hello from the bbc sport centre. the former brazil and barcelona defender dani alves has been sentenced to four and half years in prison after being found guilty of rape by a spanish court. the 40—year—old, who won six league titles with barca, had been in detention since january of last year. he denied sexually assaulting a woman in a nightclub on new year's eve in 2022. alves, who must also pay his victim 150,000 euros in compensation, has the right to appeal against his sentence. the spanish football broadcaster semra hunter spoke to us earlier after the sentence was passed. so far, the reaction isjust i think everyone coming to terms with what has happened, because of course the

news has just been announced. i think a lot of people are not very surprised, when the news broke a year ago that this was happening and that he was taken to jail, and that there was sufficient evidence to believe that this would at least go to trial, a lot of people in the football world, especially in barcelona, where he is regarded as a huge legend, they really went quiet, nobody defended him, and i think in that since everyone had a very bad feeling as to what the eventual outcome would be. it will be interesting to see what the wider reaction is a cross here in spain, because there is a lot of debate going on around this law around consent, and perhaps people feel that this has been a case in which justice has properly been served. inter miami are off to a winning start in the new mls season. he was heavily involved in both their goals against real salt lake they led 1—0 at the break and the argentinian linked up with luis suarez, anotherformer barca player , who was making his debut to set up diego gomez,

the mls favourites winning 2—0. this year's london marathon will have equal prize money for wheelchair and non—disabled athletes, all winners in the elite races will now take home $55,000. eight—time winner david weir, who will be taking part in his 25th london marathon in a row in april, spoke to be about the significance of having equal pay. the london marathon is where my heart is, it is where i started, and it was the first race i saw on tv in the 1980s, it was the first race i saw on tv in the 19805, it it was the first race i saw on tv in the 1980s, it inspired me to get into this fantastic sport. but, you know, at an early age you knew that it wasn't a level playing field between able—bodied and disabled athletics, and now this is a step forward in the right direction, i'm just so proud that it is london marathon that has taken this step.

england have named 0llie robinson and shoaib bashir in their side for the fourth test against india in ranchi. the tourists have once again picked two seamers, with robinson coming in for mark wood, while off—spinner bashir is recalled for leg—spinner rehan ahmed. india lead 2—i, meaning england must avoid defeat to keep the series alive. do you like to look at the pitch two days out and one day out, you want to give yourself some identification of what will give you the best chance, and looking at that, i think there will be assistance for the spin. we give our opinion, but it doesn't mean we are going on with too many preconceived ideas, it could be as flat as a pancake, who knows? if it is, we will adapt to

that. ., , ., ., �* �* that. lots more on the bbc sport website or— that. lots more on the bbc sport website or app. _ that. lots more on the bbc sport website or app, but _ that. lots more on the bbc sport website or app, but now - that. lots more on the bbc sport website or app, but now back- that. lots more on the bbc sport website or app, but now back to l website or app, but now back to london. some breaking news, significant news in the uk to do with the ongoing post office scandal which you may well have been a cross. this detail coming to us, hundreds of people who were wrongly convicted in the post office scandal are set to have their 0ffice scandal are set to have their names cleared after the government set out plans for new legislation. the government expects the new law will come into effect by the end of july, so hundreds of people wrongly convicted in the post office scandal is set to have their names cleared now as the government will set out plans for new legislation, and they expect the new law to come into effect by the end ofjuly. you may remember the scandal, between 1990 in 2015, more than 900

sub—postmasters were wrongly prosecuted, this is all after a faulty it system made it look like cash was missing from post offices, when in fact it wasn't, it was a mistake with the software. so there were hundreds of prosecutions of sub—postmasters and sub—postmistresses, incorrectly, and there has been a year after year after year battle for justice for those people involved to clear their names. now, there was a tv drama recently that brought yet more momentum behind the campaign for justice from the victims, and now we are hearing that hundreds of people who were wrongly convicted under the post office scandal are set to have their names cleared as the government sets out plans for legislation, thinking it will come into effect by the end ofjuly this year. that will be the key date for those impacted. its been two years since the start of russia's invasion of ukraine, with its devastating

toll on civilians. the un has documented over 10,000 civilians killed, including 523 children. but the real number is believed to be much higher. last october, the small village of hraza in the eastern kharkiv region lost over a fifth of its population in a single russian missile strike. months on, many children orphaned by the attack are struggling to cope in the shadow of the frontline which is drawing nearer. zhanna bezpiatchukfrom bbc ukrainian visited hraza, known as the village of 0rphans. a cemetery for the victims of a single russian airstrike. 59 were killed here, all civilians. valentina lost most of her family that day. her husband, anatoly, her daughter, herson, and the youngest victim, her eight—year—old grandson, ivan. her other grandson, vlad, survived, becoming an orphan at the age of 1a. he is now in the west of ukraine for safety. a video call replaces a hug.

this is what the war has done to them. translation: the more time passes, the worse i feel. - i feel very scared when i realise my family were killed. almost no—one survived. it's devastatingly hard. the missile landed here last october. people had gathered to commemorate a local man killed in the war. moments later, they themselves became a target. russia denies targeting civilians. four months on, every family in hroza is still grieving. valeri lost four family members to the strike, including his daughter, a mother of four. translation: my daughter | was conscious when she died. her last words were, "how i want to live." a pensioner before the war, valeri's now working two jobs to provide

for his daughter's orphans. translation: as long as you are alive, you should have hope. - myjob is to guide my grandchildren in the right direction. hope is in short supply. not far from the village, it looks like this. the nearby city of kharkiv, ukraine's second largest, is hit daily, with civilians killed and injured. heavy snow covers the village overnight, and many here fear the war will soon get even closer. there is an emptiness which is not natural. from time to time, it's broken by explosions on the nearby front line. the future here is uncertain, but the unbreakable bond of family is clearfor all to see. the war continues, making it hard for valentina to recover from her loss. living alone, she,

like so many ukrainians, continues to carry her pain. hraza village in the north east of ukraine. zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, hraza village in the north east of ukraine. scientists have worked out how some of the largest whales in the ocean produce their haunting and complex songs. humpbacks and other whales have evolved a specialised voice box that enables them to sing underwater. lets take a listen. whale song the discovery, published in the journal nature, has also revealed why the noise we make in the ocean is so disruptive for these ocean giants. whale song is restricted to a narrow frequency that overlaps with the noise produced by ships. let's hear from the person who led this study, professor coen elemans from the department of biology at the university of denmark.

what we learn is that the larynx or the voice box is functional and that was not clear up to now. also that they have evolved adaptations to still make sound underwater while they have to hold their breath and it is not very trivial. let's have another listen now because everyone will want some more whale song no doubt. whale song so they are amazing sounds. just talk to us about the influence of humans and human activity interrupting those songs. we found out that these animals have evolved to communicate and we cannot express how important sound is for them and they live in water where you cannot see far, so sound as the communication for them over long distances so we found

that they made sound in a certain range and also in—depth. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. 0ur weather is turning a lot colder, and it's all down to a change in the wind direction. we've had these mild south—westerly winds for ages, but they're moving out to the way to be replaced by these colder north—westerly winds. and they are really dropping the temperatures in a big way. yesterday we had a top temperature of 15 degrees celsius, whereas this afternoon we're looking at temperatures being around eight degrees celsius lower. and as a cold front pushes its way eastwards, this band of rain, we have seen temperatures drop by five degrees celsius in the space ofjust one hour. the wettest weather across southern england through the afternoon, a risk of some further

localised flooding. quite windy gusts around 30—40mph. but in the channel islands, windier than that, 60—70mph gusts here for a time. scotland and northern ireland, meanwhile, having a day of sunshine and showers. the showers coming through with snow in them above a00m elevation in the scottish mountains. you will notice a bit of snow on the scottish tops of the mountains here. a colder feeling day then, and as we go through this evening and overnight, we are looking at further showers piling in particularly frequently across western areas of the uk. it's a frost—free night for most areas because the winds will stay up. but where the winds do fall light, you could just see a few patches of frost developing in one or two areas. a cold start, then, to the day on friday. certainly a lot colder than it has been for a number of mornings. it should be bright enough, though, plenty of sunshine around. showers from the word go across western areas and the showers develop elsewhere as the day goes by. again, some snow across the hills of northern england, northern ireland, scotland, but quite high up, above a00m metres elevation.

now for saturday, it looks like we could see some rain skirting into southern most areas of england, maybe one or two mist and fog patches around fewer showers. the air is slightly less cold. snow really pushing up to the tops of the scottish mountains. by this stage, temperatures around about eight or nine degrees celsius. so close to average really for the time of year. sunday, we could see the winds pick up again across southern areas of england, maybe a bit of rain skirting into the south coast itself, a few showers for northern ireland. otherwise, a fair bit of dry weather for scotland and a good chunk of england and wales. temperatures still around about average, eight or nine degrees pretty widely. but then we're looking at this unsettled run of weather continuing well into next week with further accumulations of rain. it's already been a very wet month, so we could see some further localised flooding issues.

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