Injuly at the world cup in liverpool, the roses coming out on top to claim the bronze medal. That was tracey nevilles last game as head coach. Her replacementjess thirlby has made a strong start, they are unbeaten in her three matches in charge so far. Something that i love aboutjess as a coach is that she always pushes us to be the best athletes, the best individuals that we can be. Theres no room for mediocrity, you know . If you think youve done something well, she wants you to do even better, and shes always pushing you to that next step, which i think you needin to that next step, which i think you need in a coach. And she believes in you as a player, which i think is definitely necessary for any coach. Weve all got that belief that she is behind us as a team, and shes going to take us to the next level. The british figure skating championships are taking place in sheffield at the moment. Nottingham s nina povey will be looking to improve on her fifth place finish last year, but a
Minefeld in angola. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with john. World atheltics championships in doha getting underway. They are due to start any minute now, out into hat, agitate, by the heat and he militates proving as much a talking point as much the track. Thanks john and stav has all the weather. Unsettled weekend in prospect. We had very heavy showers around this afternoon, blustery winds, too. A little bit of sunshine, a rainbow behind me. As we head on into the weekend, something very disruptive. We could see in gales and heavy rain, all leading to some travel disruptions. I will have all the detail a bit later on. Thanks, stav. Also coming up well talk to a travel writer as saudi arabia announces itll open its doors to International Tourists as part of a broader push to cut its dependence on oil. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. The former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number 10 of using aggressive language that does incite violence. In a newspaper i
About those comments. And the other main stories on bbc news at 5. The first police force in england or wales to be rated inadequate in all areas Cleveland Police accused of being clueless and putting the public at risk. Pressure grows on the bbc to overturn its ruling on comments made by breakfasts Naga Munchetty about racism and President Trump. Twe nty two yea rs on, prince harry walks in his mothers footsteps as he visits a minefield in angola. In amsterdam and i dreamt i saw my mother again. Same beautiful, in amsterdam and i dreamt i saw my motheragain. Same beautiful, pale blue eyes. Same beautiful, pale blue eyes. And donna tartts Pulitzer Prize winning novel gets the big screen adaptation in the goldfinch. See what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of this weeks releases in the film review. Its five oclock, and our main story is that the former cabinet minister amber rudd has accused number ten of using aggressive language that incites violence. Ms rudd, who resigned fr
Murdering her two teenage sons in sheffield and plotting to murder four more of her own children. And 22 years on, prince harry walks and his mothers footsteps as he visits a minefield in angola. Ina in a moment there will be time for sportsday, but first lets look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 7pm, we will be speaking to the Cleveland Police federation to discover why the force there appears to be failing, that is according to the police watchdog. And at 7 20 pm, as saudi arabia opens its doors to International Tourists for the first time as part ofa tourists for the first time as part of a push to cut its economic dependence on oil, we will take a look at the chances of that are succeeding. At 8 30pm, the conker tree has been put on the official extinction list. We will examine why the horse chestnut could disappear altogether. That is coming up on bbc news. First it is sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. We are up and running in doha, and theres been
Area of low pressure continues to push eastwards, very wet weather particularly for england and wales, into southern scotland well, could be localised flooding problems, still some strong winds in the south, but phenomenon island in the northern part of scotland, the wind is lighter, a few showers with some spells of sunshine as well. As we head into sunday evening on the back edge of that low pressure system, notice the isobars squatting together, another bout of strong winds, this time from the north or north west, could see gust of 60 mph, some coastal flooding north west, could see gust of 60 mph, some coastalflooding is possible in eastern areas. The back edge of that weather system will draw down cold air from the north, but mild airat draw down cold air from the north, but mild air at the same time will be trying to return from the south west ahead of this, this is oui south west ahead of this, this is our next area of low pressure. This will be making its move during monday. Mo