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The Tour de France has officially started from the grounds of Harewood | :00:20. | :00:23. | |
House in Leeds, where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the sporting spectacle. | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
Our reporter has been following the action so far. | :00:32. | :00:40. | |
Welcome to the Tour de France Yorkshire style. From early morning | :00:41. | :00:48. | |
the proud crammed into Leeds city centre to have a chance to say, I | :00:49. | :00:53. | |
was there. One of the world's biggest sporting events on their | :00:54. | :00:58. | |
doorstep. Really excited. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. | :00:59. | :01:03. | |
Brilliant. Great atmosphere. At least it is not raining. The | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
nominal. I think the French are little bits taken are back. Before | :01:09. | :01:18. | |
the racing, the procession. To a deafening roar of the 198 cyclists | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
paraded through the streets of Leeds, the crowds cheering them all | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
the way, to the stately home where they were greeted by thousands of | :01:30. | :01:33. | |
fans. Yorkshire bathed in golden sunshine and a party atmosphere. | :01:34. | :01:38. | |
Also there to meet them, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge joined by | :01:39. | :01:44. | |
Prince Harry. The cyclists briefly paused for a moment of ceremony | :01:45. | :01:49. | |
before some of them, including the defending champion, received a royal | :01:50. | :01:54. | |
introduction. Moments later, with a little help from the Red Arrows, the | :01:55. | :02:00. | |
sendoff was complete and the 101st Tour de France was officially under | :02:01. | :02:06. | |
way. With that, the serious racing could begin. Nearly 120 miles | :02:07. | :02:10. | |
through the towns and villages of Yorkshire. The organisers hope this | :02:11. | :02:13. | |
will showcase the county to the world. With the streets and lanes | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
lined with supporters the excitement and enthusiasm were plain to see. As | :02:19. | :02:25. | |
many as 2 million people were expected to turn out. For cycling | :02:26. | :02:29. | |
and Yorkshire, an unforgettable weekend seems guaranteed. | :02:30. | :02:39. | |
This is where the official start happened. If the prediction of 2 | :02:40. | :02:53. | |
billion, perhaps even for -- 2 million, perhaps even 4 million | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
people watching in the UK, you have huge numbers who have turned out for | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
what is now called a cycling festival. We have seen over the last | :03:03. | :03:12. | |
hour several examples of the enthusiasm for the Tour de France. | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Running through the Yorkshire Dales today. The organisers sound very | :03:18. | :03:24. | |
confident. Then you get the middle-aged men in lycra and they | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
are out in huge numbers. The enthusiasm is overwhelming for this | :03:30. | :03:34. | |
first three days, getting off to a terrific start. | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
The Shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has called for an | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
over-arching review into historic allegations of child sex abuse. | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
A senior civil servant has already been asked to find out what happened | :03:44. | :03:46. | |
to a missing dossier on alleged paedophiles | :03:47. | :03:49. | |
It is almost 30 years since Lord Brittan was Home Secretary. | :03:50. | :04:01. | |
What happened in the mid-1980s has been brought into sharp focus. | :04:02. | :04:06. | |
Then, Leon Brittan was given a dossier of claims about prominent | :04:07. | :04:08. | |
He says he passed this onto officials and the Director of | :04:09. | :04:14. | |
The dossier is missing and there are calls for a full inquiry. | :04:15. | :04:20. | |
The public are very concerned about all of these allegations that | :04:21. | :04:23. | |
We have had Jimmy Savile, Rolf Harris. | :04:24. | :04:26. | |
People want to feel the government is taking action, looking at how to | :04:27. | :04:30. | |
There has been growing pressure for a full inquiry since the Home Office | :04:31. | :04:36. | |
held an independent review last year into how it handled these documents. | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
It concluded that some of the material was passed | :04:42. | :04:43. | |
on to the police but the dossier itself has not been found. | :04:44. | :04:48. | |
More than 140 MPs have written to the Home Secretary calling | :04:49. | :04:52. | |
for a full properly resourced investigation into the failure | :04:53. | :04:55. | |
of the police to follow the evidence in a number of historical cases | :04:56. | :04:59. | |
The contents of the dossier are of interest to those who believe | :05:00. | :05:06. | |
that the late Liberal MP Cyril Smith was not the only powerful political | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
figure to have abused children in the 70s and 80s. | :05:11. | :05:17. | |
about the sex abuse allegations and he has now asked the top official | :05:18. | :05:21. | |
at the Home Office to do everything he can to find all the answers. | :05:22. | :05:28. | |
The Ukrainian government says its forces have entered the eastern | :05:29. | :05:30. | |
city of Sloviansk, which has been occupied by pro-Russian insurgents | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
It's unclear how much of the city the Ukrainians control. | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
Ukraine's new president, Petro Poroshenko, | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
has ordered the national flag to be raised at Sloviansk's city hall. | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
?1 billion a year should be taken from | :05:50. | :05:51. | |
the duty collected on fuel and used to fix Britain's crumbling roads. | :05:52. | :05:55. | |
That's the view of the Local Government Association, | :05:56. | :05:58. | |
which represents hundreds of councils in England and Wales. | :05:59. | :06:01. | |
The government says billions are already being invested | :06:02. | :06:04. | |
Dodging potholes, swerving around cracks and bumps. | :06:05. | :06:14. | |
Motorists in parts of the country know | :06:15. | :06:15. | |
Several extreme winters, some very cold, some very wet, have, | :06:16. | :06:21. | |
say councils, followed years of underinvestment. | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
The Local Government Association says there's now a ?12 billion | :06:27. | :06:29. | |
Its plan is not to put up tax on petrol and diesel but take 2p | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
per litre of existing fuel duty and use the money to increase road | :06:36. | :06:39. | |
That would, say councils, bring roads back to | :06:40. | :06:44. | |
The damage that's been caused by a succession of really bad | :06:45. | :06:50. | |
winters has left a backlog of repairs that we need to catch up on. | :06:51. | :06:54. | |
That's so important because it enables deliveries to take place, | :06:55. | :06:56. | |
it enables people to get to work, it enables business to function. | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
So we think this would be a really good value for money investment | :07:00. | :07:02. | |
Councils say motorists pay a lot of tax to the government and deserve | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
But the Treasury is reluctant to use specific taxes | :07:08. | :07:12. | |
for specific purposes and seems unlikely to support this plan. | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
The government also says that billions of pounds are also already | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
going into road maintenance in the years ahead, with a new fund | :07:21. | :07:23. | |
One of the biggest stars of the World Cup, the Brazilian | :07:24. | :07:34. | |
He fractured a bone in his back after a challenge | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
during his team's quarter-final victory over Colombia last night. | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
His doctor says he doesn't need an operation, but will take four | :07:42. | :07:44. | |
At Wimbledon, the women's final starts in just under an hour's time. | :07:45. | :07:55. | |
The sixth seed, Petra Kvitova will try to win | :07:56. | :07:57. | |
the title for the second time when she meets Eugenie Bouchard. | :07:58. | :08:05. | |
Our Sports Correspondent is at Wimbledon now. | :08:06. | :08:10. | |
Sunshine at the moment but there has been some | :08:11. | :08:14. | |
Sunshine at the moment but there has this morning so it looks as if the | :08:15. | :08:16. | |
women's final this morning so it looks as if the | :08:17. | :08:24. | |
the roof. Petra Kvitova takes on the Canadian with the colour smile. | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
Named after royalty, Eugenie Bouchard is the new Princess of | :08:29. | :08:33. | |
Wimbledon. She has been a sensation this past fortnight. That is nothing | :08:34. | :08:36. | |
compared to the headlines she has made back home. Breaking news from | :08:37. | :08:42. | |
Wimbledon, Eugenie Bouchard is heading to the final. Despite the | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
hype, she remains steely and determined which is why she is a | :08:48. | :08:51. | |
contender for the title. I expect myself to do well and I put a lot of | :08:52. | :08:53. | |
contender for the title. I expect pressure on myself to try to be as | :08:54. | :08:55. | |
good as I can be so that is pressure on myself to try to be as | :08:56. | :09:02. | |
am aiming to do. Her opponent has not shone as brightly as many would | :09:03. | :09:07. | |
have hoped. Petra Kvitova won the title in 2011 but had had no repeat | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
of that success. Our hunger looks to be back and today should be a | :09:13. | :09:17. | |
compelling final. I like Eugenie Bouchard for character and how she | :09:18. | :09:21. | |
expresses what she wants. I love Petra Kvitova because she is my | :09:22. | :09:26. | |
friend and she is a really nice person and she won already before. | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
It is going to be a beautiful champion. I will still be the | :09:34. | :09:37. | |
champion forever. It is difficult to relinquish a Wimbledon crown but | :09:38. | :09:41. | |
today a successor will step forward. | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
Life will change for one of those players today. Taking their place | :09:50. | :09:53. | |
among the elite ranks of those who have won multiple titles. It will be | :09:54. | :09:59. | |
watched from the Royal box by Princess Eugenie. | :10:00. | :10:05. | |
You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel. | :10:06. | :10:09. | |
The next news on BBC One is at 6:40pm. | :10:10. | :10:11. | |
It was a soggy start this morning. Things have been improving. We are | :10:12. | :10:35. | |
left with showers and a fresher feel that some sunshine as well. That is | :10:36. | :10:38. | |
the case | :10:39. | :10:40. |