and coming up in the sport on bbc news. the history chasers can they become the first scotland side to make it out of the group stage of a major tournament? hello and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. well, in just a few hours, scotland s footballers kick off the euros, taking on germany in the opening game of the four week tournament. tens of thousands of scotland fans have descended on munich. england play their first match on sunday, against serbia. john watson s in munich for us and john, a big task for scotland tonight playing germany in germany? it is. they are calling this the biggest party in scottish football in 26 years. not since the world cup which was staged in france back in 1998 have scotland qualified for a major tournament overseas. as you can probably see behind me most of the scotland fans have now arrived here in munich. they have been mingling alongside their german counterparts here in one of the main squares in the city. it has been good natured, good
times by english water companies, in one year. small amounts making a big differnce. i ll explain why an increase in microdonations is good news for charities. sunshine makes a big difference at the moment but the problem is a lot of shower cloud around and i have been looking for summer but still no sign. it s friday, ilithjune. around 200,000 scottish fans are expected to be in germany for tonight s european championships opening game. scotland s been drawn in a tough group, with the first match against the hosts taking place in munich. meanwhile, england heads into the competition as one of the favourites having reached the final last time around. john watson is there for us. good morning. finally, the tournament about to begin. that is right. good morning. the day has finally arrived. for scotland fans, it is called the biggest party for them in 26 years as they prepare to take on hosts germany in the opening match of the euros. their first major overseas tournament since
Securing a hotel room for the 620 summit in hamburg. So today we want to know what you have missed out on by waiting too late to book . Just let us know use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. We start in hamburg, germany where as youve been hearing, leaders of the 620 group of the worlds top economies are gathering. Concerns over free trade and the environment are high on the agenda. But for europe equally pressing is the Migration Crisis. Record numbers of migrants from sub Saharan Africa have been heading into the eu increasingly across the mediterranean via italy as this map shows. The final destination for many is 6ermany where migration related costs are projected to top 100bn by 2020. Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear that she thinks other countries must shoulder more of the burden last year alone 6ermany saw almost three quarters of a Million People apply for asylum. There are fears that Climate Change and poverty could drive millions more afric
Ten years on from the financial crisis we examine its repercussions and will be speaking to the Liberal Democrat leader and former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable to ask what lessons have been learnt. This is a lone athlete on his own against the the botswanan this is a lone athlete on his own against the clock. The botswa nan sprinter, Isaac Makwala, qualifies for the semi finals of the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in london, after he was barred from competing earlier due to the norovirus outbreak. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. 17 men and one woman have been convicted of Sexual Exploitation and drugs offences in newcastle. Most of the men were from pakistani, indian or bangladeshi backgrounds. Their youngest victim was just 14. The convictions are the result of operation sanctuary. 0ur correspondent peter harris has been following the case. They called the parties sessions. Present were asian men, and teenage girls. There was drink, there was drugs and th
Ten years on from the financial crisis we examine its repercussions and will be speaking to the Liberal Democrat leader and former Business Secretary Sir Vince Cable to ask what lessons have been learnt. This is a lone athlete on his own against the the botswanan this is a lone athlete on his own against the clock. The botswa nan sprinter, Isaac Makwala, qualifies for the semi finals of the 200 metres at the World Athletics Championships in london, after he was barred from competing earlier due to the norovirus outbreak. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. 17 men and one woman have been convicted of Sexual Exploitation and drugs offences in newcastle. Most of the men were from pakistani, indian or bangladeshi backgrounds. Their youngest victim was just 14. The convictions are the result of operation sanctuary. 0ur correspondent peter harris has been following the case. They called the parties sessions. Present were asian men, and teenage girls. There was drink, there was drugs and th