them in sport. its physical and mental well being. it is them in sport. its physical and mental well being. it is also them confidence and self esteem. sport brings all those things. amla rafiq watched her brother become the youngest ever captain of yorkshire and has since been leading the charge in yorkshire to encourage young girls to become involved after becoming frustrated lack of opportunity. my dad used to drive me miles from home to access cricket as well. again, it was having to drive miles away. there was nothing on the doorstep. fast forward to the next generation and 16 you rolled anisa ansar broke every women s wrecker at four wickets taking and became england s top striker bullinger h category. but it has not always been plain sailing. i come from a minority. they can pay for staff, they can afford equipment and travel but we don t have that saw every day after school, we went to the net and had to try 100 times the harder than other people. while sport is incr
president trump s cabinet? people with small bank balances need not apply. and i love all people, rich and poor. but in those particular positions ijust don t want a poor person. does that make sense? welcome to the programme. i m christian fraser in london, jon sopel is in washington. the european commission supported theresa may s decision to call a snap election. they wanted reassurance the prime minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. well, they have no such guarantees. so, the dinner conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. the commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. we will see how they compare. but president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasn t the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. somebody needs
safety, fire safety and fire safety. we asked for fire alarms, we asked for sprinklers, we asked for all those things to actually have really active fire safety systems. but we ended up with nothing. we ended up with a building that was clad that was supposed to be more safe than what we had before and we were told that it was more safe. there are key differences. the insulation is different. the council leader has appeared before the media today. they are checking and running fire warden patrols and checking electrical goods in all the plots. she says the council is also seeking legal advice saying the cladding was not will be ordered. why would your inspectors to have picked that up thenif inspectors to have picked that up then if it was not the specification that you asked for? look, i don t think that we would have had any reason to need to take these panels down to an independent test centre and see if they burn. we thought we we re and see if they burn. we thought we we
give them to you as best we can. lee has just set me a message saying, will the british living abroad be subject to the same rights? we cannot say that at the moment. theresa may the rose released a proposal to the european union. there has been no deal between the uk and eu. for the british government has said is they wa nt to british government has said is they want to have a generous and reciprocal arrangement but the details of what rights eu citizens may have. paul asks, what was the arrangement? the dinner featured theresa may for a while. michel barnier, the eu s chief brexit negotiator would come in and briefed the other countries on how this brexit negotiations are going. after that, we are expecting a briefing. at some point, this building and briefing rooms around will fill up with eu leaders who will tell us what they made of the dinner and what they made of the dinner and what theresa may said. keep those questions coming. if you ve got any questions, send them t
following the conviction of a former anglican bishop for sex abuse and independent reported heavily critical of the church s conduct. inside raqqa, a city engulfed in violence, as so called islamic state struggles to hold on we have a special report. gunshot there s still sniper fire going on here. welcome to raqqa the capital of a caliphate, and the siege. and why prince harry resents the decision to make him walk behind his mother s coffin when he was 12 years old. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: england s youngsters have booked their place in the under 21 european championships, after a big victory against the hosts in poland. good evening. safety inspectors are carrying out urgent checks on hundreds of high rise buildings in england following the deadly fire at grenfell tower in west london. the prime minister says every possible step is being taken to ensure all the buildings are safe. local authorities throughout the united kingdom have been invited to send