in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. and we ll be finding out how cricketing legend, geoffrey boycott, reacted when the bbc test match special team bowled him a googlie hello, i m 0lly foster, welcome to the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight.. as easy as 1 2 3. it s a hatrick for ali as england go ahead in the test series against south africa there s a significant vote by liverpool fans in favour of safe standing.but will it ever be seen at anfield it s a massive week for england s footballers at the women s euros. they are now favourites for the title. imad ascot thinning at frankie dettori feels about his son following in his footsteps. good evening, lots coming up. the latest from madrid and a taxing day for cristiano ronaldo and we ll also look ahead to the world athletics championships that start in the london on friday. england s cricketers have been playiong in the capital for the
it was literally a putrid soup of body parts and rain and mud and everything. it was just awful, i think. and your father also spoke about the horses he went into battle with. one of his horses was fatally wounded in shrapnel or something. and, this particular horse, i think he was probably quite fond of or something and he sat with it for a few minutes until it died. they weren t allowed to put them out of their misery, they weren t allowed to use any ammunition. because the ammunition was all supposed to be kept for the enemy. so, your mother is believed to be the oldest surviving world war i widow. she s coming up to 97. there was a 25 year age gap between my father and her. obviously not well enough to be here today. so, it was quite nice to be here for her. very poignant. it s amazing really. and ijust feel so grateful that my father survived. i wouldn t be here otherwise. it is wonderful really and i think he d be very proud. good evening, you re watching bbc news, i m