it has finally happened. not since 1966 have england beaten germany in the knockout stages of a tournament. but tonight it is deutschland going home. goals from raheem sterling and harry kane, sent england and 45000 fans inside wembley stadium, into a state of near delerium. they were celebrations too in trafalgar square in front of the big screen. in preston, in the north west, in fact in every corner of the country. there is still an awful long way to go in this tournament. we are only at the quarterfinal stages. ahead of england, a game in rome on saturday against sweden or ukraine, who are playing now. but after the years of disappointment, years of heartache, the hoodoo is finally broken. and england fans can breathe, at least for a few days, with sweet relief. i m joined now by our correspondent john watson at wembley. 0ur lucky charm. never in doubt, john, never in doubt. i our lucky charm. never in doubt, john, never in doubt. john, never in doubt. i now can a christ
for the covid delayed year as uk city of culture 2021. radio jingle: bbc cwr! good morning, happy saturday! this is rachel new. i hope you ve had some caffeine in you already, because today is going to be a very big day. the start of a summer weekend in coventry but this is no ordinary saturday. today, the whole city will be become a giant stage, to mark the start of a big year. ..as the uk city of culture. stay with us all day, because we re going to make sure that you do not miss a moment of this. cove ntry. it s been a long time coming. coventry won the honour back in 2017. cove ntry! ..way before covid forced artistic directorjustine themen to change all her plans. you see the track? it s down here. because we can t be bringing audiences together in large numbers, or even participants, we have had to think very differently. for a start, what is about to take place on these streets has had to be kept a complete secret. there s one of you that isn t. ..to avoid large crow
locals were treated to a dawn chorus featuring pauline black, lead singer of the ska revival band the selecter. coventry through and through. # riverflows.# i ve lived in coventry for very many years and to even be in a city that is coventry city of culture was good, but to be asked to perform at the opening ceremony, ijust thought, wow! it was fantastic, it was brilliant, and to have it in spon end, it was brilliant as well. the colours, lovely, and i m glad it stayed dry for them, not pouring down with rain. action. i m singing the river song, i am the river, as you can see, with all this wonderful kind of blue make up and all this flowing veil. because there is a river that runs underneath the city. and, of course, that is kind of, the life spring, the well of everything, that s the reason why they settled, because there was a river. its like miss haversham! i know this area and i know the people round here, or some of the people round here, and to have them actually contr
hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. the queen has welcomed the us presidentjoe biden at windsor castle. the g7 summit concludes with member states agreeing to deliver more than a billion coronavirus vaccinations to poorer countries and raise a hundred billion dollars to help them cut carbon emissions. but there is also being a continuing row over the northern ireland protocol. doctors confirm denmark s christian eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during a match at the european championship. and a sterling effort from england as they beat croatia i o in their opening game of the european championship at wembley. we ll be back at the top of the hour with more news. now on bbc news, we re in coventry as the city s streets are transformed into a giant stage and the celebrations finally begin for the covid delayed year, as uk city of culture 2021. good morning, happy saturday! this is rachel new. i hope you ve had some caffeine in you already, because today is going to be a ver