birmingham had to step in. there is a positive side to the commonwealth games. in glasgow, tourism generated in 2014. birmingham, ok, it cost £778 million to stage. but it contributed 870 million to the uk economy, local communities also benefited. and what about manchester in 2002? a face lift for the city. at the city on the map. but in these difficult economic times, with so many other events going on that bring people together, the commonwealth games only includes a certain number of countries. australia, canada, the likes of. crucially, not america. it is a difficult time. now they re looking for a host venue to step in again. that is the problem. that is the worry. more on that to come. more on the bbc website. shall we the ashes? we are just the bbc website. shall we the ashes? we arejust one the bbc website. shall we the ashes? we are just one day away from this
here. i mjust shame not to fill upon it while here. i m just outside warrington. they have got hundreds of acres and the strawberries are right and ready for picking. a bit of a weight this year, about a month later than the strawberry harvest usually is but it is worth the wait according to the british berries grow association. they provide about 95% of the strawberries we all enjoy. it is because of the cooler weather, the cooler than average april and may. it has taken the fruit a little longer to ripen but that sunshine, the glorious sunshine in recent weeks has given the strawberry plants plenty of energy to convert into sugar which means tastier fruit for us to enjoy and, my goodness, do we love our strawberries. the grocery analyst ka ntar we love our strawberries. the grocery analyst kantar estimates we spent something like 778 million pounds on strawberries in the uk over the past 12 months and if you take them together with blackberries, raspberries and blueberries, together
your reaction to the settlement by dominion. the lawyer was right. we learneda lot from the documents that were published, and it confirmed everything that we already knew this writing, which is that fox was lying. their on air personalities were lying, and it was a matter of great consequence. it was a matter of the fate of the republic i am disappointed that we didn t get an on-air apology, though i m not sure what difference that could have made $778 million is a big deal, but not big enough to, i think, cause fox to change its ways. well, i want to get claire mccaskill s reaction to the settlement, and also take what you just said to her, because, claire, i think there were many people who believe that fox has a lot of viewers, they re number one in a lot of time slots and a lot of people only watch fox, so an apology might have made a big difference well, here s the thing, i
and propel birmingham onto a global stage. birmingham, is the uk s second largest city by population. it saw massive growth during the industrial revolution and is now a hub for higher education, commerce and art. the total cost of the event is expected to be around 778 million pounds. uk sports minister nigel huddleston says it s worth it. there has already been a major impact because we built some fantastic new facilities like a brand new aquatics centre, complete referred of the alexander stadium as well but there are also some softer benefit skills, inspiring a generation of potential future athletes and all the activity levels with the excitement around sport so there is some very tangible benefits, which will be well worth the money. staying with sport germany have beaten france in the second semi finals match of the women s euros. both teams got a goal before half time, but germany took the lead in the second half to win 2 1. the 8 time european champions will now face england
already you can hear voices in some parts of the media of those who doubted the whole thing will be worth it, and people say, can we afford it? should we have done it, with the pressure on the cost of living? will there be a legacy from the £778 million of taxpayers money that s gone into these games? right now i want you to know i am supremely confident that the answer to that question is yes. a thousand times yes. network rail says disruption to trains around the country was expected this morning because of the knock on effect of yesterday s strike action. several operators warned that services would start later than usual. another walk out of drivers at seven companies is planned for saturday, and the aslef union has announced that its members at nine firms will strike on the 13th august. unions have reacted angrily to the decision by labour to sack the junior shadow transport minister sam tarry.