bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we ve watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that are still true today. - i was like, this is me on screen. she s found her people. maybe i can find my people. the film actually gave me a bit of clarity on where i wanted to go with my life. # though you may find. people from marginalised communities can find themselves in it, even if it s not their own culture. so, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, i m going to take a deeper look at the impacts of the film. commentator: and have - we discovered a new star here, gary lineker? that s right, john. could jess bhamra be the answer to england s prayers? alan? crikey, i look a lot younger! quick thinking, - comfortable on the ball. i tell you what, i wish - she was playing for scotland! yeah, i think i overacted a little bit. but at the time, i
just one tablet an hour from manchester to london today instead of the usual three as an ava nti avanti workers ava nti workers refuse avanti workers refuse to work extra shifts. boiling over at the bridge. how it was the managers who were sent off in yesterday s fiery london derby between chelsea and tottenham in what proved a gripping encounter. coming to the end of the heatwave, through the week, temperatures will return to close to where they should be at the time of year and we are looking at some thunderstorms developing almost anywhere which could be torrential. it s monday the 15th of august. our main story. it s exactly a year since the taliban seized power in afghanistan, ending 20 years of us led military intervention. a turbulent 12 months in the country has seen an economic crisis and a huge reduction of women s rights, with girls largely banned from secondary schools. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet has been to see how the afghan people have ad
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
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Wednesday. Im daria and im james. Were going to start with a check of weather and traffic before we get to the headlines, little gray out there. Yeah. When the sun is going break through a little gray and also a little moist healing. Hi, john. Yeah. That muggy feel something you may notice today and the cloud cover. Youve certainly noticed as you looked outside the window, were going to be looking at that throughout the course of your wednesday today. Kind of like yesterday. Your view outside of the golden gate bridge, definitely overcast. Right now. We will be looking at these overcast skies hanging out with us as we make our way through the afternoon, too. Southerly wind pumping up some moisture from the south that muggy feel a contribution of that light wind from the south. And you also notice that later today 50s to low 60s for current temperatures. Were going to be pretty steady temperature wise. Its been a mild morning and its going to continue to be a mild rest of the day with t