the decision means no officers have been held criminally responsible for mistakes made after stephen was murdered in april 1993 in a racist attack in south london. here s our correspondent, daniel de simone. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. should not be charged with a criminal offence. , , ., ., criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked . crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. attack on a young 18-year-old black outh. , ., ., ., ., youth. their investigation failed to brina youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone yout
we ll be in rome for the latest. also coming up on sportsday. it s a battle of the brits in nottingham dart and boulter go head to head, as the grass court season begins. and more milestones forjamie chadwick. she speaks to us after victory at a prestigious indy car event at the weekend. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday, and we re kicking off with the countdown to the european championship which starts on friday, with the hosts germany against scotland england s campaign begins at the weekend. they re one of the tournament favourites and received a royal send off before flying out today. gareth southgate and the team will be based in the centre of the country, an area called blankenhain in the city of erfurt, ahead of theirfirst game in gelsenkirchen to face serbia on sunday. they ll then go on to play denmark and slovenia. a big couple of weeks ahead so let s speak to our correspondent andy swiss who is at the england base for us. andy swiss who is at
new zealand in hove. scotland are underway in their world cup qualifier against moldova at hampden park. steve clarke says his side are approaching a must win moment in their campaign, with the team languishing fourth in group f after wednesday s 2 0 defeat in denmark. rangers nathan patterson, aston villa midfielderjohn mcginn and hibernian s kevin nisbet all start, they re among six changes. just about 5 mins gone, still goalless. one more world cup qualifying line to bring you manchester united winger jadon sancho will miss england s world cup qualifiers against andorra at wembley tomorrow night and poland next wednesday because of a minor knock . sancho sat out thursday s win over hungary and will now return to his club. history was made at goodison park earlier this afternoon with everton s match against manchester city the first women s super league game to be shown free to air on uk television. and last season s runners up city put on a real show banging in the goals to