up. england s lionesses will attempt to make history this afternoon when they take on germany in the final of the european championships at wembley. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has reiterated the order for residents of the donetsk region to evacuate as soon as possible. the two candidates to be british prime minister set out new promises on health and education. authorities in kentucky say 25 people are now known to have died, in some of the worst flooding ever experienced there, with rescuers struggling to reach some of the worst hit areas. hundreds of flamingo chicks are fitted with identity rings in one of europe s biggest flamingo colonies to help track their journeys and ensure their survival. we are going to catch up with all the sports news, a very important day. mike bushell is in birmingham for us. we ve also got to the commonwealth games on, of course. it s a huge day, wall to wall sport on the bbc, fantastic. here we are in victoria square in central
a gp appointment. it is a policy i idea that has been floating about for a long time. a lot of money does go to waste, as well as the frustration of doctors and other clinical staff and receptionists in very hard working gp practices. it slows everything down. there is a knock on effect for other patients thatis knock on effect for other patients that is considerable. the idea of having a small fine that would be a tap on the back of the hand to say, don t miss your appointment, is not i think the worst idea. it is slightly difficult to see how it gets collected because people who miss a series of appointments are often not the same people who respond very quickly to a small fine. and the cost of collecting a small fine can be very great if you start to say, we have to make this work. it s a bit like the bbc licence fee problem, it relies on people actually wanting to do it. once you start chasing them down it starts to cost a lot of money and becomes a bit more contentious. i think he