surrounding british gymnastics, damning report brings to light the physical, emotionaland damning report brings to light the physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered by young athletes. the hollywood actor kevin spacey appears in court in london charged with sexual assualt. and temperatures soar in england and wales it could hit 3a degrees tomorrow. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the new premier league fixtures are out. premier league champions manchester city take on west ham united to start the season. good evening. the bank of england has raised interest rates to their highest level for 13 years as it tries to dampen down the rapidly rising cost of living. they ve risen from 1% to 1.25% the fifth increase in a row as it tries to curb inflation. but inflation s still on the rise the rate at which prices go up is currently at a a0 year high of 9%, and there are warnings it could top 11% later this year. and if that wasn t difficult enough already on t
2 0 against wigan athletic. In one against wigan athletic. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Us Vice President mike pence, whos on a visit to south korea, has warned that his countrys era of strategic patience with north korea is over. It comes as south korea and the United States agreed to speed up a Defence System designed to intercept north korean missiles, something china views as a threat to its own military. Stephen evans reports. The american Vice President went to the front line, the Demilitarised Zone between north and south korea, what he called the frontier of freedom. For him, the visit was personal because his father fought in the korean war. From the other side today, north korean guards looked back and took pictures. Vice president pences mission today, to affirm support for the alliance between the us and south korea. We will defeat any attack and we will meet any use of conventional or Nuclear Weapons with an overwhelming and effective response. Over the past 18
I think it was not all perfect but the commitment and the focus was there and when we were tested when it was down to 1 1, again we found a response and managed to win the game. Although, as you said, it was a big mental test for us tonight because middlesbrough gave absolutely everything. Therell be a new team in the Premier League next season. Brighton and hove albion have been promoted from english footballs second tier after a 2 1win on monday against wigan that took them to the brink of promotion. Then it was confirmed shortly after when one of their rivals could only draw meaning itll be brightons first season in the Premier League and first in the top flight since 1983. Fantastic. Unbelievable. We were so nervous at the end, it should have been three, four, 5 0 but they scored at the end and everyone in the crowd was nervous. Weve done well as a the crowd was nervous. Weve done wellasa group, the crowd was nervous. Weve done well as a group, we move forward, some you win, some y
his birth parents, anthony smith and jody simpson, were both jailed for ten years in 2018. tougher sentences for child abusers came into force injune under tony s law, following campaigning from the boy s adoptive family. football and celtic have a set a new record in the scottish premiership after a 9 0 victory at dundee united, sealing the biggest away win in the league. it puts the champions back on top of the table, two points clear of rangers. nesta mcgregor was watching. two players and six of the reasons celtic and theirfans are on cloud nine. yet to record a win this season, dundee united went behind when kyogo furuhashi made this tight finish looks simple. his second, on 1a minutes, was anything but routine. and in first half stoppage time, the japanese international secured his hat trick. the celebration for anyone not keeping count.
would snap. 0thers splits until they thought their legs would snap. others who were strapped to the bars for hours as punishment, and some regularly deprived of water or access to a toilet. it and some regularly deprived of water or access to a toilet. or access to a toilet. it wasn t iood or access to a toilet. it wasn t good reading- or access to a toilet. it wasn t good reading. it or access to a toilet. it wasn t good reading. it was - or access to a toilet. it wasn t good reading. it was very - or access to a toilet. it wasn t - good reading. it was very difficult to read. spot has been important to me my whole life and to see gymnasts have such poor experiences due to, and i will say it, the failings of our organisation, i was able to speak to some of the gymnasts this morning and to say sorry to them. i wholeheartedly apologise. the report ioes back wholeheartedly apologise. the report goes back to wholeheartedly apologise. the report goes back to 2008, wholeheartedly a