the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 1970s. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. what i witnessed was horrific. and thinking about it, i realised how much it sjust a part of my psychological furniture, always there. and after travelling all round the commonwealth the queen s baton has arrived in birmingham, for tomorrow s opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games. and coming up on the bbc news channel. germany take on france in the second euros semi final this evening. so who will england face at wembley? good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. england are celebrating a thrilling performance last night as they thrashed sweden to book their place in sunday s women s euros final. a peak audience of more than nine million tv viewers watched the lionesses win their semi final at bramall lane in sheffield 4 0 with goals from beth mead, lucy bronz
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
belfast. it stays warm for all areas through the weekend. but northern areas will see more cloud at times thanks to low pressure and there will be outbreaks of rain, some quite heavy, very little of it getting into the south east. so it does remain dry here, sophie. thank you. and that s bbc news at six from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday i m gavin ramjaun. england s lionnesses return to base as european championship finalists can they go one step further on? head coach sarina wiegman s transformation of the team is earning high praise all around. i v e i ve not seen anything like it in all my time in sport and i think, you know, she is quite remarkable leader and a very special person and were extremely lucky to have her. elsewhere, the commonwealth games gets under way in birmingham tomorrow, but