He did not commit. A man who was wrongly imprisoned for rape has welcomed a government decision to scrap rules which meant people who had been cleared by the courts could be charged for living costs incurred injail. Andrew malkinson told the bbc the change was a step in the right direction, but said more needed to be done to support people who were wrongly convicted. Hes been talking to our reporterjoe inwood. He started by telling him how he felt when he was first told he had to pay for his living costs whilst in prison out of his compensation. It seems like a sickjoke. I thought what is the justification for paying the Prison Service because they dont treat you well in prison, they really dont. You should lose your liberty, you shouldnt be tortured by them. I thought, to pay these people for doing what they are doing to me is the most sickening, horrifying, repugnant thing i could imagine. When you were speaking and made this point and express yourself so eloquently that there was a
France top that group after beating panama, but they had to come from behind. Marta cox scoring panamas first ever goal at the tournament and what a goal it was. An absolute piledriver, they ended up scoring three in total but france plundering six, including a hat trick for kadi diani. In group g, south africa are through after claiming their first womens world cup win with a thrilling victory over italy. South africa gifted a leveller through Benedetta Orsi having gone behind. Both teams then scored again a result which would have taken italy through, but the twist came in the 93rd minute, Thembi Kgatlana sending south africa into Seventh Heaven and the knock out stages. No issues for sweden, who made it three wins from three, beating argentina 2 0 Rebecka Blomkvist with the pick of the goals, sending the euro 2022 Semi Finalists through as group winners. In mens football, Manchester City look to have finally secured a deal to bring Josko Gvardiol to the etihad. Theyve agreed a 77 Mi
it s six in the morning in singapore. we are on the wrong running order, apologies. i m going to bring you some details about france. it is the first round of france s parliamentary elections, and they suggest that the far right have made historic gains in this election. turnout was the highest, for a0 years. marine le pen s hard right national party came top, with more than a third of the vote, followed by a surge in support for the left wing coalition, with around 28% of the vote. president macron s gamble to hold the snap election saw his centre right alliance of parties relegated to third place. a final result won t be known for another week, with a second round of voting for the national assembly s 577 seats, next sunday. andrew harding has the latest from paris. a kiss for marine le pen this morning. a politician once considered too extreme for most french voters, today her national rally is on a roll. and with le pen, her 28 year old protegejordan bardella, who s hopin