times by english water companies, in one year. small amounts making a big differnce. i ll explain why an increase in microdonations is good news for charities. sunshine makes a big difference at the moment but the problem is a lot of shower cloud around and i have been looking for summer but still no sign. it s friday, ilithjune. around 200,000 scottish fans are expected to be in germany for tonight s european championships opening game. scotland s been drawn in a tough group, with the first match against the hosts taking place in munich. meanwhile, england heads into the competition as one of the favourites having reached the final last time around. john watson is there for us. good morning. finally, the tournament about to begin. that is right. good morning. the day has finally arrived. for scotland fans, it is called the biggest party for them in 26 years as they prepare to take on hosts germany in the opening match of the euros. their first major overseas tournament since
prepared to take on the german hosts in the first match of the tournament. there s no point getting on the train there s no point getting on the train or there s no point getting on the train or the plane if you can t believe train or the plane if you can t believe you can make history. also coming up, now a semifinal too forjack drake in the last four in stuttgart. from a ball boy at 12 years old, nearly two decades later, roger federer talks about the tyrant and the euros. welcome along. it does seem strange to say when we had some consequential football less than two weeks ago but yes, the wait is over. in fact, the wait since the last major tournament and most recent european championship are both shorter than normal, but there are few things anticipated like a summer of international football. so it s to germany we go for euro 2024, where fittingly, 2a teams will be trying to win the trophy last held aloft by italy at wembley three years ago. the title will be won
A meeting of this kind. Also this hour, an emotional tribute from the father of the youngest manchester terror attack victim. Saffie roussos was one of 22 People Killed in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. Today would have been her ninth birthday. She was so soft and gentle On The Inside Butjust so strong in what she wanted, and she wanted to be famous, she wanted to be on stage, she wanted to be Ariana Grande, the way she is now, that was saffies dream. A survey by bbc 5 live indicates more than a third of premier League Football fans regularly watch games online via unofficial streams. Good morning, its tuesday the 4th july. Welcome to Newsroom Live. North korea says it has successfully launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The range seems to have been much greater than in previous tests. If the claim is true, the missile could potentially have the range to reach parts of the United States. State media said the Landmark Test was overseen by the north Korean Leader ki
Result eight, seven, so i am happy about the result. No, i am not only happy about how they scored but i think they deserved to go over the line, 90 minutes, with all the effo rts line, 90 minutes, with all the efforts they did. The real madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has been talking of his anger at a five game ban handed to Cristiano Ronaldo for pushing a referee following his sending off against barcelona in the spanish super cup. Madrid hold a 3 1 lead going into the second leg against barcelona on wednesday. But theyll have to do without ronaldo. The World Player Of The Year was controversially shown a second yellow card for diving on sunday and handed an extra four game ban for a push on the referee after being shown the 10th red card of his career. We are all very upset. But as usual, i will not say anything about the referee but when you see what happened, thinking that he will not play the next five games for us, there is something better, yes, so yes, iam there is something bet
Paid tribute to Thejohn Hurt The Actor who died at the age of 77. Now on bbc news it is time for sports day. Hello and welcome to Sportsday Withjess Crighton and me Lizzie Greenwood hughes. The headlines this evening. Liverpool are knocked out of their second cup competition in a week. This time by wolves in the 4th round of the fa cup. Non League Lincolns cup dream continues. As they put out The Championship high fliers brighton. And its game, set and a record breaking 23rd grand slam title for Serena Williams. Also coming up in the programme. A tragic day at cheltenham as the 2015 grand National Winner many clouds dies after Beating Thislecrack to win the big race. Lots of sport to get to, and we start with the fa cup. Including more misery for liverpool at anfield. Theyve been knocked out by The Championship side wolves who took the lead within a minute and went on to win 2 1. Inflicting liverpools third home defeat in the space of a week. Jim lumsden watched the action. January is