On what we can all do to help better protect the planet. Over the next half an hour, well introduce you to this years winners from All Over The World and a variety of sports. But ourfirst winner of the young sportsperson of the year is from a little bit closer to home. Im on the way to devon to meet innes fitzgerald, who, a yearago, at the age ofjust 16, put her environmental principles above the start of her International Athletics career. Innes, congratulations. What you have done has been something that is really inspirational. How do you feel getting this award . Yeah, ifeel like its a real privilege. I never set out to achieve awards from this. Ijust wanted to raise awareness about, like, climate related issues within the athletics and sporting world, trying to get up and coming athletes think about what theyre doing, and their impacts on the climate as well. Earlier this year, innes turned down the opportunity to compete in the Cross Country championships in australia because of
Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. We have been part of the bed from the beginning. We are looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest sporting tournament in five years time and it will be transformational for northern ireland. People would have laughed if 25 years ago we had said we would be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So, it is going to transform the country, it will be good news and were looking forward to it. England were one of the 11 countries to host euro 2020, with wembley hosting the final. But that game was overshadowed by trouble pre match which saw over 2000 people get into the stadium illegally, after breaching disabled access gates and emergency fire doors. Fa chair Debbie Hewitt insists the organ
Growth would you need to achieve to do all of this in a first term . We have made do all of this in a first term . We have made a do all of this in a first term . Have made a very clear commitment and keir starmer reiterated today that the spending commitments we make we will identify the funding for them, so lets take the example you havejust for them, so lets take the example you have just given of the waiting lists, taking the money from, getting rid of the non dom status to provide any more, paying doctors to carry out more operations, more scans over the course of a first term to double the number of scanners available because we have or Survival Rates for certain cancers because we catch them later. Those are practical answers to practical problems that people are experiencing. I will say this about keir. That incident at the beginning, but he did, he stood there, didnt flinch, he took his jacket off, he wrote up his sleeves and he got on with the job. And if people were to ask W
Its seven in the morning in singapore, and 2am in israel where we start the programme as the full horror and ferocity of last saturdays attack by hamas gunmen, in Southern Israel, is becoming clearer. Israeli Officials Say more than 1,000 people have been killed. Throughout the day, the Israeli Military has been recovering the bodies of entire families including several children, just a mile from the border with gaza. Israeli soldiers on the scene, describe it, as a massacre. Thousands of troops remain massed on the border with gaza, ready for what could be, a full scale Ground Invasion. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, has been to the village of kfar aza, where the bodies have been recovered on tuesday. A warning you may find this report distressing. The first few days of war at this small Israeli Community called kfar aza are a microcosm of israels trauma and a glimpse of what might come next. Israeli troops only seized back full control of the kibbutz this morning. Its one of
Lovely to have you with us. Lets start, then, with football, where it has been confirmed that euro 2028 will be hosted by the uk and ireland. The five nation bid ran unopposed and european footballs governing body, uefa, confirmed the selection on tuesday morning. Wembley is set to host the final, with cardiffs Principality Stadium likely to have the opening match. Northern irelands Casement Park is also included and is the only stadium in the bid to be built from scratch. Their Chief Executive says being involved is a huge moment for irish football. This is fantastic news. Weve been part of the bid from the beginning. Were looking forward to hosting part of the worlds third biggest Sporting Tournament in five years time, and it will be transformational for northern ireland. And people would have laughed if, 25 years ago, wed have said, were going to be hosting part of what is a fantastic Football Tournament in our country. So its going to transform our country, its going to be good ne