leicester piggott, has died at 87. leicester piggott. hello, welcome to the programme. culture secretary nadine dorries has called on european football s governing body uefa to launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why after chaotic scenes at last night s champions league final between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tier gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was deeply concerning . the mayor of liverpool who was at the game described the police actions as brutal and intimidating. uefa has said it will review these matters urgently with french police.0ur correspondent danjohnson sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it s not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy handed f
children and two teachers shot dead by a teenage gunman in texas. another day of travel disruption. waits of six hours reported for ferries at dover and hundreds of flights cancelled at some uk airports. and one of the greatest jockeys of all time lester piggott has died aged 86. we start in ukraine where, in a gesture of defiance directed at russia president zelensky has made a rare trip to visit his troops on the front line in the east of the country. he went to kharkiv, close to the russian border, an area once again under attack. mr zelensky described the situation in some parts particularly serevodonetsk as indescribably difficult for the ukrainian army. it s the first time since the start of the war that the president has ventured to the devastated eastern region, as our correspondent caroline hawley reports. with heavy artillery, russian forces are continuing to pound ukrainian positions in a war that s taking more lives every day. with all this firepower
culture secretary, nadine dorries, has called on european football s governing body, uefa, to launch a formal investigation into what went wrong and why after chaotic scenes at last night s champions league final, between liverpool and real madrid in paris. french police have been criticised for firing tear gas and pepper spray at some liverpool fans waiting to get in to the stadium. ms dorries said the footage from fans and the media was deeply concerning . uefa has said it will review these matters urgently with french police. our correspondent, danjohnson, sent this report from paris. this sort of scene unnerves any football fan. it s not what you would expect of the biggest game in european club football. liverpool supporters say there was indiscriminate tear gassing by heavy handed french police, who failed to manage the crowd and get everyone to their seats in time. it was an experience which meant many went home to merseyside today in shock as well as disappointment. a b
getting the blame for that. i do need to stress that they ve come here today saying that was that, we want answers, there is frustration at falling short in what was being talked about as a quadruple winning, travel winning season, but huge sense of gratitude as well as to everything that this team has given them this season and gone so close to delivering the unthinkable, and thatis to delivering the unthinkable, and that is why they are here in their thousands waiting to show their thanks to the liverpool team and manager, juergen klopp. thanks to the liverpool team and manager, juergen klopp.- thanks to the liverpool team and manager, juergen klopp. thank you so much for that- we will stay with the story and reflect a little bit more on some of those frustrations that were being referenced there, because earlier i spoke to ian byrne who is mp for liverpool west derby, who was at the stade de france last night. he told me about his experience. it was shambolic, it was dangerous, it