for that. rugby now, and wales are one step closer to a grand slam after beating scotland in the six nations. they won by 18 points to 11 at murrayfield, and nowjust need to beat ireland in cardiff to secure the title. from murrayfield, joe wilson sent this report. in edinburgh's scenic centre, spring's delicate colours unfold. wales, everywhere was wales. at murrayfield, watch josh adams‘ moves out on the wing. ball in his hands, thenjinking and sprinting his way to the line. wales had a fast start. and wales have the first try. scotland's own attacking spirit ran into the welsh defence, fiercely drilled and disciplined. whilst scotland hoped to succeed, while is expected to. ——wales expected to. that's what confidence does to a team. jonathan davies too strong here, and wales led by nine points at half—time. there was only one way scotland could succeed. if they couldn't go through wales, they'd have to go around them. ball slipped inside and then out to the wing. by modern standards, darcy graham's a belly dancer between by modern standards, darcy graham's a ballet dancer

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

are in place across england and wales as heavy rain leaves hunderds of homes without power. and coming up in sportsday in half an hour — reaction as wales beat ireland to win the six nations and complete the grand slam in cardiff hello and welcome to bbc news. an australian man has appeared in court in new zealand charged with murder, after 49 people were killed in shootings at two mosques in the city of christchurch yesterday. 28—year—old brenton tarrant did not enter a plea and has been remanded in custody. the prime minister of new zealand, jacinda ar—durn, has visited survivors of the attacks in hospital. she promised that gun laws will change. our correspondent sent this report. we stand as one. from flower tributes to hand written notes, the messages are clear. new zealand may be struggling to comprehend the tragic events that took place in christchurch, but people are determined to come together to pay their respects. this group of young men among them. one of them knew someone inside one of the mosques. your friend was shot in the leg? yeah, yeah. he went there f

lacklustre showing against minnows san marino. danjames is prince of wales, crowning his first competitive start with a first international goal and victory as they open their euro qualifying campaign. and bath are bossed by the chiefs as exeter extend their lead at the top of the premiership and confirm their play—off place. also ahead... there's a thrilling climax in prospect in the snooker‘s tour championship final in llandudno where ronnie o'sullivan leads neal robertson by 9—8 in the final session. angry scotland supporters booed their team after they toiled to a 2—0 euro qualifiying victory over the world's lowest ranked international side, san marino. it was an insipid scotland performance who were beaten 3—0 by another international minnow kazakhstan last week. joe lynskey reports. of more than of more than 200 football nations, san marino are bottom of the pile, the team officially the worst in the world with scotland's route back to redemption. a match where only goals and lots of them would make amends but it took only three minutes for scotla nd but it too

warm welcome to sportsday. i am live in cardiff. the headlines tonight. wales stand on the cusp of another six nations grand slam — but they must beat ireland here tomorrow. for english sites featured in today's champions league quarterfinal draw. which of those has the favourable draw? i will be like from the cheltenham festival where willie mullins has finally bagged it the big one. more from cheltenham in a moment. reflecting on that champions league job today. here we are reflecting on the weekend. three teams still in the weekend. three teams still in the running to win it. the holders are 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.

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

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

snow for wales. some snow for northern ireland and the western isles of scotland. we will see a faster temperatures get well below freezing, holding to between 3—6 where we have got cloud. the rain pulling away east is due tomorrow morning. we've got snow working his way eastwards across northern ireland, scotland, northern england and as far south as the north midlands and north wales. a couple of centimetres in places. shower in the afternoon, some sunshine elsewhere but a windy day with gusts quite widely between a0 and 50 mph. that'll take the edge of the temperatures. three, four, five celsius across scotland, double figures across central, southern and eastern england. for the rest of the weekend, windy, feeling cold, some rain and snow but also some spells of sunshine. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: the bodies of two climbers who went missing in pakistan have been found — briton tom ballard and italian daniele nardi last made contact two weeks ago. the home secretary, sajid javid, is facing criticism after the death of the baby son of shamima begum — the bri

wales as heavy rain leaves hundreds of homes without power. wales celebrate a third grand slam in 11 years, beating ireland to take the six nations title. and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn stapleton and henry mance. we will go straight to christchurch to hear the latest from sharanjit leyl to hear the latest from sharanjit leyl. a day of mourning and remembrance for many here today in christchurch. iam very i am very close to the al noor mosque, very close to the site of one of the attacks, and people have been gathering here all morning to show their respects, to leave flowers, the memorial has grown to about twice its size since i have been here in the last couple of hours. people coming here to show their rejection of the hate that inspired friday's attack. just a few hours ago, as you said, we learned that the death toll had risen to 50. to show their grief, to show their love, christchurch's people are coming together as they try to comprehend a violent act of terror. some arejust holding comprehend a violent act of terror. s

90% full but after a decision by the new south wales state government to decommission the lakes for water storage, they were drained dry, and this is the result. as australia's drought has worsened, and with nothing in reserve, the darling river is now reduced to a few stretches of stagnating water. in december and january, at the peak of summer, a series of massive so—called fish kills, when more than a million fish died, left the country reeling. this is nothing to do with drought. this is a man—made disaster brought to you by the new south wales government and the federal government, and the murray—darling basin authority. this is the result of draining the menindee lakes twice in four years, and killing the system. these are just two of the many. this is the most disgusting thing i've ever seen in my life. in nearby menindee, population 550, residents are being forced to rely on bottled water and watch the local wildlife disappear. with each new fish kill, local fishermen graeme mccrabb has witnessed the devastation. there was just fish all the way down here in clumps and

the investiture of the prince of wales. in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. in beyond 100 days, we cover the attorney general to attempt to secure a legally binding changes to the brexit deal of theresa may and we have the latest update on the scotla nd we have the latest update on the scotland yard investigation into three small improvised explosive devices sent to transport hubs in london. at 10:a0pm and 11:30pm, the papers, with me, my guest will be daisy mcandrew and kevin schofield, should be good, stay with us for that. now, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'mjohn watson. seeing red — the bitter row that threatens the future of club rugby in wales. it doesn't seem like anything has been thought out properly, it hasn't been thought out properly, it hasn't been relayed properly, the players have been kept in the dark at every stage. tottenham stand on the brink of the champions league quarterfinals. we will have the latest from germany shortly. and will there be a crowning moment for england

. the headlines this evening.... wales beat scotland in the six nations at murrayfield and are one win away from the grand slam. it doesn't come along very often so we are looking forward to it. we'll 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 corresponden

disruption to parts of northern england and north wales. they are the grand slam champions! and wales celebrate a third grand slam in 11 years after they set ireland aside to storm to the six nations title. good evening. the death toll after the mass shootings at two mosques in new zealand has risen to 50. more than 30 people injured in the attacks in christchurch remain in hospital, two in a critical condition. a 28—year—old man has appeared in court charged with murder. brenton tarrant, who's australian, did not enter a plea and has been remanded in custody. throughout the day tributes have been paid to the victims. hywel griffith is in christchurch. we are near the al noor mosque, the scene of one of the shootings and minute by minute more people are coming to lay flowers. as a sign of just how big this crime scene is, in the background you can see police officers coming through the streets, searching for bullet shells. gathering evidence for this case. it isa gathering evidence for this case. it is a case that has brought sorrow to the city, a city struggling with its grief. t

centimetres of snow and a beautiful picture sent in and that was only half the story. england and wales, plenty of sunshine but we had gail forrest gusts of wind and why they had gusts of winds in excess of 60—70 mph gci’oss of winds in excess of 60—70 mph across england and that was strong enough to bring down some trees so plenty of isobars. moved up into the north sea and a trail of wintry showers lingering in the far northwest. they will continue overnight tonight and so a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, the winds will ease down a touch but it will bea will ease down a touch but it will be a blustery night right across the country. with some clear skies elsewhere, it is going to be a cool one as well. noticeable when the temperatures into the low single thing forfigures so temperatures into the low single thing for figures so we could see a touch of light frost as well so a chilly start to monday morning and a blustery start to monday morning but also a sunday —— ask anyone. fools gold is sunshine because it changes from today onwards but if he can make the most of it, do

of wales, much of a good too, just as high 60—70. —— much of england two. this is bbc news the headlines at 10:30. spacex's falcon rocket blasts into space from floridas kennedy space centre, it's on a mission to show nasa it can carry astronauts into space. labour's internal row over anti—semitism has deepened with two of the party's most senior figures clashing over how to handle complaints. reports from the disputed region of kashmir say there's been a new violation of the ceasefire along the line of control between india and pakistan. now time for travel show. this week... i mean this is pretty embarrassing. we'll wait for this. christa scores points with the locals in riga, as she delves into latvia's soviet past. rajan travels to a remote spot in wales to find out about a unique painting project. did you work out how long it would take you? no. and ifinish my breakneckjourney around the great cities of japan, this time in fukuoka. delicious. but first, we send christa to the eastern part of europe, in one of the three baltic countries, latvia, and yes, it's the one in t

—chasing wales on a delicately poised final day? heavy rain, hill snow and strong wind feature in the forecast today. join me forfull details in wind feature in the forecast today. join me for full details in the wind feature in the forecast today. join me forfull details in the next 20 minutes. it's saturday 16th march. our top story. a 28—year—old australian man has appeared in court in christchurch charged with murder, in connection with a mass shooting at two mosques which killed 49 people. this is brenton tarrant coming into court — the pictures are blurred for legal reasons. he did not make a plea during the brief appearance, which was closed to the public because of safety concerns. the shootings were live—streamed on facebook and shared widely on other social media platforms. 39 people are still being treated in hospital including a two—year—old boy. shara njit leyl reports from christchurch. a memorialfor the a memorial for the victims of the shooting. christchurch residents have been bringing flowers and leaving notes here all day. messages of caird. new zealand

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

her brexit deal when it returns to the commons this week. six nations glory for wales. they become the first country to clinch the six nations grand slam four times as victory over ireland gives them the title. better news in the forecast. after today, a story of sunshine and blustery showers. it's sunday 17th march. our top story: 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 theirfamilies. 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 tribute to the city's biggest mosque. but amid all this grief, the

policing and the officers paid to spy on political activists. bbc wales investigates why some had relationships with women, even fathering children with them. for years, women like lisa were spied on by police — sent into their lives to infiltrate every aspect. this was somebody who i was planning my life with. i would never have consented to have a relationship —— sexual relationship with a police officer. and certainly never somebody who was being paid to pass on information about myself and my friends. lisa's group and other protestors from wales were targeted by undercover police. they had a whole back room team of officers making sure that their deceit was successful. nobody stands a chance against that. rosa was also lied to. she even had children with an officer. my partner was played by an actor, through every sexual act that occurred was a paid police officer on duty specifically deceiving me. tonight, those involved tell their full stories on tv for the first time. and they ask if anyone will ever be held accountable for the abuse they suffered. green energy right

rain across england and wales tending to trickle southwards. never really getting away from south—east england, where it could end up being quite a damp day, similar picture too for southern parts of wales. further northwards, at least you get some sunshine, but here again, some blustery showers, northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. it will feel quite cool in the wind, with those temperatures 5—7d across northern areas. and the showers continue to feed in overnight. but at the same time, friday night sees a pulse of heavy rain working northwards into northern ireland, and then across england and wales. we could see a bit of snow for a time over the high ground. and there is potential for multiple hazards around really as we start off the weekend, thanks to this developing, quite nasty area of low pressure. what might catch your eye is the snow. we will see some of that over the higher ground of northern ireland, northern england, and scotland. could see around 10—20 centimetres above 350 metres elevation. but some snow could get down to lower levels for a time.

england and wales. some fog patches too, more especially towards wales and western england, gradually clearing during the morning. and then sunny spells on a fine day. more cloud for northern ireland, across much of scotland as well. and it's breezy with the rain still there for the northern and western isles, parts of the north north—west of the mainland of scotland on through the day. so with the cloud here, temperatures have come down a bit compared to what we had on thursday. for england and wales it'll feel warm in the sunny spells, maybe 18 degrees in south—east england. let's take a look at things through friday night and into saturday morning. remember that weather front is still here, edging very slowly further south through scotland, a little snow to the higher hills. to the south of that it remains dry. and again, especially for parts of england and wales, a few fog patches developing, it will be cold enough for a touch of frost in a few spots as saturday begins. that takes us onto the weekend. there is a weak weather front moving south. barely any wet weather associate

news, still to come. wales watch their rugby team beat scotland to reamain on course for the six nations grand slam. the numbers of dead and wounded to fight billy. this the worst terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times —— defied belief. terrorist atrocity on european soil in modern times —— defied beliefm less and 24—hour is, the soviet union lost in elderly and sick leader and replaced him with a dynamic leader 20 years his junior. we heard gunshots, they came out with fire. we were petrified. james earl ray, aged 41 were sentenced to 99 years, available for parole when he was 90, travelled in an eight car convoy. all, what does it feel like to be married at last? it feels fine, thank you. when it change your life? i don't know, really, as never been married before. —— i have never been married before. —— i have never been married before. —— i have never been married before. this is bbc world news today. the latest headlines. thousands of anti—government protesters have ta ken to the streets in venezuela on a day of rival demonstrations. poli

area in caernarfonshire in wales saw a month‘s worth of rain injust21i hours. and there was disruption across large parts of northern england for much of yesterday, after train lines and roads were flooded. simon clemison reports. the speed, the volume, and there may be more rain to come today. in conway, the pumps are on but they are taking no chances. who would have thought you would need a wheelbarrow to one day protect your home? it‘s a good neighbourhood. everybody comes together in times like this. some parts of wales has seen the equivalent of a months rainfall in the last 2a hours. in north yorkshire, the three peaks challenge proved a challenge and a half. while in west yorkshire, the railway was wet and silent. northern said several routes were suspended yesterday. the problems, as unusual as they come, were caused by a lot of rain falling in a short space of time. while there is likely to be less rain today, showers could hit anywhere and be heavy at times. and there are ice warnings for northern ireland, parts of wales, northern england and some areas of scotla

llanberis in north wales. a bit of rain bearing cloud to the west of the uk, what i want to show you missed this area of cloud way out in the western atlantic. this is going to become storm freya and it's going to become storm freya and it's going to become storm freya and it's going to bring strong winds across the british isles as we go through sunday and into the early hours of monday. through the rest of the afternoon it's quite a quiet weather picture. a lot of dry weather too. some rain working into northern ireland late in the day and that will continue to push its way into scotland, 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 s

tonight to celebrate the wales team's grand slam victory at the weekend. and coming up on bbc news for you, the welsh heroes are celebrated in cardiff this evening. we'll be there for you, live. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. withjust 11 days until the uk is due to leave the european union, the brexit process has been thrown into confusion and disarray after the prime minister was told she can't now bring her brexit deal back before mps for a third vote — unless there've been substantial changes to it. in a twist that took downing street by surprise, the speaker of the house of commons, john bercow, said he was following parliamentary rules which date back centuries. our political editor laura kunessberg is in westminster. the prime minister has tried twice and failed to get her brexit compromise with the eu through parliament. and she was hoping, despite the many challenges to have another go, and make it third time lucky before the end of the month. a john bercow, the speaker, who is in charge around here, stunned this place by, at half past three, saying that she

wales co m es from knife crime across england and wales comes amid something of a row about the link between falling police numbers and the rise in violent crime. there are more than 20,000 fewer police officers than there were in 2010. yesterday we had there were in 2010. yesterday we had the metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick saying of course there was a link between falling numbers and a rise in violent crime. she said anyone could see that. well, not the prime minister, theresa may, who says there is no direct correlation between the two. the home secretary, sajid javid, he has an opinion piece in the daily telegraph this morning. he calls knife crime a disease. he says he has listened to police chiefs‘ concerns about falling numbers, but says that funding for police is at record levels. of course, asi mentioned as we came to you, there have been developments on the stabbings of those two 17 —year—olds. stabbings of those two 17 -year-olds. that's right, greater manchester police have now charged a 17—year—old boy with the murder of yousef makki. a seco

wales and northern england in particular the outlook is much drier and brighter, even today, showers around, rain, hail, sleetand snow, pushing along by this stiff breeze, sunshine in between and it's going to be much drier than it was overall, better conditions this afternoon, showers in the east, blustery winds will add to the wind chill, the winds topping 40—50 gci’oss chill, the winds topping 40—50 across some parts of eastern scotland. the winds will ease, the showers fade, then showers returned to the west later as cloud increases mainly in the coldest part of the night will be early on but elsewhere scotland, england and wales clear skies, a/c, frosty, temperatures may be as low as five or six to start the commute which will be sunnier for many, sunshine turning hissing from the west, showers across england, wales and scotland, the rain coming and going in northern ireland and spreading around irish sea coasts later. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the number of dead after new zealand's two mosque attacks rises to 50, as the country's prime minister sa

police officers in england and wales has fallen from around 140,000 down to 117,000 last year. at the same time, the number of violent crimes causing injury has also gone down, from about one million incidents a year at the beginning of the decade, to around 600,000 in recent years. the figures don't offer compelling evidence that more officers means less crime. murders are up, but attempted murders are down. knife crime is up, but gun crime is down. it's not that straightforward. the prime minister told the cabinet today the government's response to knife crime went beyond the police to what she called a whole government approach. there were hints of extra resources with ministerial meetings being urgently convened. right now, there is an air of crisis. why do you think people carry knives, as a young person yourself? because there might be people after them and for protection... at the crib youth centre in north london, 13—year—old anthony is taking part in a knife crime awareness course. be honest, do you think people can protect themself with a knife? it depends on what situat

heading south east into northern england and wales as tonight wears on. what about the wind gusts? widely 40 to 50 mph but may be 60, 70, 75 mph in exposed areas and temperatures through tonight 6—8d. tomorrow morning, if you start your day in northern england, wales, the south—west, expect really heavy rain, could be localised flooding and strong and gusty winds as the rain band moves into east anglia and the south east. behind that, things brighten up with spells of sunshine, the wind sees a little bit, plenty blustery showers and showers become quite widespread across the far north west with blizzards across high ground in scotla nd blizzards across high ground in scotland as we head towards the end of the day. this area of low pressure during tuesday has been named by the irish weather service storm gareth because of impacts expected in the republic of ireland, but we will feel the impact in the uk to but we will feel the impact in the uktoa but we will feel the impact in the uk to a swathe across northern ireland, northern england, north wales, 60 to 70 to 75 mph during t

spreading gci’oss into the uk first rain spreading across england and wales and parts of northern ireland and southern scotland, and then strengthening winds. there will be strengthening south—westerly winds. these are the gusts we will experience as the day goes on. towards the end of the day for wales, we will see gusts around 70 to 80 mph. and many parts of england and wales will have gusts of 65 mph through the night and into monday morning. there will be some disruption in places. check the situation near you as you head out on monday morning. this is bbc news. the headlines: the 17—year—old girl stabbed to death in a park in east london has been named as jodie chesney — she's the 18th homicide victim in the capital this year. i've got a daughter aged 17. many londoners and people around the country will have children who are young and but for the grace of god, it could be one of our children who lost their lives last night. america's ambassador to the uk urges britain to embrace us farming methods to help secure a post—brexit trade deal, dismissing fears over chlor

hamilton's shadow. nick parrott, bbc news. wales have claimed the six nations after comprensively beating ireland in cardiff. after a perfect campaign, wales boss warren gatland becomes the first coach to win the grand slam three times. meanwhile, the best was yet to come at twickenham where scotland battled back to draw 38—all with england in the calcutta cup. patrick gearey looks back at what really was a super saturday. the slam in the storm. drenched in rain and champagne, wales have conquered all — a third grand slam in 11 years and the man behind it stood quietly beside it. it's not about me, it's about those players. we spoke beforehand about them playing for themselves and their families and this crowd and wales as a whole and to be able to create a bit of history, so they can never take that away from them. wales were expecting something fearsome from the west and it came via the weather, not ireland. it took little more than a minute for the welsh to work out a way through them and listen to the reaction when hadleigh parkes scored. cheering and applause. ireland nev

sunshine for eastern scotland. quite warm here. in the sunshine for england and wales, temperatures 16-18dc england and wales, temperatures 16—18dc widely. overnight tonight, we see that band of cloud drifting slowly southwards. drizzly weather for scotland and into northern ireland. england and wales, dry, colder, some mist and fog, particularly towards the west and it will be quite chilly. temperatures again just below freezing. a chilly start to the weekend, but some sunshine beginning to break through, some areas of mist and fog around as well, particularly for the midlands, the west country earlier in the day. some hailfog in the north west the west country earlier in the day. some hail fog in the north west of england. there is the main band of cloud producing some rain and drizzle. the sunshine is following far northern scotland, some showers here. they could turn wintry during the afternoon. it is cold enough for that. this is the main band of cloud. not much rain on it as it heads into england and north wales. south of that, we should see some sunshine and a lovely day. the

risk never leaving the eu. dozens of flood warnings are in place across england and wales after some areas had a months worth of rain injust21i hours. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's holly. good morning. the new formula i season has got under way in australia, with valterri bottas winning the first grand prix of the season. a distant fifth in the championship and without a victory last year, he overtook his mercedes team—mate lewis hamilton at the start and went on to win the race by more than 20 seconds. hamilton finished ahead of red bull's max verstappen in third and ferrari's sebastian vettel was fourth. i don't know what to say. the start was really good. it was definitely my best race ever. i don't know what happened, ijust my best race ever. i don't know what happened, i just felt so good my best race ever. i don't know what happened, ijust felt so good and everything was under control and the car was so everything was under control and the car was so good today. truly enjoyable. he drove an incredible race and truly deserved it. we have

, following a day of heavy rain. one area in canarvonshire in wales saw half a month's worth of rain injust 24 hours. there was also disruption across large parts of northern england for much of yesterday, after train lines and roads were flooded. simon clemison reports. the speed, the volume, and there may be more rain to come today. in conway, the pumps are on but they are taking no chances. who would have thought you would need a wheelbarrow to one day protect your home? it's a good neighbourhood. everybody comes together in times like this. some parts of wales has seen the equivalent of a months rainfall in the last 24 hours. in north yorkshire, the three peaks challenge proved a challenge and a half. while in west yorkshire, the railway was wet and silent. northern said several routes were suspended yesterday. the problems, as unusual as they come, were caused by a lot of rain falling in a short space of time. while there is likely to be less rain today, showers could hit anywhere and be heavy at times. and there are ice warnings for northern ireland, parts of wales, northern en

in europe tripled. the number of potholes repaired by councils in england and wales rose by more than one fifth last year. the asphalt industry alliance, which carried out the study, found that 1.8 million holes were filled in, compared with 1.5 million in the previous 12 months. but the alliance says that, while council budgets for repairing roads are rising, much of the money has been wasted on superficial patch up has been wasted on superficial patch upjobs, which has been wasted on superficial patch up jobs, which don't last. prince charles and the duchess of cornwall have met the cuban president on the first full day of their trip to the caribbean island. it's the first time members of the royal family have made an official visit to the communist state. the prince and duchess were treated to a dance performance, before meeting the president at the palace of the revolution. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. in the palace of the revolution in havana, a ceremonial welcome. on the left, the president, who is taking cuba into the post—castro era. president migu

ben woodburn got the winning goal for wales tonight in their friendly match against trinidad and tobago at wrexham's racecourse ground. ryan giggs picked a young and experimental team, with gareth bale not even in the squad, and it took until stoppage time for woodburn to score the only goal of the game. wales begin their euro 2020 qualifying campaign against slovakia on sunday. let's take a quick look at some other stories today... liverpool's trent alexander—arnold has withdrawn from the england squad for the euro 2020 qualifiers against the czech republic and montenegro because of a back injury. so far, no player has been called up to replace him, leaving manager gareth southgate with a 22—man squad. celtic left—back kieran tierney will miss scotland's opening euro 2020 qualifier in kazakhstan tomorrow with a hip problem. he was expected to replace captain andrew robertson, who misses the game after having dental surgery. celtic midfielder callum mcgregor will now skipper alex mcleish‘s side. and wales rugby union players are considering moving to non—welsh clubs ami

families and this crowd and wales as a whole. their families and this crowd and that's it. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, olly foster and tanya arnold. hello there, these are our headlines this evening. the champagne is flowing in cardiff as wales win the six nations grand slam. we have worked incredibly hard over the last few years. we have a habit of winning it. just the calcutta cup at stake at twickemnham and what a match, scotland come from 31 points down to level the match against 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

. 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 west is snow arriving into northern ireland, western scotland and down into parts of northern england. we have still got those strong winds as well. a very unsettled start to the day across many western parts of scotland. we could well see a couple of centimetres, even at lower levels. here it will be slightly slushy, but over the tops of the hills up as much as five or six cm. a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across northern england. the rain should be clearing away across much of the midlands,

and a hero's welcome for wales, as fans gather in cardifff to celebrate their six nations grand slam success. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. we start with the ever—expanding mls in america. major league soccer has welcomed its 24th franchise this season with fc cincinnati the newest name to join. they've now played their first ever home match. and our reporter alex gulrajani's been in ohio to find out how the soccer fans of cincinnati played their part in the creation of the side. this pocket of ohio is into football ina big this pocket of ohio is into football in a big way. not american football, soccer, that is. a revolution that started in bars and neighbourhoods gci’oss started in bars and neighbourhoods across cincinnati has led to the ultimate, and mls aside. and the fa ns were ultimate, and mls aside. and the fans were crucial to them getting this franchise. it was the driver, you know, really carl and his family and his partners are what really drove all of the opportunity. but if it wasn't for what is going on in this estate, fc cincinnati would not

remote spot in wales to find out about a unique painting project. did you work out how long it would take you? no. and ifinish my breakneckjourney around the great cities of japan, this time in fukuoka. delicious. but first, we send christa to the eastern part of europe, in one of the three baltic countries, latvia, and yes, it's the one in the middle. winter in latvia's capital city, riga, is nojoke, but snow and freezing temperatures don't deter tourists from visiting its old town, and there's a good reason for this. looking around, it's no wonder that riga was awarded world heritage status by unesco. you can read europe's past on its walls. latvians have just marked the centenary of the first latvian republic. it's such a key part of their history that the celebrations will last over five years, and it all revolves around the city's landmark, the freedom monument. this monument stands in the centre of riga and it's become a symbol of this country's fight for liberty. inscribed on the front, "homeland" and "freedom", and these are notjust empty words, in this place, freedom is well

and eu. and in rugby — wales beat scotland at murrayfield and edge towards the six nations title. we'll have full details in sport at five thirty. rescuers have found the bodies of two climbers who had been missing for almost a fortnight on a mountain in pakistan. the british mountaineer tom ballard was climbing the 8000 metre nanga parbat with italian national, daniele nardi, when they lost contact. tom ballard was the son of alison hargreaves, the first woman to climb everest un—aided, but who died soon afterwards on k2. earlier our correspondent sarah campbell told me how the news of the discovery of the bodies came in a tweet from the italian envy stefano pontecorvo. the tweet said, with great sadness i inform that the search for the two climbers is over. the search team have confirmed the silhouettes spotted on mummery at about 5,900 metres are those of daniele and tom, rest in peace. they of course, set out in february the 22nd to climb nanga parbat which is the ninth highest mountain in the world. it's in the pakistan mountain range. they last made contact on february th

three matches tomorrow on what's billed as super saturday. wales go into it in the driving seat and could seal the grand slam for the third time under head coach warren gatland, if they can beat ireland in cardiff. but should the irish spoil the party, that could allow england to steal the title when they face scotland at twickenham. joe lynskey looks ahead to to an exciting afternoon of rugby. among the voices from the valley may be wells choir has its tv connector. —— kiwi conductor. warren gatland has spent 12 years 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. "13 —— 13 match winning streak. one more against ireland would seal this six nations and at the grand slam. pretty emotional afterwards. despite what everyone perceives of me, i am a guy that cries at sad 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 wa

some really strong winds, especially in wales and the south—west of england. it's been another cold night across northern scotland, a touch of frost even by the morning. much milder elsewhere, but very windy, especially in wales and south—west england. but gusty winds will continue with these bands of showers. and we've got the wetter weather getting stuck across scotland and northern ireland, notjust rain, but some snow over the high ground. let us have a closer look at those showers — they are in bands, really, pushing their way across england and wales. some sunshine in between. a bit of warmth, actually, 1a, maybe 15 degrees, south—east england, east anglia, and also lincolnshire. but these showers will be heavy and potentially thundery. and we're much colder as you move into scotland and northern ireland. and north of the central belt, we're going to find that wet weather continuing with some snow over highland and grampian. stays wet in scotland overnight and increasingly back into northern ireland and into northern england too. further south, i think we lose a lot of th

weather. the weather is cheerier across england and wales. glorious outside at the moment. in the north, scotland and northern ireland we are seeing plenty of showers, more than yesterday and they are moving southwards. they will spread into the north of england and reach north wales before the end of the day. still in the best at the sunshine further south. overnight we will keep patchy cloud at times across western areas. that should keep the temperatures falling too far here. with clearer skies further east we will have chilly air by the end of the night. temperatures down one or two degrees in edinburgh and newcastle. a chilly start to monday but gloriously sunny bad thing. more clout in the north a few showers in the north—west of scotland. the eastern coast of england and scotland will be a bit low—power. in 13 degrees, similar to the weather today. that is the forecast. hello. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines... senior conservatives tell theresa may her brexit deal is more likely to pass if she stands down as prime minister. but a former leader says their

and wales to try and tackle rising knife crime. the home secretary sajid javid is making it easierfor officers to intervene where they think serious violence may occur. but critics say it's intrusive and could increase tensions between the police and local communities. our home affairs correspondent, danny shaw reports. another knife off the streets. this 3.5 inch blade was found when a young man was stopped and searched in north london. now police in the seven areas worst affected by knife crime will be able to carry out more searches because the government is relaxing rules brought in when theresa may was home secretary. the whole government agree that the stop—and—search is a vital power. we still of course want it to be targeted and focused and intelligence—led, which it will be. but with these new increased powers, we all agree, including the prime minister, this is exactly what is needed to help fight the rise in serious violence. under the changes, police will be able to search anyone in areas where they believe serious violence may occur. police inspectors can

kinross. for england and wales, plenty of sunshine but we had gale force gusts of winds throughout the day. gusts in excess of 60 to 70 mph across england and wales and that was strong enough to bring down some trees. plenty of isobars and the front that brought the rain, sleet and snow moved into the north sea with a trail of wintry showers lingering in the far north—west. still a mixture of rain, sleet and snow overnight. the winds will ease down a touch but it will be a blustery night right across the country. with clear skies elsewhere, it is going to be cool as well. noticeable wind but temperatures into low, single figures so in a few spots we could see a touch of light frost as well. so it could be a chilly start to monday morning, blustery start to monday morning but also a sunny one. monday is shaping up also a sunny one. monday is shaping up to bea also a sunny one. monday is shaping up to be a lovely day. fools gold perhaps the sunshine because it is all change on tuesday. make the most of it. monday will be breezy but plenty of sunshine. the hides across england and w