who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company, with criminals believed to be demanding a ransom. and wales are in the men s hockey world cup for the first time and england are their first opponents. and coming up on the bbc news channel: the problems keep piling up for chelsea manager graham potter, with new loan signing joao felix facing suspension following defeat for the blues at fulham. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news that one. in the last half hour manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent danny savage is there. explain what has happened? this trial started explain what has happened? this trial started back explain what
social media star. and coming up on the bbc news channel. it s bumper weekend of football with one of the highlights being the manchester derby in the premier league with plenty at stake for both united and city. good evening. the manchester city footballer benjamin mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, after a six month trial at chester crown court. jurors failed to reach verdicts on two other cases, meaning he will now face a re trial later this year. another man was also found not guilty of three counts of rape relating to two teenagers. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, reports. and it came to mendy! oh, what a clearance. he was the millionaire footballer who had the world at his feet. but what now for benjamin mendy? it s a brilliant strike from mendy. cleared of the majority of charges against him, but facing a retrial on two others a jury couldn t decide upon. so, come to the darkness. mendy lived
Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news this is where celtic can win the Scottish Premiership title tonight. But theyve already lost twice at kilmarnock this season. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister, robert fico, is in a life threatening condition in hospital after being shot a number of times this afternoon. The attack happened in the central slovak town of handlova, where a Government Meeting had just been held. A man whos said to be 71 has been detained by police. The 59 year old Prime Minister has been a divisive figure a leader who is widely viewed as authoritarian and russia leaning. Jon donnison reports. Just moments after being shot, Prime Minister fico is dragged out of a flower bed and bundled into a car by his security team. Eyewitnesss Report Hearing three or four bullets being fired. A few metres away, amid the panic, police wrestle a suspect to the ground. Translation i heard three shots it was quick, one by one, like if you throw Fire Crackers on the g
the men s hockey world cup is under way in india and wales are competing for the first time. the team is partially self funded, and players have to train in their spare time. their debut match, against england. here s our sports correspondent, andy swiss reports. anthems play ready to make hockey history. for wales s men, a first ever world cup match something that, till recently, would have beggared belief. over the years, they ve so often struggled. in their first 50 matches, they won just three, and there s been some heavy defeats. and that s number 17. .. but against the odds, this part time team of students, teachers and financial analysts qualified to face the world s best. hockey s a hobby for the vast majority of us. it s what we do in our spare time. it s what we do on evenings and weekends, aside from jobs. to be going to a world cup
that this weekend will be their last days at home under one roof after 47 years together. jeremy cooke, bbc news, newcastle. they are students, teachers, financial analysts and they also play hockey for wales. they are taking on the world s top professional hockey players in competing for wales. they are the first welsh team to have made it to the men s hockey world cup they ve had to do all their training in their spare time and even crowdfund to get themselves there. the world cup is taking place in india. theirfirst opponents were england as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. ready to make hockey history for wales s men, a first ever world cup match, something that till recently would ve beggared belief. over the years, they ve so often struggled. in their first 50 matches, they won just three. and there s been some heavy defeats. and that s number 17. but against the odds,