international football federation, say four. we saw him earlier at the head of the delegation in the vip lane. 34. president lula will pay his respects here, having just taken the presidency, he is a figure from politics, not national unity in the way pele was, he might feel he inherits that mantle of elder state and. people on all sides of politics in brazil who may not have been able to agree on anything at all but were able to agree that no one was better than pillai, he won three world cups, maradona won one, messi won one. no one was better than pillai. sport, and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s gavin. liverpool missed the opportunity to gain valuable ground on the top four in the premier league. they were beaten by brentford in monday night s game. jurgen klopp s side were made to pay for defensive errors. an ibrahima konate own goal
now a look at some other stories making the news today. a second victim who died after being injured in a crush at a concert last week in brixton in south london has been named. gaby hutchinson, who was 23, was working as a security contractor that night. the concert was cut short after people tried to force their way inside. the government is suing a company that supplied it with personal protective equipment for over £120 million. ppe medpro won contracts through the government s so called vip lane in 2020 after being recommended by conservative peer baroness mone. the company said it would rigorously defend the claim. more than 12,000 people have complained to the independent press standards 0rganisation aboutjeremy clarkson s column in the sun on friday, in which he said he hated the duchess of sussex. mr clarkson has responded to the backlash, by saying he s horrified to have caused so much hurt. he also said he wished her paraded
department for help is suing to try and get its money back plus costs. his excuse is accusing the company of ppe medical strongly rejects the claim. it accuses the government of having vasily over ruled it s on ppe and accusing the government of picking on the contracts on technicalities. it said it would demonstrate to the court it supplied it s gone so that government and with a competitive price. it was showed the utter incompetence of the department of health to procure ppe. during this period. and this is one of the contracts that was awarded through a vip lane at the start of the pandemic. so, more potential controversy there? controversy there? yes, the high-priority controversy there? yes, the high-priority lien controversy there? yes, the high-priority lien as - controversy there? yes, the high-priority lien as it - controversy there? yes, the high-priority lien as it is - controversy there? yes, the i high-priority lien as it is known
million worth of government contracts during the pandemic to supply masks and medical grounds, the bbc later discovered more than £120 million worth of those were not used. it was baroness mone who initially refer the company, which at the time was brand new, to the government through its so called vip lane which was put in place to get hold of bp quickly. since then, the guardian as claimed on the basis of leaked documents, she benefited from the company profits hold of ppe properly. as much as £29 million went into a trust it is adjusted of which she and her children were beneficiaries. baroness mone is facing an investigation by the lord s parliamentary standards commissioner, that is on hold as a criminal investigation is taking place linked to the company. this afternoon, labour is increasing the political pressure by trying to force the government to publish all the documents relating to the contracts with ppe medpro. helen, thank ou, contracts with ppe medpro. helen, thank
masks and surgical gowns through the government s controversial vip lane system where mps and peers could forward firm s offers to provide essential health care equipment directly to ministers to a special email address. baroness mone has denied have any role or function within the company or in the award of the contract. a major incident has been declared in wolverhampton after a large fire engulfed a number of derelict factories near the city centre. more than 100 firefighters are working to contain the blaze in horseley fields with witnesses reporting hearing explosions. some trains have been cancelled and roads closed, while residents have been told to shut windows and doors. the fire is so large it was seen more than 15 miles away in shropshire. the number of welsh speakers in wales has declined in the past ten years despite a welsh government target of getting one million people speaking the language by 2050. new data from the office for national statistics found an estimat