when you lift the trophy, you feel like a god. you re on cloud nine, and i think italy can do it again. they re a very strong team. and they know it. they ve been transformed by roberto mancini since the shame of failing to qualify for the last world cup, giving the team youth and confidence. but with england s home advantage, perhaps the odds aren t in italy s favour. this time is an underdog. i think england has more to lose. i think of course if italy will lose, maybe we criticise, of course. but i think we have to be grateful for this month of happiness. that is the mood here. joy, as all ages rally behind the flag. football runs through the veins of italians, and italy s success has already inspired generations. yes, england is yearning for the game to come home,
this time is an underdog. i think england has more to lose. i think of course if italy will lose, maybe we criticise, of course. but i think we have to be grateful for this month of happiness. that is the mood here. joy, as all ages rally behind the flag. football runs through the veins of italians, and italy s success has already inspired generations. yes, england is yearning for the game to come home, but in passion and dedication, they ll face a tough fight. italy is at football fever pitch. they ve waited 53 years for european glory. now perhaps it s two days away. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. it s thought sunday s match could be
but in passion and dedication, they ll face a tough fight. italy is at football fever pitch. they ve waited 53 years for european glory. now perhaps it s two days away. mark lowen, bbc news, rome. it s thought sunday s match could be the uk s most watched tv event ever breaking the record of 32 million who watched the 1966 world cup final. preparations are under way for parties in towns and cities across the country, and for some the day will take on even greater significance, asjon kay reports. it could be a honeymoon that s very short lived at this stage! don t say that, don t say that! david and selene, just married. he s english, she s italian. they ll be watching the final with her family near venice. i think it s going to be the first test of marriage, to be honest. of course, i want italy to win, but even if england wins, it s my adopted country, you know.
it s not going to attract people to the sector, if the sector isn t appealing. it just needs to change. her boss says council fees simply don t cover the real costs of care. if we suddenly announced today that we were going to put salaries up across 6000 people, the charity wouldn t be here in a year or two s time, because we would be making substantial losses. we would have to sell off or shut down other parts of the charity, and when you ve got a growing national demand, that s the absolute opposite direction that you should be going on. the government says extra money has been put into the care system and that it will publish plans for reform later this year. alison holt, bbc news. the time is just after 6:15. our top story this evening: a police officer pleads guilty to murdering sarah everard after snatching her from a street in south london. and still to come: he s british she s italian, newly married and preparing to watch the final. we hear from some fans ahead
to 34, level with belgium s eddie max who has held the record since 1975. cavendish, who won his first tour stage 17 years ago, is now aiming to break the record before this year s race concludes in paris in nine days. wimbledon now and matteo berrettini has become the first italian to reach a wimbledon singles final. he will meet the either the number one seed novak djockovic or denis shapovalov in the final on sunday. joe wilson was watching the action. wimbledon travels far broadcast to some 200 global territories. yeah, but how many singles champions have come from poland or italy? love, as they say around here. well, the italian player is dashing across the bottom of your screen in the first semifinal. that s matteo berrettini. polish fans had seen their man beat roger federer in the previous round, but hubert hurkacz was just hitting and hoping, as berrettini took the second set 6 0.