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0ur headlines today. a spectacular start to the commonwealth games in birmingham as the city celebrates its diversity and history with an action packed opening ceremony. good morning from birmingham where attention will now switch to the sporting action. more than 5,000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories will compete over a packed 11 days. 16 a packed 11 days. gold medals to be won today. the government has revealed how the £400 of help for rising energy bills, will be paid. there'll be six monthly instalments from october. a murder invesigatino is under way after a nine—yearâ...

Opportunity for the best athletes, as well as the athletes that are brilliant but wouldn't have the opportunity to compete in the olympics, to come together and do that. i'm a big fan of the commonwealth, i think it's brilliant that we are hosting it, and i thought the opening ceremony, or at least the bits of it that i saw were pretty impressive. in least the bits of it that i saw were pretty impressive-— pretty impressive. in between catchinu pretty impressive. in between catching op — pretty impressive. in between catching up on _ pretty impressive. in between catching up on the _ prett...

That, apparently it doesn't. so he was ok. see you both in about 35 minutes' time. that is our first look at the papers, we'll be back for a second look in about 35 minutes' time. hello, it's time for some sport on the bbc news channel, i'm hugh ferris. the 22nd commonwealth games have been officially opened in birmingham among a celebration of the city's diversity and heritage. the sporting action begins tomorrow, but the opening ceremony has kicked off the event in some style — a giant animatronic bull was one of the most impressive moments at the alexander stadium. over 2,000 performers w...

At least 59 people are now known to have died in lightning strikes and landslides triggered by severe monsoon storms in bangladesh and india. millions have been left stranded by rising waters over the past few days. parts of southern and western europe have been hit by extreme heat this weekend — temperatures reaching a0 degrees celsius in some areas. in both spain and france temperatures have broken records. let's get all the latest on the sporting action now. here's chetan. england's matt fitzpatrick holds a share of the lead going into the final day of the us open golf. he's alongside the...

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