In nAtionAl insurAnce could provoke A very significAnt bAcklAsh. And As the pArAlympics come to A close wIth fireworks, the queen congrAtulAtes greAt brItAins pArAlympiAns who return home wIth 124 medAls, including 41 golds. Good Evening And Welcome to Bbc News. The former Girls Aloud singer SArAh HArding hAs died of cAncer Aged 39. She wAs pArt of one of the most successful All Girl BAnds this century which wAs formed on the Itv show, popstArs the rivAls. Her mum mArie Announced her deAth on instAgrAm sAying the 39 yeAr old hAd been treAted for cAncer And slipped AwAy peAcefully this morning. Our EntertAinment Correspondent Lizo mzimbA looks bAck At sArAhs life. The lAst member of the bAnd is. After three months of competItion, the moment her dreAm cAme true. SArAh. Cheering. But SArAh HArding could scArcely hAve imAgined the success thAt would follow. Every one of their first 16 singles A top ten hIt. ThAnks to A collection of irresistibly cAtchy songs, they were soon selling thousAn
And our correspondent is on the Front Line in the disputed South China Sea. So, theres a chinese Coast Guard Vessel thats watching us at the moment. Its done three sweeps first of all 200 metres away, then 100 metres away, and now 50 metres away. Hello, and welcome. Im shaun ley. We begin with the football. England have reached Theirfirst Major Tournament Final since 1966. Singing the final whistle was greeted around the country with jubilation. The team came from a goal down to beat denmark 2 1 after extra time at wembley, in front of a crowd of 60,000 people. Many of them, due to covid assertions, were england fans. Theyll play italy in the final on sunday. Lets here from some fans who watched the match at a Fan Zone In London, theyve been speaking to the bbc s chi chi izunder. How do you feel, watching that match . Absolutely elated this is the most amazing moment ever. England have made it through to the final. Cheering this hasnt happened in so many years this is iconic, whats jus
Less spectators, 16,000 in here, well under 2500 will be England Fans, and the temperature could be a factor, expected to be 28 degrees around kick off. They know its a huge opportunity to make it back to back Semi Finals at major finals and while Southgate Isnt underestimating ukraine he knows his team are in a good place heading to the match later. The opportunity is there. The confidence is there. And the belief. And i think they are looking forward to the challenge. It is interesting, Gareth Southgate says he feels playing away from home could be a huge opportunity rather than a negative. There is one Entry Concern concerning the caer sakho, he is a doubt for the match but long gone are the days where an injury wreaks a sense of panic around the England Squad such as the Strength And Depth Gareth Southgate has at his disposal. And to anna whats the atmosphere like out and about . Well, this is the official Fan Village in the historic heart of rome and normally these wobbles would b
In paris, workers are finally preparing to begin the huge Restoration Project. This is one of the thousand Oak Trees that have been specially selected for Notre Dame. Smaller Tree Trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters. Big ones like this will go to reconstruct the spire. And while the Coronavirus Pandemic has kept most of us Locked Down its given the Animal World loads more freedom. We thought that animals for example, penguins in South Africa have survived perfectly well, we think. But in fact, when we retreated we discovered that the penguins actually normally would be doing very much better than they have been doing for decades. Good Afternoon And Welcome to Bbc News. The number of people waiting to start Hospital Treatment in england has reached a Record High of 4. 7 million people. The figure, from The End of february, is the highest since records began in 2007. There were also nearly 388,000 patients waiting more than a year for non urgent surgery compared with 1,60