also this lunchtime. borisjohnson accepts he did mislead parliament over lockdown parties in downing street, but says he didn t do it intentionally or recklessly. a warm handshake from the chinese president for vladimir putin, even though the russian leader is now wanted for war crimes in ukraine. a new scheme to keep lung patients out of hospital, as new research show a sharp north/south divide. and maddie hinch, who saved all four penalties to win olympic gold for great britain, announces her retirement. and coming up on the bbc news channel, he s back roy hodgson returns to crystal palace, tasked with keeping the club in the premier league again. good afternoon. a scathing report has found that britain s biggest police force is institutionally racist, misogynist and homophobic . baroness casey s review into the metropolitan police follows the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer, wayne couzens. the report says a boys club culture is rife within the force. the
the former england football manager roy hodgson has been reappointed at crystal palace until the end of the season. the 75 year old replaces patrick vieira who was sacked by palace on friday after a 12 match winless run left them 12th in the premier league. hodgson has described his return as a privilege. the olympic gold medallist maddie hinch has announced she s retiring from hockey at the age of 3a, saying the tank is empty. the goalkeeper saved all four penalties in the 2016 0lympic final shoot out, to lead team gb to their first women s hockey gold. 0ur sports correspondent, jo currie, reports. for a decade, maddie hinch has been the heartbeat of great british hockey. the heartbeat of great british hocke . a, . the heartbeat of great british hocke . n, . , the heartbeat of great british hocke . a, . , ., the heartbeat of great british hocke . . , ., ., hockey. maddie hinch is the hero for encland. a hockey. maddie hinch is the hero for england- a hero hockey. maddie hinch is t
she is down! look at her! up to now, that trick had cost her olympic gold. now at 36, she made the most of her last chance. in one of these games most breathless spot, a clean run can t mean so much. team gb s farrell treacy was a surprise finalist in the 1500 metres short track speed skating. he could only finish fifth in his semifinal in beijing, but 2 other skaters were disqualified and that saw him promoted to the final, a first for him at his second 0lympics. he was way off the pace though and dropped to the back of the field eventually finishing 9th of 10 starters. korea s hwang dehon took gold, butjust reaching the final is a huge bonus for treacy who receives no lottery funding and was a late arrival in china after battling coronavirus.
to make an olympic final, you know, it s an achievement for me, you know, i probably didn t think it was going to happen, i didn t think i was going to be here at one point, four weeks ago, so to make an olympic final, you know, i guess, 0lympic final, you know, i guess, you know, it makes these games extra sweet, especially with how bad the first day was. west ham have been heavily criticized for not dropping kurt zouma for their victory over watford last night despite the club condemning the french defender for hitting and kicking his pet cat zouma apologised for what he called an isolated incident that was videoed by his brother and ended up on social media. essex police are investigating as are the rspca who have taken both of zouma s cats into their care. he was booed and jeered by both sets of fans throughout the game last night and his involvement has been widely criticised. he should be prosecuted, sacked. i am absolutely amazed that west ham paid him last night. it is basicall