emma vardy, in colorado. _ anyway. emma vardy, in colorado, thank - anyway.rado, thank you - anyway. emma vardy, in colorado, thank you for. anyway. emma vardy, in - colorado, thank you forjoining us. let's bring in sumi somakanda live in los angeles. polls still open in california what other major issues of concern for voters as they go to the polls? to concern for voters as they go to the polls?— to the polls? to give you an idea of where _ to the polls? to give you an idea of where we _ to the polls? to give you an idea of where we are - to the polls? to give you an idea of where we are we - to the polls? to give you anj idea of where we are we are to the polls? to give you an i idea of where we are we are at a super tuesday watch party at the university of southern california where students and members of the community are gathering, you can see them behind us watching as results of our expected to come in less than an hour. is probably the most enthusiasm we have seen all day surrounding super tuesday, we spoke to some voters not sure if they were voting

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emma vardy, bbc news, colorado.'s speak to the director at chatham house, the us and americas programme. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. we heard from emma vardy that super tuesday might be slightly predictable and not as superas slightly predictable and not as super as it normally might be? idietitian super as it normally might be? when it comes to that _ super as it normally might be? when it comes to that headline _ super as it normally might be? �*w'iez�*i it comes to that headline news of who the candidates will be for president it is absolutely predictable. i think one thing to watch is how enthusiastic are the voters, do they turn out? when it gets to know them by one of the key predictors of who will win is difficult to anticipate and that is how many people will vote. primary voters tend to be more passionate and more towards the extremes of the party so it is a little hard to read but it tells us something about the enthusiasm or possibly the lack of enthusiasm or possibly the lack of enthusiasm

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. now, how much would you pay for an old piece of floating wood?p from the 1997 film titanic staring leonardo dicaprio and kate winslet. in the movie, it is the panel — part of a door frame, that kept kate's character, rose, alive. ever since the movie, it's prompted much debate about the actual size. the sale was made during an auction of props and costumes owned by restaurant and resort chain planet hollywood. 0ne one very expensive piece of wood. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it's been pretty miserable for the morning rush with driving rain, hill snow across the north and even a dusting of snow in the heavier downpours further south, as well. this is exmoor earlier. so it is slightly windier today as this area of low pressure to the west of us continues to deepen. so, there are more isobars around, particularly in the south and the north, where we'll have gale force winds to accompany this rain and this hill snow. so, a pretty cold day here. after the heavy rain moves away from northern ireland, heavy showers will follow, those heavy sho

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado.atham house us and the americas programme about the predictabilty of super tuesday. when it comes to that headline news, who are the candidates going to be for president, it is absolutely predictable. 0ne for president, it is absolutely predictable. one thing to watch is how enthusiastic are these voters? do they turn out? as we know, when it gets to november, one of the key predictors of who will win is something that is very difficult to anticipate, and that is how many people vote. primary voters tend to be more passionate, more towards the extremes of the party, so it is a little bit hard to read, but still it tells us something about the enthusiasm, or possibly the lack of enthusiasm, or possibly the lack of enthusiasm amongst us voters. but the second thing to watch, that i think fewer people here in the united kingdom are paying attention to, the primary is for seats in the house of representatives and the senate. this is actually where we are going to see some very important ra

emma vardy, bbc news, hollywood.lic services if labour wins the next general election. asked by laura kuenssberg if there would be real—terms cuts to spending by some departments, she said that there would be an "initial injection of cash", but warned about the fiscal situation a labour government would inherit. earlier, i spoke to our political correspondent, peter saull. i think the budget on wednesday from the chancellorjeremy hunt presented a few challenges to the labour party. of course, the big headline was the cap to national insurance by two percentage points, and that's quite an expensive policy, so he came up with various other things to raise the money forthat, including what was previously a labour idea to reform non—dom tax status. labour said they were then going to raise the many through that to spend on other things. the obvious question to rachel reeves and laura put it to her repeatedly today was, how are you going to raise the money that you are going to potentially then use to spend on other thing

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico.s weather is looking dry for the bulk of the country. cloud will vary a lot though, from place to place. we have seen some mist and low cloud loiter across parts of the midlands, like here in shropshire. the best of the sunshine generally today is once again across western areas, although there are a few breaks in the cloud across the south, as well. sunny skies, then, across parts of highlands of scotland today. a lovely picture from the nairn area sent by weatherwatcher rothesay. thanks for that. there's a vanishingly small chance of catching a shower today across parts of england, and wales, for the vast majority of the country, just stays dry. keeping a lot of cloud, though, across eastern areas of scotland, eastern areas of england, with still some mist patches loitering throughout the afternoon in to parts of coastal aberdeenshire. overnight tonight that feed of cloud will continue to affect the north sea coast of england and scotland, probably a few clearer spells for a time acr

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. time for a look at the weather. here's stav da naos. thank you.a while but it will feel colder because we will be drawing in a strong easterly wind that will take the edge of the temperatures. cloud into eastern parts of the country and eastern scotland, may be the odd spot of rain. most places dry with clear spells but because of the win, no problems with frost or fog. some colder air running around this area of high pressure, drawn in across the uk and a very strong easterly breeze. a lot more sunshine around for england, wales, northern ireland, western scotland. when you factor in the win, it will feel quite cold, 30, a0 mph gusts, particularly strong along coasts. six to 10 degrees will be the high, factor in the wind, it will feel colder. at least we have the sunshine to compensate. saturday we see this area of low pressure pushing on across the south. for saturday it doesn't look too bad, a few showers across england and wales, but quite a lot of sunshine for england and wales and into was western scotland, rather dull and cloudy for easter

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado.slie vinjamuri is director at chatham house us and the americas programme about the predictabilty of super tuesday, this time around. when it comes to that headline news of who the candidates will be for president it is absolutely predictable. i think one thing to watch is how enthusiastic are the voters, do they turn out? when it gets to know them by one of the key predictors of who will win is difficult to anticipate and that is how many people will vote. —— when it gets to november, one of the key predictors. primary voters tend to be more passionate and more towards the extremes of the party so it is a little hard to read but it tells us something about the enthusiasm or possibly the lack of enthusiasm amongst us voters. the second thing to watch that i think fewer people here in the united kingdom are paying attention to are the primary is for seats in the house of representatives and the senate. this is where we will see some very important races and results, those primaries will

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado.'s speak to dr lauren wright, lecturer in politics and public affairs at princeton university. we might not be looking for surprises, but what will you be looking out for during the events today? looking out for during the events toda ? �* ., ., ~' looking out for during the events toda ? �* ., ., ~ ., ., today? one thing i'm looking out for is whether nikki _ today? one thing i'm looking out for is whether nikki haley _ today? one thing i'm looking out for is whether nikki haley can _ today? one thing i'm looking out for is whether nikki haley can win - today? one thing i'm looking out for is whether nikki haley can win any i is whether nikki haley can win any states, let alone the four or five at she needs to have some sort of sway on the convention floor. if she wins five states, she can have speakers, she can advocate for certain things. i don't know, frankly, what she would do with that power, but it is quite a bit of sway and i think she is waiting in the wings to see if donald t

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles.rsy. but he has caused some upset in north korea. and it's all because of a pair of trousers he chose to wear more than a decade ago. graham satchell explains. this is alan titchmarsh as you've never quite seen him before, on north korean state tv. look at his jeans — they have been blurred, censored, by the north korean authorities. it has taken me to the age of 7a to be regarded in the same way as elvis presley, tom jones, rod stewart and co. so, secretly, very bemused, but really rather chuffed with it, really. alan's jeans haven't been blurred because they are erotic, but because north korea views ofjeans as a symbol of american imperialism. i am not really a dangerous, subversive imperialist, i am just a gardener who likes going out and beautifying the landscape, wherever i can beautify that landscape. i'm happy if it's in places where other beautifiers don't get. quite what viewers in north korea make of watching alan titchmarsh gardening in blurred jeans is not clear, but they c

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado.on this and go to nomia iqbal, our washington correspondent. as we were hearing, pretty much a foregone conclusion, this super tuesday. what's your reading of where we are in the race for the white house now? you reading of where we are in the race for the white house now?- for the white house now? you are riaht, for the white house now? you are right. ben. — for the white house now? you are right, ben. super— for the white house now? you are right, ben. super tuesday - for the white house now? you are right, ben. super tuesday is - for the white house now? you are| right, ben. super tuesday is super because it has the potential to shape the outcome of the race and has the potential to establish front runners. president biden, when he was the candidate in 2020 actually turned it around on super tuesday back then. of course there is no pressure on him this time around, we know he will win the democratic primary is. as for his opponent donald trump, it is pretty much a foregone conclusio

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico.ast nigeria by suspected boko haram fighters in the borno state. it is not yet clear how many people are missing, or exactly when they were taken. some local media reports say more than 300 people were abducted, most of them women and girls, but this has not been independently confirmed. over the past 15 years, islamist insurgents have carried out frequent attacks and mass abductions in north—east nigeria, displacing two million people. 0ur news oui’ news correspondence 0ur news correspondence sent this latest. what is emerging now from the statements issued by the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs in nigeria, is at least 200 internally displaced people, living in a camp may have been abducted. according to the statement, these id peas had gone out of their camps, in search of firewood, they wanted to sell this word in otherfor firewood, they wanted to sell this word in other for whatever food was given by the government in order to survive. 0f given by

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado.s covered by taxpayers. michelle donelan — the secretary of state for science, innovation and technology retracted her comments — saying there was "no evidence" that professor kate sang was a hamas supporter. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticasjoins us now from westminster. and explored in a series of events, a cabinet minister having to retract and pay damages to a senior scientist who had been appointed to a board which the minister was in the area the minister was responsible for. in here retraction, michelle donelan has said that she had published a letter that she had written to research england, quoting a tweet from professor kate sang, which appear to her to express disagreement with the government crackdown on support for hamas in the uk. she said she had thought that had suggested that professor kate sang expressed sympathy and support for hamas. she has had to withdraw that. she had been misled by a press release she had seen that had not quoted the full article. s

our correspondent emma vardy has the latest from hollywood another year at the oscars!competition is as tough as ever. we're in a race against the nazis. if you thought a dense three—hour biographical might struggle with audiences, you'd have been wrong. oppenheimer, about the creator of the atomic bomb, was a huge box office. now cillian murphy is up for best actor... we'll remember this day! ..christopher nolan for best director and it's the favourite to win the oscar for best picture. but in the battle of the big—name directors, it'll be competing against killers of the flower moon, by martin scorsese, who's now the most nominated movie director alive. flows freely here now. the oscars is the most extravagant night of awards season, so there's lots of preparation work going on here right now to make sure everything is perfect for the night. as for this famous red carpet, well, most of it, it's all covered in plastic right now to make sure not too many people get their grubby feet on it before the celebs arrive. hey, barbie. but unlike in barbie world, perhaps girls d

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. agreement to buy virgin money in a deal worth £2.9 billion. it would create one of the uk's largest mortgage and savings groups. nationwide said it would not make any material changes to virgin money's 7,300 employees in the near term, phasing out the brand over six years. the post office is not fit to run any compensation schemes for victims of the horizon scandal and should be removed, mps have warned. the business and trade committee said in a report it is a disgrace so little has been paid to ex—subpostmasters. it added that the post office's leadership is in disarray, after its chairman was sacked and it emerged its chief executive is being investigated. now, 15 years ago, clare wood was murdered in her home by her ex—boyfriend, george appleton. clare had ended their relationship after it became coercive, and she made a statement to the police, but she was never told appleton had a history of violence. well, in 2014, clare's law was introduced, allowing people to ask the police a

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again.se mist and fog patches at that. but in the next few days it won't be such an issue because it's turning windier. we will also see the sunniest conditions in the west, but it's going to be fairly cloudy at times with some scattered showers. high pressure is still anchored across scandinavia, effectively keeping weather fronts at bay in the atlantic. so what we have today is still quite a lot of cloud, especially in eastern and central areas, producing some drizzle in eastern scotland, showers developing across the south—east, the midlands, central southern england, and also wales. and a blustery day with temperatures 7 to about 11 or 12 degrees. heading on into the evening and overnight period, once again we hang onto all this cloud. the showers will push that bit further north. they could be wintry above 400 metres or so in scotland. there will be some clear skies but it's still going to be windy, so we are not anticipating those issues with mist or fog, and temperatures falling away

our west coast correspondent emma vardy reports from los angeles.abc news special report. this is an abc news special re ort. . , , this is an abc news special re ort, . , , ., this is an abc news special reort. . ,, . report. princess catherine has now revealed _ report. princess catherine has now revealed her _ report. princess catherine has now revealed her personal- now revealed her personal health _ now revealed her personal health battle and why she kept it secret — health battle and why she kept it secret. �* , ., ., it secret. after days of global speculation. _ it secret. after days of global speculation, kate's _ it secret. after days of global speculation, kate's diagnosis j speculation, kate's diagnosis became breaking news around the world. ~ ., became breaking news around the world. ~ . , . became breaking news around the world. ~ . ' . , world. what effect will this have on the _ world. what effect will this have on the royal - world. what effect will this have on the royal family, | have on the royal family, especially at a time when

emma vardy, bbc news, hollywood. earlier, i spoke to film critic siobhan synnot ?re are 13 nominations for oppenheimer and the record is 11 so there is talk about whether it will be a record—breaking night. there is a great article on our website on the bbc which talks through all of what you can expect, the different processes to go through the big categories to look out for. yes, take it, take a look on the bbc website. owners of cars are being urged to be vigilant after are being urged to be vigilant after a rise in vehicle thefts across the country, thieves are using high—tech gadgets which boost the lending —— electronic keys signal from within the home. the old way of stealing a car involved brute force. but as vehicles have become more sophisticated, so has pinching them. many cars these days have a keyless entry system where you simply have a fob and you press a button. and some can even unlock when you are nearby and your device is in your pocket. lincolnshire police are warning there has been a spate of keyless car thefts. to steal them, criminals use a r

our north america correspondent, emma vardy, reports.o, this was the scene as police officers arrived on set after a rehearsalfor the western movie rust had gone tragically wrong. a talented cinematographer, halyna hutchins, had been shot dead after the gun alec baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round. 0k. all righty. are they 0k? 24—year—old hannah gutierrez—reed, the stepdaughter of a well—known hollywood weapons handler, had been responsible for ensuring guns used during filming were safe. it was her first time as lead armourer on a movie set. prior to beginning your deliberations... during the trial, the prosecution said hannah gutierrez—reed had mixed up dummy rounds, meant to look like the real thing, with live bullets that belonged to her. there's your silver primer. other live bullets, they said, had also been found dotted around the set. we find the defendant, hannah gutierrez, guilty of involuntary manslaughter as charged. it took just a few hours of deliberation for the jury to deliver their verdict. her mother watching

our la correspondent emma vardy reports.f daddy, and later p diddy, as well as his own musical achievements, he's also credited with launching the careers of a number of female artists. last year, he was accused of years of physical and sexual abuse by his former long—term girlfriend. they settled out of court, but three other people came forward bringing lawsuits for sexual misconduct. now, properties he's connected with in la and miami have been searched by federal officers. the department of homeland security, simply saying it was part of an ongoing investigation. the raids at this mansion and this exclusive neighbourhood near beverly hills follow months of accusations against the rapper. some alleged victims claim they were drugged and coerced into having sex. the question now is whether the civil lawsuits he's facing develop into criminal charges. sean combs, who's now 54, posted on social media last year that the allegations were sickening and that he would fight to clear his name. the federal government is very delibe

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado. what is your instinct on nikki haley staying in the race?nikki haley staying in the race?— staying in the race? i think it's auoin to staying in the race? i think it's going to be — staying in the race? i think it's going to be really _ staying in the race? i think it's going to be really hard - staying in the race? i think it's going to be really hard for - staying in the race? i think it's going to be really hard for her| staying in the race? i think it's l going to be really hard for her to hang on. she has said that she will remain until super tuesday concludes but then we will see if she actually sticks to that. it's very likely that donald trump is going to continue doing what he has which is winning pretty much all of the primary election so far, the only one he didn't win was in washington. but we will see. we will see how long nikki haley will decide to hang on for but as we've been hearing today it's pretty much a foregone conclusion that donald trump will clean up in the primary elections. so we are heading towards eight donald tr

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico.climate editor reports. spring begins when magnolia trees, according to tradition, spring came early in cornwall and the rest of europe this year. temperatures across the continent were almost three degrees above average. the exceptional warm weather experienced last month did not surprise climate scientists. it coincides with a near—record increase in co2 concentrations in the atmosphere. the link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year global temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. that explains why february was 1.77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1.55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. it means we have temporarily at least breached the 1.5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit temperature rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. february 2024 was the w

emma vardy, bbc news, colorado. a woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a ten—year—old girl was found dead at a property in the west midlands. police said the child was found with injuries in rowley regis yesterday and pronounced dead at the scene. the woman, who is understood to have been known to the girl, has been taken into custody for questioning. the prisons watchdog has found a vulnerable girl being held at young offenders' institution was twice pinned down and forcibly stripped by male guards. the chief inspector of prisons for england and wales, charlie taylor, said he was deeply shocked by what had happened at wetherby young offender institution. councillors in birmingham are today expected to make cuts to local services as they attempt to save £300 million by hiking council tax by 21% over two years. the authority declared itself effectively bankrupt last year. it comes as nottingham city councillors last night approved cuts to jobs and services as part of efforts to plug a £53 million budg

emma vardy, bbc news, los angeles. let's look at some other stories in the headlines.n capital of brussels and head of a meeting of eu agriculture ministers. they are calling for increased prices for their crops and produce an amendment to cheap imports of food. fires were set and menu are spread on the ground by police used water cannon and tear gas. the russian emergency services have released images of the burnt out crocus city hall where gunmen killed at least 137 people last friday. but if has acknowledged that radical islamists responsible, but has linked them to ukraine, which keogh has denied. the us supreme court appeared typical of restricting access to a commonly used abortion drug, mr preston. several embers of the court questioned whether it was an appropriate challenge of the drug's federal approval. the japanese language has long been a rich source of loanwords for english and, this month, even more examples during the hundreds already recorded in the oxford english dictionary. you know it has more. —— meghan 0wen has more. many of the japanese words hav

let's speak to our la correspondent emma vardy.rpet they are outside the after party. bring us up—to—date. what is the atmosphere like? up-to-date. what is the atmosphere like? everybody is here. atmosphere like? everybody is here- the _ atmosphere like? everybody is here. the tension _ atmosphere like? everybody is here. the tension has - atmosphere like? everybody is here. the tension has gone. i here. the tension has gone. people are ready to let their hair down. they had the rather long queue and photos taken, there is a great party awaiting them in there. there are a few sad faces coming through tonight. i think some barbie fans might be disappointed that that movie didn't pick up a few more awards. we saw margot robbie coming here, but overall it is lovely to see them chatting here on the red carpet. quite a different atmosphere from when people are going in the other side to the oscars, or that anticipation and engineer. everyone is set for a good time. it and engineer. everyone is set for a good time.— for a good time. it f

vardy reports from los angeles. new mexico after a rehearsal for the western movie rust went terribly wrong.— the western movie rust went terribly wrong. alec baldwin? where is he _ terribly wrong. alec baldwin? where is he at? _ terribly wrong. alec baldwin? where is he at? a _ terribly wrong. alec baldwin? where is he at? a talented i where is he at? a talented s mbol where is he at? a talented symbol mythographer - where is he at? a talented i symbol mythographer halyna hutchins had been shot dead after the gun alec baldwin was rehearsing with fired a live round. —— cinematographer. the prosecution said the armour on said hannah gutierrez reed had mixed up dummy rounds meant to look like the real thing with live rounds that belong to her personally. and that other live bullets have been found dotted around the set. they argued that hannah gutierrez reed didn't carry out the rate safety checks that were detected the fact alive bullet had been mistakenly loaded in the gun. afterjust a few hours of deliberation, a j

emma vardy, bbc news, new mexico.lish a report this morning setting out how "fast, full and fair" compensation should by paid by the government to post office branch managers who were affected by the horizon it scandal. more than 4,000 people have been told they are eligible for compensation, but the process has been criticised by campaigners for being too slow. the prime minister's proposed rwanda bill has been defeated 10 times in the house of lords. the proposed legislation would deem rwanda a safe country to send asylum seekers to, but the latest voting has effectively derailed that by saying courts could question whether the country is safe. three crew members have been killed in a houthi missile strike on a cargo ship off southern yemen. it is the first deadly attack since the group began targeting international shipping last november. the houthis say their actions are in support of palestinians in the war between israel and hamas in gaza. aruna iyengar has more. houthi attacks in the red sea have now turned dea

joining me live our emma vardy who's in denver, colorado.ndication of how who might when they're in colorado? i don't then they will be any huge surprises here, just as the other states results, again showing wins for donald trump, as expected and eat wins for joe biden. colorado is highly likely to be the same kind of pitch but the question for voters here is how many people decided to take that box in the democratic contest for the noncommitted option, this was one of the states here that allowed a noncommitted option on the ballot for democrats as in a protest vote againstjoe biden so really, the question if people is how many votes as an option — is that option able to pick up because it is an unwonted headline forjoe biden at a time when he is hoping to be in the democratic party, the challenge donald trump in november. and any of those uncommitted voters? is november. and any of those uncommitted voters? is there any ultimately _ uncommitted voters? is there any ultimately vote _ uncommitted voters? is there any ultimately vote for - u

emma vardy, bbc news, hollywood.ting the red carpet that the heels didn't come through. exactly. the problem, clearly anticipated, always put the cellophane down. i have learned the hard way. coming up to 6:15 and simon is here with a look at the weather and mother's day, i expect warmth and sunshine. they had better deliver, simon! shalli warmth and sunshine. they had better deliver, simon! shall i phone your kids and see if i can do something about it? it's not great. not as nice as yesterday with a lot more cloud around and some rain out there this morning as well. if you are planning anything today for mother's day, bearing in mind. this area of low pressure is to the south of the uk, ringing these weather fronts in across mainly southern areas at the moment but we still have the south—easterly wind and this is where it was raining right now and you can see there's a lot of rainfall across england and wales and some it on the heavy side, especially to the southwest of england with heavy showers in devon. through

our north america correspondent emma vardy reports from a hockey game in colorado.

joining me live our emma vardy in denver, colorado.e a political international studies didn't like it at the university of denver in colorado, they are pretty well engaged holding a watch party here, the average voter off the street, this super tuesday doesn't have the kind of suspense and jeopardy most american voters will be used to. joe biden to be the democratic nominee and donald trump has been out in front ahead of the rivals for a long time. really no suspense here tonight about what the overall outcome is highly likely to be. we are looking for those numbers around the edges they give us a few clues on how parties are different. something a talking point here in colorado is in democratic contacts, there has been this protest vote againstjoe biden because voters have been given the option and about to go for a noncommitted option. if you are voting democrat. this protest vote againstjoe biden pretty much because of people �*s annoyance about his handling of the israel—gaza war. while it won't threaten to becoming the democratic

our la correspondent emma vardy is on the vanity fair red carpet for us this morning.what stories can you tell us?— can you tell us? forget the ceremony. _ can you tell us? forget the ceremony, this _ can you tell us? forget the ceremony, this is - can you tell us? forget the ceremony, this is where i can you tell us? forget the l ceremony, this is where you can you tell us? forget the - ceremony, this is where you really want to be. we have been watching a stream of celebrities coming along this red carpet tonight. they have hotfooted it from hollywood over to here in beverly hills and it's great because this is where the tension is gone, the suspense is over, people are here to let their hair down and celebrate. as we were just hearing, it was a big night for oppenheimer, predicted to do really well and it cleaned up in all of those big categories, but for any barbie fans watching, that was such a big hit at the box office last summer, there will be some disappointment tonight because it had those eight nominations and yet only walked away with one award, but it was

emma vardy, bbc news. good morning, mike.ng to catch england and france. we saw record crowds, 58,000 at twickenham. five or six nations recorded record home crowds. we are expecting bigger and better. i know it is not the most important thing. looking at the pictures, all the shots of the captains together, may be sending out a bit of a message. it is a nice picture, isn't it? good morning. just a week after the end of the men's six nations, the women's tournament gets under way this afternoon. you can follow wales's match against scotland on the bbc from 4:45pm. and that's after ireland kick the competition off, in france. defending champions england, once again big favourites, face italy tomorrow. jo currie reports. winning this trophy has become a habit for england. expected almost. commentator: england do it again. this year they're going for their sixth consecutive title — few teams have dominated a sport more. they begin their championship away in italy in what will be a memorable moment for skipper marlie packer. the