moments time, and mike, good morning, he is at the alexander stadium which will be hosting a lot of the big events. it s going to be such an important occasion for this city, but the competition itself will be fierce. city, but the competition itself will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait for will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait for it will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait for it to will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait for it to start. - will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait for it to start. i i will be fierce. absolutely. and i can t wait for it to start. i am i can t wait for it to start. i am five miles north of you at the alexander stadium which is spectacular as it gets ready to host the opening ceremony. let s have a look around. it s been transformed into a 32,000 seater stadium and you have the bank seats on the far side making it look a bit like an amphitheatre. the big stage area in the
the home office says it s committed to improving the responsiveness of local police, and the public should have confidence that forces will do everything in their power to solve and prevent crime. ed thomas, bbc news. we will be talking about that story at 930. if you have been affected by crime, we want to hear from you and we want to know what the police response was to your case, you can contact me on twitter, we will try to read out some of those comments from you. the french government will hold an emergency meeting today with uefa and other officials, to examine what went wrong at the champions league final on saturday. there were chaotic scenes before and after the match after french police repeatedly fired tear gas and pepper spray at liverpool fans waiting to get into the stadium. the uk s culture secretary nadine dorries has called
authorities are trying to talk about the proms before the match but it was really bad coming out of the ground. there was a bottleneck at certain exits, and people being attacked by the police with pepper spray and tear gas after the match. that is not about tickets. that is a police issue. it comes back to uefa organisation first and foremost which was clearly not fit for purpose. the idea that the primary factor in this is uefa and uefa investigate uefa, it makes no sense. any investigation has to be independent and completely transparent. independent and completely transparent. independent and completely transarent. ., , transparent. uefa is meeting with the french people transparent. uefa is meeting with the french people as transparent. uefa is meeting with the french people as officials - transparent. uefa is meeting with | the french people as officials from the french people as officials from the stadium and police, it does not sound like you have great expectations from t
the liverpool fans. an emerging consensus, as they look at the reporting, that it s true, this idea that liverpool fans were to blame, there was mass false ticketing was too convenient and we ll be hearing a lot more about this in the hours ahead. ma; a lot more about this in the hours ahead. ~ , , , a lot more about this in the hours ahead. g , , , ., ahead. my guest said, why should we have any faith ahead. my guest said, why should we have any faith in ahead. my guest said, why should we have any faith in uefa ahead. my guest said, why should we have any faith in uefa and ahead. my guest said, why should we have any faith in uefa and the - ahead. my guest said, why should we have any faith in uefa and the talks . have any faith in uefa and the talks today in paris, they have not earned our good faith? unless there is a complete about turn and what the french authorities are saying, that it was really down to pure organisation, lack of organisation, why should anyone have fai
in amongst all this, i do not want uefa to run an investigation because i do not trust them. this uefa to run an investigation because i do not trust them. i do not trust them. this morning the french i do not trust them. this morning the french sports i do not trust them. this morning the french sports minister - i do not trust them. this morning the french sports minister said i the french sports minister said there were fake tickets and local youths causing problems. from what youths causing problems. from what you are saying, it sounds like a big part of the problem was the logistics, they were not fit for purpose, for it to manage the sheer numbers of people, fans trying to get into the stadium. the logistics were not fit get into the stadium. the logistics were not fit for get into the stadium. the logistics were not fit for purpose. - get into the stadium. the logistics were not fit for purpose. everyone j were not fit for purpose. everyone who was there as far as i m c