in 1973, a new career beckoned. theme music plays. he joined forces withjimmy greaves and the tv show saint and greavsie was a huge hit. well, hello and good afternoon. the programme ran for nearly a decade, stjohn winning millions of new fans with his warmth and wit. hello there. well, euro 92 is all over, jim and i are still here in stockholm. among the tributes, sir geoff hurst described him as a great footballer who d been fantastic on saint and greavsie. as the sport remembered both a player and a ground breaking broadcaster. he was the anchor but he was also the straight man but he also had the jokes as well. people said it wasjust a light hearted show, as you know, that s sometimes the hardest thing possible to do. he completely changed the way punditry was done in sport. a man, then, whose versatility was matched only by his popularity. both on and off the pitch, one of football s finest. andy swiss, bbc news. ian stjohn, who s died at the age of 82. time for a look a
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chancellor is set to announce millions of pounds worth of extra support to the badly hit culture sector in his budget tomorrow. £408 million will help museums, theatres and galleries in england to reopen once restrictions start to ease. rishi sunak will also announce a £150 million fund to help communities to take over local pubs. treasury officials said a significant chunk will be given to cricket, as fans prepare to return to stadiums this summer. and an extra £77 million will be given to the devolved administrations in scotland, wales and northern ireland to provide their culture groups with similar backing. 0ur political correspondent, chris mason has this report. how do you save your local pub? many were already closing permanently before the pandemic. how many more might follow now we are out of the habit of propping up the bar? in the budget tomorrow, the chancellor will announce that communi
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match at the women s world cup in 15 attempts. their opponents norway won the competition back in 1995 and are coached by hege riise, who was part of that squad. new zealand s ria percival says that the team are well aware of the task at hand. norway are very strong team. we know what they norway are very strong team. we know what they are capable of and they forward what they are capable of and they forward line, what they can bring an attack, forward line, what they can bring an attack, and forward line, what they can bring an attack, and for us we have to focus on us attack, and for us we have to focus on us as attack, and for us we have to focus on us as well attack, and for us we have to focus on us as well but we know they have many on us as well but we know they have marry threat on us as well but we know they have many threat up front. they have good individual many threat up front. they have good individual players and when they come individual
head to these bbc sport centre. good news for stuart broad but is it good news for stuart broad but is it good news for stuart broad but is it good news for england as well? england have been in the wickets today and they are in the fourth ashes test as they are in the fourth ashes test as they try to limit their opponents, innings. a moment to rememberfor stuart broad, his 600th test wicket taking travishead after team and adding to his first wicket in the session. moeen ali is bowling prevented marnus labuschagne from adding to his 51. steve smith was removed shortly after lunch by mark wood. australia currently are for five as they lead the five match series 2 1 sewing and have to win this one. we are less than 2a hours away from the start of the women s world cup with co hosts new zealand taking on norway in the tournament curtain raiser. the hosts will be hoping for a change in fortune, as they are yet to win a first group stage game at the women s world cup in 15 attemp