Of the duchess of cambridge. Prince george was one of the pageboys while his Sister Charlotte was a bridesmaid. Now on bbc news. Its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening. Exeter Dash Saracens dreams of the double double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. They will meet wasps at twickenham after they beat leicester in a thriller at the ricoh arena. What a difference a year makes. After Play Off Heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. And how britains top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. Plenty coming up this evening. Including rugby leagues Magic Weekend, the Womens Super League, and england beating argentina in the u205 world cup. But well start with rugby union. And exeter chiefs are through to the final of rugby unions aviva premiership. They beat the two time European Champions Cup w
Of the duchess of cambridge. Prince george was one of the pageboys while his Sister Charlotte was a bridesmaid. Now on bbc news. Its time for sportsday hello and welcome to sportsday. With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and jessica creighton. The headlines this evening. Exeter Dash Saracens dreams of the double double as a late try puts the chiefs into the premiership final. They will meet wasps at twickenham after they beat leicester in a thriller at the ricoh arena. What a difference a year makes. After Play Off Heartache last season, millwall are promoted to the championship. And how britains top surfer luke dillon is aiming for a place at the 2020 olympics without even having a coach. Plenty coming up this evening. Including rugby leagues Magic Weekend, the Womens Super League, and england beating argentina in the u205 world cup. But well start with rugby union. And exeter chiefs are through to the final of rugby unions aviva premiership. They beat the two time European Champions Cup w
Have underperformed at the World Championships in london. And coming up on bbc news, as the Premier League gets ready to begin, liverpools star player Philippe Countinho hands in a transfer request, amid interest from barcelona. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. 11 people from the same family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring in lincolnshire and keeping Vulnerable People in conditions that police have described as truly shocking for decades. Members of the rooney family picked up victims from the streets and kept them in squalid conditions in caravans with no Running Water or toilets. Using threats and violence, including Punishment Beatings to keep them in line. Victims were forced to work in the familys Construction Business for little or no wages. Our north of england correspondent Judith Moritz reports. Yes, the ronneys were flashy with their money. They went on holiday to barbados, they had cosmetic surgery, they shelled out thousands of pounds.
Leicester in the first match of the new premier League Season. And coming up in sportsday on bbc news were live at the World Athletics Championships with the latest from the london stadium, and the rest of the days sports news. Good evening. 11 people from one family in lincolnshire have been convicted of involvement with a modern day slavery ring. It follows one of the Biggest Police investigations of its kind. The rooney family ran a driveway resurfacing company, and targeted vulnerable Homeless People as workers. But their victims were paid little or no wages, and suffered Punishment Beatings if they complained. They were also housed in squalid conditions that detectives described as truly shocking. Our correspondent Judith Moritz reports from Nottingham Crown court. Fathers, sons, cousins across the generations, 11 members of one family, whose cruelty has spanned the decades. The rooneys were the masters this is where they kept their slaves. They were forced to live in these carava
To pay their respects as the world remembers him. Russia says the bodies of 11 victims of the Military Plane crash in the black sea have been recovered and flown back to moscow. All 92 passengers and crew on board died when it came down shortly after taking off from sochi. At least four people are killed in the manila area as a powerful typhoon crosses the philippines capital. Bargain hunters turn out for boxing day sales, but its thought many have stayed home after already splurging on pre christmas discounts. Now on bbc news, its been a fantastic year for gbs olympians and paralympians. Nick hope looks back on a golden summer in rio in review 2016 gold rush in rio. Coming four years after a stunning london games, rio 2016 had a tough act to follow. And while the build up was far from ideal, with political scandals, a financial crisis and worries about the zika virus, brazil was always going to offer a spectacular setting for south americas first ever olympic and Paralympic Games. The