing hed heard abuse from the crowd an hour into his teams game against tottenham. He informed his captain, who in turn told the referee, and after he spoke to both managers, for the first time in the premier league, a warning was made over the public address system, twice repeate
The billionaire businessman elon musk is cleared of defaming a british cave explorer after calling him pedo guy on social media. And coming up at 5. 30, hype building for the long awaited re match, with anthonyjoshua facing andy ruiz tonight. Find out about that and more, with our sports bulletin. The internet message forum, reddit, says it believes a leak of sensitive uk us trade documents is linked to a Russian Campaign to influence voters. The dossier, which runs to several hundred pages, was highlighted byJeremy Corbyn in labours claim that the nhs would be on the table during us trade talks, something denied by the conservatives. Labour says the release of the documents was in the public interest, and neither the uk nor us governments have denied their authenticity. Reddit have issued a statement explaining their actions. It says we were recently made aware of a post on reddit that included leaked documents from the uk. We investigated this account and the accounts connected to it
Eight wickets that led to a famous ashes victory england fast bowler bob willis dies aged seventy. Join us for todays electioncast. And also coming up before nine oclock, its Daniel Craigs swansong as bond. In so what can we expect from no time to die in on the strength of this trailer. Nato leaders have ended their seventieth anniversary meeting in watford. Borisjohnson who hosted the gathering of the wests military alliance spoke of the solidarity at the heart of the organisation. But thereve been plenty of behind the scenes tensions. There have been arguments about natos future direction and what to do about syria and in a meeting that was meant to be all about diplomacy, we had President Trump calling his canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau two faced. This report from our deputy political editorjohn pienaar does contain some flash photography. He loves to make a big entrance, whether or not he is always completely welcome. Donald trump may not always be looking for trouble, but it
The prince denies any inappropriate conduct. In other news, Scotland Yard says it will look into claims of electoral fraud, after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton. More than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze and in half an hour the bbcs Technology Programme click looks at the perils of the gig economy. Hello, very good afternoon, and if youve just joined hello, very good afternoon, and if youvejustjoined us, welcome to bbc news. In an unprecedented interview, Prince Andrew has told the bbc that he let the royal family down by staying at the home of the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. Speaking to Newsnights Emily Maitlis at Buckingham Palace, the duke addressed accusations that hed had sex with a 17 year old american girl. He said he couldnt remember meeting Virginia Roberts as she was then called, and denies