england's women, but where's the bonus for their big win? and give him a big hand. the long wait is over. rory‘s back winning. just how good are wales? today they're celebrating their six nations grand slam. their win over ireland at the weekend completed their undefeated campaign. and it completes an amazing period for warren gatland's side. 14 tests unbeaten, and second in the world rankings. no wonder they're having a party in cardiff today to celebrate katie gornall is there for us. and they love a party here in cardiff, and it has been going on pretty much nonstop for the past three days. this is the more formal pa rt three days. this is the more formal part of the celebrations taking place here at the welsh assembly. the team and the staff are on stage at the moment, a very buoyant crowd of hundreds have gathered here. and this is all because of the fact that wales secured the grand slam at the weekend with that dominant victory over ireland, 55—7. it was a great performance all round from the team, and you really have two congratulate heinz field in that game as well, kicking

quarterfinals. we will have the latest from germany shortly. and will there be a crowning moment for england's women and manager phil neville in the she believes cup tonight? first tonight. england's women are hoping to lift their first england's women are hoping to lift theirfirst piece of england's women are hoping to lift their first piece of silverware with victory over japan their first piece of silverware with victory overjapan in the shebelieves cup. it has gone awfully well so far for england, getting shebelieves cup. it has gone awfully well so farfor england, getting off toa well so farfor england, getting off to a great start, beating brazil, they drew with you back about the united states, and this is a huge yearfor united states, and this is a huge year for the team with the world cup around the corner, they stand potentially on the brink of winning their first potentially on the brink of winning theirfirst piece of potentially on the brink of winning their first piece of silverware with manager philip neville, what a great day this could be. not even the grey clouds overhead and

eastern england, there could be one or two waiting in the winds to catch you out this afternoon. scotland, sunny spells, scattered showers, 8—10 degrees, wintry showers in parts of northern ireland, and showers across northern england, some with the odd rumble of thunder, some pushing further east, maximum temperature of 10-11 further east, maximum temperature of 10—11 degrees this afternoon. breezy with it, but not strong, gale force gusts that we had through yesterday. as we go through overnight tonight, it looks as though the showers will continue, similar spots really, northern ireland, parts of northern england into southern scotland as well. under clear skies elsewhere, a cooler night. then shall eastern areas of scotland, temperature is low enough for frost. we start tomorrow morning called a first thing, this area of low pressure continuing to drive showers into the north—west, another low pushing from the south—west will bring wetter and windier weather as we go on into wednesday. for tuesday, many windier weather as we go on into wednesday. fortuesday, many of

others aside — england women dominate as they lead the way with professionalism. can the wales men's keep on rolling as off field headlines derail preparations. rest of the stories. i'm hugh woozencroft, with the rest of our stories from the bbc sport centre. coming up... find out whyjurgen klopp is telling liverpool fans to cancel their saturday night on the tiles. and on international women's day, we hear from british athlete pippa wollven on her olympic dream. having recored from an eating disorder it wasn't about a vanity thing. it was, i would have done whatever it took to improve my performance at the time. welcome to glasco. the penultimate weekend of the six nations championship. wells are the only tea m championship. wells are the only team left in the men's event with the grand slam dream still alive. they will take on scotland tomorrow in edinburgh. we have all the build up in edinburgh. we have all the build up to that to come but let's start with the women because here at scotstou n with the women because here at scotstoun this evening, scotland will face well. it has been an

. —— we are looking forward to it. england score eight tries against italy at twickenham to keep their title hopes alive. and a crucial comeback sees saints stun spurs at st marys to move out of the relegation zone. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in edinburgh where wales have edged even closer to the grand slam after beating edinburgh by seven points this afternoon. beating scotland by seven points. warren gatland's side were given a bit of a scare by the home side before emerging 18—11winners at murrayfield — stretching their record winning run to 13.. let's speak to our correspondentjoe wilson... joe, wheels my time and quite impressively so. —— wales march on. they were at their best at times today? interesting, merrifield is 110w today? interesting, merrifield is now done for the six nations, litter being picked up behind me! —— murrayfield. scotland's players might be feeling bruised and a little confused. how do you beat this welsh team ? little confused. how do you beat this welsh team? as you said at times, in the second half, scotland did produce some

. the governor of the bank of england, mark carney, speaking in the house of lords, responding to questions. basically saying the financial sector is well prepared. he has said that for quite sometime. we have our ducks in a row, we have made sure banks have the right amount of capital, et cetera, for any scenario. it has been vocal about the fact he is concerned that other businesses are not so well—prepared. concerned that other businesses are not so well-prepared. he is concerned about other businesses and the liquidity between money going back and forth between european banks and the uk. he feels the uk, perhaps because we are so alert to the idea of no deal, has got prepared and we will be in a good position. he has copied percentage points, what he thinks about the contraction of the uk if we don't get a deal —— cut. i was sorry for mark carney. he is very astute. he goes out and he was people and he ta kes goes out and he was people and he takes action and cuts back the risk in people say there was a risk in the first place. it is often because i think the bank of eng

ireland and a couple northern ireland and a couple through northern england and north wales. in the south, more sunshine and feeling a little bit warmer. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. hundreds of thousands of people have marched through central london, demanding another brexit referendum. protestors gathered to hear speeches from across the political spectrum. this deal pleases no one! if you voted remain, it's a rubbish deal! if you voted leave, it's a lousy deal! there are no winners! only losers! american—backed kurdish forces have declared victory over islamic state after capturing the group's last remaining stronghold in syria. police say a seventeen—year—old boy who was stabbed to death in west london yesterday was chased by a group of men before he was attacked. us special counsel, robert mueller has submitted his report into alleged russian collusion with president trump's campaign during the 2016 presidential election. and police in norway are evacuating more than a—thousand people from a cruise ship in stormy seas. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday.

, where england's women are hoping to lift their first piece of silverware with victory over japan in the she believes cup. it is a winner—takes—all game. we can go there live now. six minutes in nearly, tampa, both 0-0. you can watch that match live on bbc four, the bbc sport website and on connected tvs. england's cricketers are taking on west indies in the first of three twenty20 internationals in st lucia. ben stokes, jos buttler, and moeen ali have all been rested for the game. england won the toss and chose to bowl first. tom curran was their key man with the ball, finishing with four wickets for 36 runs as the west indies finished on 160 for eight from their 20 overs. england have lost two early wickets, but jonny bairstow is keeping england on track. —— three wickets. he's reached his 50 of 27 balls. this is the scorecard as it stands then. nicholas pooran top scoring for west indies, the only player to pass a half century for them. england going along nicely in their reply. they're now 87 for three from 10 overs. now, a major shake up in welsh rugby could see two of the b

is set to arrive later today, really strengthening the winds, particularly across england and wales. i'll have all the details on that later on. it's sunday the 3rd of march. our top story. the husband of shamima begum — the teenager from east london who travelled to syria to join the so—called islamic state group — has told the bbc he wants to take her and their newborn son to live in his native netherlands. yago riedijk fought for is and is currently in prison in syria. our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville who did the interview, is in northern syria and sent this report earlier. we know that when we spoke to shemima begum that her husband had been detained by the kurdish authorities when they surrendered as the islamic state was in its final days. he was being held in a detention facility somewhere in north—eastern syria but we couldn't find him. we were told he was being questioned by the authorities, usually the americans and that he wasn't available for the media. late last afternoon, we got a call to come to an unspecified location where he was being detai

have a look at this, this is the coast of north—east england. blue skies and sunshine coming through full stop the satellite picture tells the story. you can see the breaks in the cloud gci’oss you can see the breaks in the cloud across north—east england, and gci’oss across north—east england, and across shetland for example, and a few breaks across parts of the midlands and east anglia. some of these filling again once against with cloud so these big slabs of cloud floating across the sky, some rain across cloud floating across the sky, some rain gci’oss western cloud floating across the sky, some rain across western scotland. if you are under the cloud, 13—15. get some sunshine, 16—17 very likely across parts of eastern england. during this evening and tonight the rain in western scotland will drift its way northwards. the overnight hours are likely to be pretty cloudy, a bit misty and murky and drizzly across hills and coasts in the west. you see the rain band creeping into the picture. ahead of that that winds will start to strengthen. we get off toa mile will star

catastrophic economic impact with finesse. we know that the bank of england has warned about this as well. we know that the situation is economic from the negativity that is coming. but what we need to remember is that the people who voted for brexit, many of theissues people who voted for brexit, many of the issues are not economic issues. they voted to leave the eu but it was not for an economic reason. many people are looking at the situation and saying, well, the gdp could be hit but that is not my main concern. there are so many different aspects to why this is happening, it is not just the economic issue that will cause a problem. moving away from brexit, if we possibly could for a few minutes. climate change. not a positive story here either. this is the guardian online saying that insurers sell warning that climate change could make cover absolutely unaffordable change could make cover absolutely u nafforda ble after change could make cover absolutely unaffordable after the largest insurance form blamed global warming for billions of dollars of damage after the california

women's game. while england prepare to welcome the best women's teams to the world cup this summer, these men can dream of their own success at a global tournament with australia set to host a mixed and men's world cup next year. with the single gender status one of the barriers to olympic inclusion, many will hope the men will continue to thrive. plenty of world cups on the horizon this summer. now, let's have a look at some of the other stories making the sports news today british no 2 katie boulter is one win away from reaching the main draw of the indian wells open, after beating american allie kiick in qualifying. she's due back on court in the next half an hour against viktorija golubic. bolton wanderers' championship match with millwall this saturday is in doubt — they have 2a hours to assure teh local council safety provisions will be in place. money is owed to several parties players as well as full and part—time staff, including matchday stewards, havent been paid their salaries for february. and away from the row in welsh by, the national team is preparing for their

rain linger in southern england on a mild night here. most places, though, become dry. now into tomorrow, heavy showers and very strong winds across northern scotland will slowly ease, and then storm freya moves into the uk, with first rain spreading across north across england and wales into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland, and then strengthening winds. they will be strengthened southwestern winds. these are some of the gusts we're going to experience as the day goes on. towards the end of the day, for wales and western coasts of england, they're going to be seeing some gusts around 70—80 mph. over many parts of england and wales, some gusts of up to 50—65 miles an hour through the night into monday morning. so i think there will some disruption in places. worth checking the situation near you as you head out on monday morning. this is bbc news. a reminder of our headlines. a 17—year—old girl has been stabbed to death in a park near romford, east london, the 18th person killed in the capital this year. i have a daughter age seven years old. many londoner

management has confirmed. more than 60 flood warnings are in place across england and wales as heavy rain leaves hunderds of homes without power. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and tanya arnold. hello there, these are out headlines this evening. the champagne is flowing in cardiff as wales win the six nations grand slam. it is hard to put into words, to be honest. we have been working incredibly hard over the past year. just the calcutta cup at stake at twickemnham and what a match, scotland come from 31 points down to draw the match against england. it's an fa cup weekend and sergio aguero saves the day for manchester city. they come from two goals down to beat swansea and reach the semi—finals. also coming up in the programme... the new formula one season is underway and once again it's lewis hamilton who's setting the pace. great britain get theirfirst medals at the special olympics in abu dhabi. wales are celebrating their 4th six nations grand slam. 3 teams could still win the title heading into today's final round of m

the beginning ofjuly. wales, england or ireland? three of the teams in action in this afternoon's six nations could win the tournament. and coming up in half an hour, our dateline guests discuss the last week in parliament — with only a fortnight until brexit day. good morning. police in new zealand believe there was only one gunman involved in the shootings at two mosques in christchurch in which 49 people were killed and scores of others injured. 28—year—old australian brenton tarra nt has appeared in court in christchurch, charged with murder. tarrant did not make a plea and the brief hearing was closed to the public because of safety concerns. the shootings were live—streamed and shared widely on social media. shara njit leyl reports from christchurch. a memorial for the victims of the shooting. christchurch residents have been bringing flowers and leaving notes here all day. the messages are clear. new zealand may be struggling to comprehend the tragic events in christchurch but people were determined to come together to pay their respect. memorials like this one have

we had earlier on overnight and this morning. that has cleared all but the far south—west of england, the shower clouds are coming in and will continue to bring a mixture of sunshine and showers through the rest of the day. those are the temperatures but it is still pretty windy out there as well, not quite as windy as earlier on. the winds are easing down but only briefly, they will pick up again overnight and it is blowing and more rain from the atlantic. very quickly that arrives into northern ireland, outbreaks of rain pushing into much of the uk, like last night, more showery weather coming into scotland. those showers turning wintry over the hills. three degrees here compared with double figures across the south of england and wales. friday, the weatherfront taking rain southwards, drawing in cooler, showery westerly winds which will still be strong to gale force as well. we will keep some cloud and as well. we will keep some cloud and a bit of rain across the south—west of england and south wales tomorrow, brightening up elsewhere, some sunny spells, more showers as you head

the european qualifiers taking place this week. england have been training today with some new faces in the squad—our correspondent natalie pirks was there. a may be a crucial time for clubs right now, but it's also crucial time for the country england prepares to face the czech republic and the euro 2020 qualifiers. gareth southgate has seen a lot of withdrawals, but it is allowed him to call up the likes of callum hudson—odoi. he was down in bristol checking in with the u21 but he got the call—up to the senior setup. then he got the news that he would be coming all the way here for his first join be coming all the way here for his firstjoin up, be coming all the way here for his first join up, parachuted be coming all the way here for his firstjoin up, parachuted into the senior set up, and that's in keeping really with gareth southgate's ethos of bringing through the youngsters coming to get them used to playing with the senior players at st george's park. we spoke to harry kane earlier, he says that's an excellent thing for england. competition for places is high at the mom

premier league game for chelsea this season — and hasn't featured in england's under 21s either. but he joins james ward prowse as late inclusions into gareth southgate‘s squad for the games against the czech republic and montenegro. he admitted he thought his manager wasjoking when he was told the news. scotland captain andy robertson is still aiming to be fit for their opening euro 2020 qualifier against kazakhstan on thursday — even though he missed their flight to undergo dental surgery. robertson apparently wanted to fly to astana today but the operation prevented him from doing that. although he was likely to be fit for san marino on sunday — he's now being more ambitious. assistant manager peter grant says the qualifiers provide scotland with a great opportunity to qualify for a major tournament. there is an opportunity to get to a championship. that would be fantastic for the country. it would be fantastic for these players. people talk about george best, the second thing they say about him, he isa second thing they say about him, he is a top player but he never played

mmr has been falling in england and last year there were more than 80,000 measles cases in europe, the highest in a decade. social media companies can reprove contact which go against vaccination. they are concerned about campaigns against vaccinations. coroners in england and wales could be given new powers to investigate the deaths of stillborn babies. currently inquests are only held for infants who have shown signs of life after being born. under the government's proposal all full—term stillbirths, which happen after 37 weeks, would be looked into, giving bereved parents some answers as to what happened. any stillbirth is a tragedy and, although we have robust processes in place to investigate them, we think we can go further and we should go further. the use of coroners to investigate in an open and transparent would not help not only help families who have suffered but will help further the numbers of stillbirths in our country. four 15—year—old school girls from oxford have started an online petition to make climate change a core part of the national curriculum. the g

and jonny bairstow‘s picking them off at will, as england beat the west indies. a sleeping giant has woken up, and what an awful mess the big fellow has made of real madrid's european ambitions. ajax have beaten real at the bernabeu 4—1, to progress 5—3 on aggregate. the dutch side through a knockout tie for the first time in over 16 years. but what of real? in a week, they've been knocked out of the copa del rey, fallen hopelessly behind in the race for the la liga title, and now they're out of the competition they'd made their own in recent times. john bennett told me that real — a team in decline — were beaten by a team on the rise. yeah, the headlines will all be about the madrid plane poorly and they were awful, but let's not forget this was a wonderful performance for ajax. they showed absolutely no fear at the bernard le roux. everything that could go wrong did go wrong for the real madrid. the finish was brilliantly set up by dusan tadic, man of the match, rejected by the premier league side southampton in the summer. he set up a second goal as well for david nere

both parts before we see the back of her. also in this programme... should the church of england ban field sports on its land? land leased by the church commissioners and the forestry commission, blood sport exchange for blood money for the church of england. and there's more to pubs than beer. i'm a non—drinker, but i'm very upset that we are losing the goldsmith arms. all that to come and more. but first... mps are to get another vote on brexit. yes, another one. the house of commons is to sit on friday to discuss and vote on the withdrawal agreement. but this is not the hotly anticipated meaningful vote three. mps won't be voting on the whole of the prime minister's deal, which came in two parts. it's a bit complicated but the government has separated the withdrawal agreement the divorce deal from the political declaration on the future relationship with the eu. the ministers say that after an agreement at last week's eu summit, if mps approve the agreement on friday then brexit will happen on may 22nd. it's not a meaningful vote ratifying the whole deal but does overcome th

. and england prepare to take on the czech republic in the opening match of their euro 2020 qualifiers. and coming up on bbc news — birmingham city drop to 18th in the championship after they were handed a nine—point deduction for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. good evening. theresa may has spent the day meeting senior ministers in downing street as she battles to get support for her brexit plans after yesterday's eu summit. the uk was originally meant to leave the eu in a week's time — on march 29th. but after two failed attempts by theresa may to get her withdrawal agreement through the commons, the eu last night agreed to an extension. it means if she gets her deal through parliament next week, brexit will happen on 22nd may — to give mps time to pass the necessary legislation. but if the deal fails again, the uk has to propose another way forward to the eu by 12th april. if there are no new proposals, we could leave without a deal. labour'sjeremy corbyn said mps should be given a series of alternative options next week to vote on. our political editor lau

scoring a hat—trick! and raheem sterling steals the show, as england thrash the czech republic in their opening euro 2020 qualifier. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news, birmingham city drop to 18th in the championship after they were handed a nine—point deduction for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. good evening. theresa may has written to mps tonight, spelling out the options now open to parliament and the government — as she comes under intense pressure to find a way forward on brexit. the uk was meant to leave the eu in a week's time — on march 29th. but after theresa may failed twice to get her withdrawal deal through the commons, the eu last night agreed to an extension. it means if on a third attempt mps do vote for her deal next week, brexit will happen on 22nd may. but there are no signs she has enough support. if the deal fails again, the eu has given the uk until april 12th to propose something else. the prime minister outlined the options to mps tonight — leaving with no deal, cancelling brexit, or asking for another extension. labour'sjeremy corb

this seems to happen in football and it is a sad fact that many of the england players that we saw out there on the page against montagnais rep had been the victims of racist views in the past. danny rose was targeted and another 21 game in serbia back in 2012. in that instance, the serbian fa were fine at £55,000 and they're under 20 once had to play again behind closed doors. and also the 18—year—old who was making his first offer england against montenegrin just on tuesday, us also announced the are investigating an alleged case of it racist abuse against him when he was in the europa league in march also this happens a lot and is part of the reason why there has been such an intense debate about this in a discussion about whether the punishment is being meted out currently a re punishment is being meted out currently are having an effect. that is the take on point from this witches developing after this because we have seen these incidents and it is not being dealt with. so how much different can they get? exactly for some and that's a big i have spoken to various people about

, here's richard askham. good morning. england have given themselves a great chance of winning the shebelieves cup after a thrilling draw against the usa. phil neville‘s side drew 2—2 against the world champions in nashville, to set up a winner—takes—all match against japan on tuesday. the lionesses scored two excellent goals through manchester city pair steph houghton and nikita parris. jo currie is there for us... what's in a name? everything and nothing, if you're part of the us women's national team, who played this game with their female idols on the back of their shirts. half an hour in, and the real megan rapinoe was writing her name on the scoresheet, leaving the england goalkeeper rooted to the spot. when you are trying to be world number one, you need a leader. step up captain steph houghton with a sublime equaliser. what an equaliser, and really well played. well worked, that! england were finding theirfeet, and nikita parris was finding her range. this put the lionesses ahead. what a very good goal, and in the lead against the world champions. but the problem wi

richard askham. england have given themselves a great chance of winning the shebelieves cup after a thrilling draw against the usa. phil neville's side drew 2—2 against the world champions in nashville, to set up a winner—takes—all match against japan on tuesday. the lionesses scored two excellent goals through manchester city pair steph houghton and nikita parris. jo currie is there for us. what is in a name? everything and nothing if you are part of the us women's national team, who played this game with their female idols on the back of their shirts. half an hour in, and the real meghan was putting her name on the scoresheet, keeping the england goalkeeper rooted to the spot. when you are training with world number one, you need a leader. step up captain for the sublime equaliser. some try what an equaliser! really well paid and well worked, that. no england were finding theirfeet, well worked, that. no england were finding their feet, and well worked, that. no england were finding theirfeet, and their range. this put the lioness is ahead. what a great goal, england lead ag

gareth southgate for england's euro 2020 qualifier against the czech republic? we'll be live at wembley with all the build up. birmingham city drop from 13th to 18th in the championship, as the club faces sanctions over a breach of rules. world rugby calls on the six nations unions to consider the "good of the global game" and back new plans for a new nations championship. this sort of competition picking by this sort of competition picking rugby into a global competition across the world for its professionals would be unique. also coming up in the programme: we look ahead to this weekend's final selection tests for the all—new, all—female w series — but is segregation the right move for motorsport? hello and welcome to the programme. and tonight it's england's turn to begin their euro 2020 qualifying campaign, they take on the czech republic at wembley and our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. thank you forjoining us. you can genuinely feel that there is some sort of feeling of optimism around this young england squad, isn't there? young being the operative wor

ireland, england, but wales of course are in the driving seat. four out of four, still unbeaten. on the brink of a third grand slam under head coach warren gatland. it is here the fans will watch it all and tomorrow, surely whales are not going to follow the final hurdle. are they? among the voices from the valley may be wells choir has its tv connector. warren gatland has spent 12 years learning the words and shaping a tea m learning the words and shaping a team that is breaking records. in this, his final year in charge, his wales side are on a 30 team match winning streak. one more against ireland would seal this six nations and at the grand slam. pretty emotional afterwards. despite when eve ryo ne emotional afterwards. despite when everyone perceives of me, i am a guy that cries inside movies and stuff. iama that cries inside movies and stuff. i am a pretty emotional person. i think afterwards, if we can secure that grand slam, i think there will be some celebrations all over wales. if this is his tenth and final six nations as wales coach. he will help to finish in the way it

later today, really strengthening the winds, particulary across england and wales. i will have all the details on that later on. it is sunday 3 march. our top story: the husband of shamima begum, the teenager from east london who travelled to syria to join the so—called islamic state group, has told the bbc he wants to take her and their newborn son to live in his native netherlands. yago riedijk fought for is and is currently in kurdish custody in north—eastern syria. he has been speaking exclusively to our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. shamima moved over when she was 15. you met in raqqa. she was at the women's centre in raqqa. you married her when she was 15 years old. that's correct. how, in any way, is that acceptable? you were, what, 23? ithink so, yeah, i remember. and you thought that was ok? to be honest, when my friend came and he said he had a — there was a girl who was interested in marriage, i wasn't really interested , because of her age. but i accepted the offer anyways. and we sat down, and she seemed... like a — how do you say it? she seeme

doing the best i can. there are nearly 22,000 fewer officers across england and wales, mainly fewer police stop and community support officers, and we are struggling with the demand we have but we are beyond breaking point and we need an intervention. i am reassured that the home secretary appears to get it, but it isn't what he says that matters, it's the prime minister and, if you listen to her words carefully, she again continues to have this contempt for policing and those who deliver it by having to question the response. it's an insult. let's be clear, the prime minister says there was no correlation, and she says, if you look at the figures, it is unclear what those figures are, but she says, look at the figures, there is no correlation between crime and police numbers. what exactly is the difference that would be made if you had more officers on the streets tomorrow? the type of crime we are dealing with is changing, and many people have said that, and i agree and support that, and the way our officers respond to crime is changing pulled at the normal types of crime, and vio

england. it's an fa cup weekend and is there a shock on the cards at swansea? they lead manchester city in their quarterfinal. also coming up in the programme... the new formula one season is under way, and, once again, it's lewis hamilton who's setting the pace. special olympics great britain win theirfirst medals of the games in abu dhabi. hello and welcome to sportsday with us, olly and tanya. wales are celebrating their 4th six nations grand slam. 3 teams could still win the title heading into today's final round of matches, but victory for the welsh was never in doubt as they overpowered last year's grand slam winners, ireland. they only scored one try but won 25 points to 7. captain alun wynjones says they have now "put a big target on their backs" ahead of the world cup later this year. let's cross live to cardiff, john watson's is there. that was quite a performance from wales, wasn't it? what a performance the. what a performance wales knew what they had to do. the island here, and not only with the six nations title, but with the grant slam as well. they dominated ireland thro

return to england following a record—breaking spell with celtic. today the former liverpool manager is back at another of his old clubs. rodgers managed the hornets early in his career. and so far it hasn't been the return to the premier league that rodger‘s would have hoped for because leicester fell behind within just five minutes at vicarage road — troy deeney giving watford the lead. 1—0 after around 15 minutes. two derbies are coming up later. new fulham caretaker manager scott parker will be hoping to inspire his side to an upturn in fortunes against west london neighbours chelsea. fulham are ten points from safety. and after that liverpool have the chance to regain top spot when they take on everton in the merseyside derby. england have given themselves a great chance of winning the shebelieves cup after a thrilling draw against the usa. phil neville‘s side drew 2—2 against the world champions in nashville, to set up a winner—takes—all match against japan on tuesday. the lionesses scored two excellent goals through manchester city pair steph houghton and nikita

scotland, northern ireland and northern england — in the form of showers, some sunshine in between. those showers blowing across on strong northwest or westerly winds. showers will tend to fade as the day wears on and our eyes turn to the southwest, and our next atlantic system arriving for this evening and overnight. the rest of the weekend, it is going to stay windy. it will feel quite cold especially into northern parts of england. some rain and further snow, but also some spells of sunshine. through this evening, cloud and rain pushing its way north and eastwards. much of england and wales, some hill snow across parts of wales, and also snow arriving later in the night across parts of northern ireland in western scotland. ahead, clear skies. it will be a cold and frosty night across much of scotland, down into northern england and maybe into the north midlands as well. we have got cloud and rain — it will be somewhat milder temperatures here staying well above freezing. through tomorrow morning, a band of rain starts to slowly clearly eastwards. meanwhile what is happening further w

national chair of the police federation in england and wales. and we'll be taking a first look at tomorrow morning's front pages at 22.40 and 23.30 this evening in the papers — my guests joining me tonight are the political strategist, jo tanner and the economics commentator at the new statesman, grace blakeley. that's all ahead on bbc news. now it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'mjohn watson. as the title race hots up — are liverpool feeling the heat? we don't play playstation. do you think we didn't take enough risks today? is that what you want to ask? that's a really disappointing question, i have to say. why the fans in spain are no longer warming to wales‘s gareth bale. and england outclass india in their opening t20. also coming up in the programme: critics of trans inclusion in women's sport are told to study the science before passing comment. good evening. seven points stood between liverpool and title rivals manchester city two months ago. now it's the champions city who are in front in the title race. the lead might only be a point but liverpool

sanitary products will be offered to every female hospital patient in england who needs them — from this summer. nhs officials say women and girls will be able to ask for the products free of charge. the british medical association had argued it was inconsistent for some hospitals to give out razors and shaving foam, but not offer women sanitary products. andy moore reports. a study last month by the doctors' union, the british medical association, found that many nhs trusts were handing out free razors and shaving foam, but not sanitary products. at present, some trusts in england provide them, others don't. in some hospitals, sanitary products aren't even available in their shops. the new policy will make the products free of charge in all hospitals in england from the summer onwards. the chief executive of the nhs in england, simon stevens, said it was absolutely right that everyone had access to the essentials of daily life during their time in hospital. the move has been welcomed by campaigners against period poverty. it's positive to see what is intended to be happening, but w

today is the foundation of the saltpeter industries in both england and in france. in england, henry viii begins to assume that right when he authorizes his first diggers to go out and begin digging up people's homes. but in the english experience there will be great resistance. the actions of diggers are one of the items that's cited in the great remonstrance of parliament during the revolution. there is a vast amount of unhappiness with digging up people's homes to make your gunpowder. who knew? there's one other place you can find it that no one knows and that is caves. saltpeter will form in caves mainly through the contact of bat guano or bird droppings with the limestone that makes up most caves around the world. that will form a compound known as calcium nitrate. if it is mixed with wood ash or pot ash, it forms potato tassium -- potassium nitrate the magic , salt we're looking for. but the problem is there's only so many caves around the world. you know what would be great? if we could make our own artificial cave conditions. so we're going to see people start doing that, pre

champions league place. tottenham have had a goal disallowed for offside. england's women take on the world number one team, the usa, in the shebelieves cup, live on bbc 2 tonight. england could win the tournament with victory if other results go their way. in the home of country to take on the host country, england hope they can provide the same track to success can provide the same track to success and in a world cup year finding your rhythm is everything. the headline act on wednesday was beth mead, her wonder goal win against brazil. it means england are now in touching distance of silverware. if they beat the usa and japan draw in brazil, there will be cram, she believes, champions, something well within their grasp according to one of england's most experienced players. the big games i what we look forward to and we want to play the big games because we know we have a chance of winning them and we can compete and play against these teams. standing in their way are formidable opponents, their way are formidable opponents, the team everybody wants to replicate, and aside for t

england and wales after some areas had a months worth of rain injust21i hours. also in the next hour, investigating the effects of climate change. we join scientists in the arctic, where increasing rainfall is creating new problems for wildlife. and the click team visit japan to see how the country is using technology to help prepare for next year's olympics. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new zealand's prime minister says her office received a document containing far—right views minutes before the shootings that killed 50 people in two mosques in christchurch on friday. at a press conference, jacinda ardern also said it will be several days before the bodies of all those killed are returned to their families. from christchurch, rupert wingfield—hayes sent us this report. in christchurch on sunday morning, the outpouring of grief and solidarity has continued unabated. close to the mosque where the first attack took place on friday, the flower tributes continue to grow. many people overcome with emotion. in wellington, prime ministerjacinda ardern made her own emotional t

, real madrid, are dumped out of the champions league by ajax. brilliant, though, from england's women. they win the she believes cup in the us, as they hit form in a world cup year. you don't get many moments in your life when you get your hands on the trophy. it is my first as a manager. it is the first for some of these younger players. and we are going to enjoy it tonight. it isa it is a windy and wet start for many of you. while we could hit 15 degrees for many, there is cold air on the horizon. i will have all of the details here on breakfast. good morning. it's wednesday, march 6th. our top story: the home secretary, sajid javid, will today meet with police chiefs from seven forces most affected by violent crime. he's facing calls to treat rising knife crime as a national emergency. last night, a teenager was charged with the murder of 17—year—old yousef makki in greater manchester, and a man was arrested in connection with friday's murder of 17—year—old jodie chesney in east london. our reporterjon donnison is outside the home office, where today's meeting will take pla

temperatures around some of the east coast in scotland and england. 10 degrees in norwich, 13 in london and cardiff, not as warm as on sunday but still not bad in the sunshine and out of the breeze. 0n in the sunshine and out of the breeze. on monday night, we keep the clear skies are so temporary is again falling away pretty sharply. another cold night, cold enough for some patches of frost developing in the coldest areas where we keep the clearest skies longest. 0n the coldest areas where we keep the clearest skies longest. on tuesday, we still have the area of high pressure maintaining the dry weather for most of the uk but we have this week atlantic front brushing the far north of scotland and that will continue to bring some thicker cloud here with the threat of a bit of rain at times for the western isles, highlands and also across the northern isles. away from that, after a sunny start again, the tendency for the weather to turn a bit cloudier but still a lot of fine and dry weather around on tuesday. temperatures between 13 in aberdeen and 1a or15 temperatures between 13

, a touch of frost possible in parts of northern england, scotland and northern ireland, still cloud through parts of southern england and towards the south coast in particular, it may hold on through the day and where you have that, don't be surprised if there is a little light rain and drizzle. elsewhere across england and wales, high cloud. any sun is going to be quite hazy. sunny skies in northern ireland and scotland though cloud producing a few showers here and there, and they are very blustery showers in scotland. these are average speeds — gusts are higher, the northern isles could be gusting between 60 and 70 miles per hour initially before the wind eases later, and showers moving into scotland are going to be wintry on the hills. temperatures mostly at around 9— 12 degrees. saturday evening and night, further showers coming into scotland. that means a bit more snow to the higher ground. that may be the far north of england. still some cloud into parts of england and wales. maybe a little drizzle but where you are clear, hints of a touch of blue on the chart, you just ge

like, we'll bring you new research revealing what voters think now. also tonight... england players speak out after uefa lays disciplinary charges against montenegro for racist abuse at last night's match. i think the punishment should be, whatever nation it is that your fans are chanting racist abuse, i think it should be the whole stadium, that no—one can come and watch here. jack shepherd, convicted of manslaughter for killing charlotte brown in a speedboat crash on the river thames, is to be extradited from georgia. bluebells, swifts, robins — how the loss of pollinating insects threaten the traditional sights and sounds of our countryside. and the paintings which inspired vincent van gogh to produce some his most famous works — now on show in a new exhibition. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: walking away from the octagon — conor mcgregor says he won't fight again, but he's retired before. good evening. theresa may has been consulting her cabinet after the house of commons seized control of this phase of the brexit process in last night's dramat

draw level with england in the one day series? and, the "ultimate challenge" for england — they prepare to take on the world champions usa at the she believes cup. hello and welcome to sportsday. we'll we' ll start we'll start with all of the primarily action. —— premier league action. the premier league top spot has changed hands yet again this afternoon — manchester city back out in front, after they beat bournemouth 1—0. bournemouth held city off in the first half — but riyad mahrez scored at the start of the second. so city keep up the pressure on liverpool — but they lost kevin de bruyne and john stones to injury. de bruyne a particular problem as the season reaches a climax — pep guardiola has said he'll be out for a while again — but he was pleased with the performance. that was one of our best performances we have played. they are incredible. we defended so well. we created enough chances. we did incredible. every movement with one sense, i'm so delighted. i just want to say thank you to the players because they are absolutely incredible. it is difficult.

accept her deal than risk not leaving the european union. uefa have moved quickly after england players were racially abused in montenegro. jack shepherd will be extradited back to the uk from georgia. six teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of ransacking a mosque in newcastle, were copies of the koran we re newcastle, were copies of the koran were ripped up and windows smashed. coming up this evening on bbc news, at seven o'clock, it is beyond 100 days, where we speak to a criminal defence attorney in the wake of prosecutors dropping all charges against american actorjason smollett —— jussie smollett. and then we will be explaining how tomorrowin parliament will work, what happens now that mps have taken control of the house of commons business. and later on, we will bring you a look at tomorrow's front pages in a the papers, with the brexit editor of the telegraph and a political commentator. all head on bbc news, but first, it's sportsday. hello, i'm 0lly foster. this is what's coming up on sportsday tonight. uefa have moved quickly after england players were racial

those showers easing away. still a few showers southwest of england and wales, some rain and hail snow for northern ireland in southwest scotland. at clear skies and lighter winds else to a touch of frost likely on tuesday morning. tuesday starts off quiet, but here's the next area of low pressure, bringing increasingly wet and windy weather later in the day. much of england and wales should keep dry and bright weather before more rain and bright weather before more rain and heads into the southwest later on. for the north, and heads into the southwest later on. forthe north, hillsnow and heads into the southwest later on. for the north, hill snow will cause some problems across central parts of scotland, mostly falling as rain. some sunshine for the far north of mainland scotland. sunny spells for northern ireland, the scottish borders towards northern england, a few showers. eastern england, a few showers. eastern england is mild and sunny, i3 celsius in london. the rain pushes across wales and the south of england. wednesday, that rain works its way northern and dashed northwar

england but it is this little fella out in the atla ntic is this little fella out in the atlantic as it bumps into cold air tomorrow morning that could cause some issues. for the time being, now, we have one oi’ some issues. for the time being, now, we have one or two wintry showers up into the far north. more significant rain moving its way into wales, central and southern england. and that will be the story as we move through the night tonight. so by dawn tomorrow morning it will be sitting across northern england. it sweeps off into the north sea quite quickly but the next front pushes in and bumps into that colder air. and thatis and bumps into that colder air. and that is where we could see the potential for some that is where we could see the potentialfor some rain, some sleet and some snow. we could have some accumulations of about 5— six centimetres to higher ground across scotland. some slushy deposits to lower levels. gusts of wind, 45—50 mph in scotland. wintry showers continuing to northern ireland and northern england but across eastern england, despite it being

, but england and wales having the best of the day's sunshine. through the afternoon, you will notice the breeze. down the north sea, a northerly and we will keep these eastern coasts of scotla nd keep these eastern coasts of scotland and england feeling a little cooler and fresher, io degrees in norwich, nothing particularly special for this time of year. a few isolated showers for western scotland and northern ireland, but for the vast majority a dry day and it will stay dry overnight. indeed, the cloud across the north west. thing getting too cold through the night, temperatures down to five or six, whereas england and wales underneath those clear skies. a cold night with a few patches of frost. for some, chilly start to the day on tuesday. high pressure still firmly in charge, yes, but this atlantic front will be just pestering the very far north of scotland, bringing some thick cloud and the threat of a bit of rain which will chiefly fall across the western isles and the northern isles of scotland. away from the far north after a sunny and chilly start, some cloud bubbling up but

enjoy this one and look forward to next week, coming up. england score eight tries against italy at twickenham to keep their title hopes alive. and looking good for england's woman, too. they went one further — scoring nine tries to all but reclaim the six nations title with a crushing victory over italy. also coming up in the programme... raheem sterling's hat trick gives manchester city a comfortable win over watford to extend their lead at the top of the table. and a crucial comeback sees southampton stun spurs to move out of the relegation zone. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in edinburgh where wales have edged even closer to the grand slam after beating scotland by seven points this afternoon. warren gatland's side were given a bit of a scare by the home side before emerging 18—11 winners at murrayfield — stretching their record winning run to 13. our correspondent joe wilson was there. in edinburgh's scenic centre, spring's delicate colours unfold. wales. everywhere was wales. at murrayfield, watch josh wales. everywhere was wales. at murrayfield, watchjosh

, england and wales, as we go through the night, clearing through further west so it will become drierfor a time in northern ireland and it's a relatively mild night, temperatures between 4—9dc. as far as the weekend is concerned we have a couple of areas of low pressure moving in, both bringing spells of wet and windy weather. there will be some rain at times and gales or even severe gales as well. the first of these low pressure systems come in during saturday forced up although for many as it should be a dry start to the day, it will turn wet and windy particularly across the north—west of the country. a little bit of sunshine around across scotland, england and wales. northern ireland will fairly quickly cloud over with outbreaks of rain, and as the rain continues to push eastwards it will be driven in by increasingly strong winds. the winds could reach around 55—65 miles per hour, maybe even 70 around the most exposed locations in scotland but late into the day and into the first part of the night. into the second half of the weekend, this is storm freya. it's one of t

, where he heads the marketing commission. england and australia will wear names and numbers on their shirts for the ashes in the biggest change to kits in test cricket for 142 years. the icc thinks making players more easily identifiable will help more people engage with the test game, and the series in england will be the first of the new test cricket championship. while names and numbers have been used in the limited overs format for some time, test match whites have remained relatively unchanged. cricket commentator alison mitchell can give us more details. we might see a little bit of colour introduced as well into those numbers. i do think that is something that we might see, perhaps it might be that england say do you know what, we can go darkly will navy with our number on our back. perhaps south africa might go green, the west indies might go maroon. that is an additional thing that we might see that there will be regulation around those numbers, the numbers will only be allowed to be double figures, so two numbers only, it will have to be below the shirt. they will not