a quick round up now of some of the day s other football stories now and. manchester city defenderjohn stones has signed a new five year deal with the premier league club. his contract at the etihad was due to expire next year, but the england player will stay with the club until 2026. sarina wiegman will take charge of her first england match next month as the lionesses take on north macedonia in southampton. her side s opening 2023 world cup qualifier will take place at st mary s on the 17th of september. wiegman succeeds phil neville as permanent manager after hege riise took interim charge. bibiana steinhaus, who was the first woman to referee in the men s bundesliga, will take charge of match officials across the top two english women s leagues from this season. steinhaus retired after the tokyo olympics and stepped away from on field refereeing last year. just before we go britain s athletes have been arriving back from tokyo and reflecting on a successful olympics
would be in that they stop celtic from achieving ten titles in a row. and the man credited with the plot in steering them to do that, steven gerrard. in his first senior coaching role, he looks to be on course to win his first ever silverware. intent on hosting matches at the euros this summer. first minister nicola sturgeon says scotland is still absolutely intent on hosting matches at the euros this summer. glasgow is one of 12 host cities, with hampden park set to host four matches. countries have until 7 april to formally tell uefa whether they can host supporters with doubts until now whether scotland can do that. meanwhile english fa chief executive mark bullingham has told the bbc the organisation would be delighted to host more matches if asked to. our understanding from uefa is that they are intending to run the tournament and all 12 countries. of course, if they decided or some of the citizens decided they could no longer host, we would be delighted to help, as
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as part of the bbc s counting the cost of living series at we are here in derby to see how people are coping. three will become two conservative mps get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party s leader and the next prime minister. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka protesters staged a silent protest. we will hear from staged a silent protest. we will hearfrom brittany s staged a silent protest. we will hear from brittany s newest world champion coach jake wightman, who took gold last night at the world fatic championships. fire crews have worked through the night damping down wildfires and blazes in homes which broke out in yesterday s record breaking heat. dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed and hundreds had to be evacuated. london was among a number of fire brigades that declared major incidents as fires broke out across the country. one blaze in east london, on the edge of kent, gutted several houses a
five americans who hold iranian passport which the us describe as wrongfully detained, but they are regarded as hostages, used by iran as bargaining chips. the money that has arrived here this morning, $6 billion, they end it through selling oil to south korea. they can t access it directly, only third parties can use it to purchase non sanction goods, including food and medicine. but this disagreement over this money, it underlines the distrust which exists between these old enemies. despite this rare moment of cooperation and the end of a deeply painful personal ordeal. there s been such an ordeal, bell b so much anticipation from the families waiting to see their loved ones. let s speak to richard rackley, father of the woman held in a prison from 2016. richard, it is nice to see you. have you been in touch with the family? we ve been in touch with the lawyers. my memory of this moment as a family is you are on tenterhooks and you are so nervous, you have messages coming i