Good Evening And Welcome to the Bbc News at six. Its the longest Prison Sentence that has been handed down so far after the wave of riots that swept parts of england and Northern Ireland last month. 27 year old Thomas Birley from rotherham has been sent to jail for nine years after helping to set fire to a Hotel Housing Asylum seekers in the town and attacking Police Officers in august. The judge told Thomas Birley, you were a leading participant in an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. From sheffield, heres danny savage. It was one of the most notorious events of the nationwide civil unrest over the summer the attack on a hotel at Housing Asylum seekers in south yorkshire. A mob targeted police and those inside. AJudge Today described this as an ignorant, racist attempt at mob rule. One of them was Thomas Birley, seen here at the time. He was filmed throwing a bin at officers. And then stoked the fire in a burning Wheelie Bin rammed against one of the hotel exits. He today received
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crowd of that size. we are touched by support from the local tennis club, family and friends and this motley crew who also turned up. now i mentioned britain s alfie hewett, a double winner. but and he missed out on a second trophy, as he lost in the men s wheelchair singles final. wimbledon is the one singles grand slam that has eluded hewett so far, and he was beaten in straight sets, by the 17 year old top seed from japan, tokito 0da. it was a bit of revenge, after hewett and gordon reid, had beaten 0da and his teammate, in the doubles final on saturday. it was a really dramatic day of sport away from wimbledon. england s cricketers so nearly pulled off another remarkable triumph,in their women s ashes series against australia. england needed to beat the aussies again yesterday to have a chance of winning the series, but the tourists looked in a strong position, finishing their 50 overs on 282 for seven.
now it s time for a look at today s sport with paul scott. hello from the bbc sport centre. let s start with wimbledon then it s men s singles finals day novak djokovic taking on carlos alcaraz. djokovic is looking for a record equalling 8th wimbledon title and a record extending 24th grand slam crown. and the serbian started in blistering fashion taking the first set 6 games to 1 injust311 minutes. it s currently level at 2 a piece in the second set. great britain s alfie hewett missed out on a career grand slam in singles, as he lost the final of the men s wheelchair competition to japan s tokito 0da. wimbledon is the only grand slam singles title that the seven time major champion hasn t won. but 17 year old 0da won 6 4, 6 2 to claim his second major title after winning last month s french open. there was a dramatic conclusion to golf s scottish 0pen
the last couple of years so it would be nice to try and go for the hat trick of wins at wimbledon, very special place to play tennis and, yeah, looking forward to it and hopefully we can put on a good show. hopes for more british success as well in the men s wheelchair doubles final, but the partnership of alfie hewett and gordon reid are going to have a very busy day. that s because they ll both have to play in their respective singles semifinals this morning after rain put paid to those matches yesterday, and then they ll have to team up to play again in that doubles final. hewett and reid are bidding to win their fifth wimbledon doubles title together they face japanese pair takuya miki and tokito 0da in the final. we have had ups and downs along the way, it has been seven, eight years now we have been together. it has been some journey and of course there has been moments where we have had to sort the lows out on some tough moments and some tough matches, but we work really well