After an iconic hero, too, except this one is very much alive and kicking. For those who don t know who he is, cristiano ronaldo is a very good footballer, and this is his home city, funchal, which is the island s capital. I m getting the strong impression they really like him here. And itjust so happens that ronaldo is playing tonight for portugal in a major tournament. And i m going to meet one of his biggest fans, ana isabel, who s here somewhere. I m going to find her. We ll have to wind our way through this crowd. Hey! ana! rajan! nice to meet you. 0h, lovely to meet you finally. Wow! this is a good place! well, yes, we have the best spot. Now we support portugal. Come on. Let s do it. Well, listen. 0k. Hey, drinks! to portugal. To cristiano. To madeira. Did you know that the british introduced football to portugal? and do you know where they introduced football to portugal? madeira. Right here! excited cries do you think ronaldo helped to increase tourism to madeira, awareness of
around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let s look at some of the other stories making headlines today. a bbc investigation has found a lack of significant progress towards borisjohnson s high profile election pledge of building 40 new hospitals in england by 2030. more than three quarters of the hospital trusts involved said they didn t have clarity over funding, and hadn t even begun building work. it s been suggested ministers underestimated how long the projects would take. a hearing into the metropolitan police s treatment of protesters on coronation day was briefly interrupted byjust stop 0il activists this morning. the home affairs committee s hearing was paused about 25 minutes into proceedings. ajust stop 0il spokesperson said removing the protesters from the committee room was a continuation of the silencing of legitimate dissent we saw at the coronation . the chancellorjeremy hunt has said the default location for workers should be in the office, unless ther