julia james in kent last year. he fought the curse of drugs and booze and now mike helps other, a glimmer of hope, but addiction related deaths keep going up. the first mail professional footballer to come out in over 30 year, what does that say about the beautiful game about the beautiful game and coming up in sportsday, later in the hour on the bbc news channel, there is still everything to play for in the final week of the premier league season. tonight arsenal will try and climb back into the top four. good evening. and welcome to the bbc s news at six. britain s most senior military officer admiral sir tonied are kin says ukraine has guaranteed its is vieful as a nation. he said ukrainians are winning the war, but, as we report now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. far from now, that doesn t mean the fighting is anything like over. farfrom it. ukrainian forces are have been retaking territory in the north east of the country, in cent day, pushing the
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