this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 5pm. president trump angrily rejects a us court ruling which temporarily lifts his ban on travellers from seven muslim majority countries. judge robart‘s decision effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i signed an executive order to help keep terrorists out of our country. labour promise they would cap future fuel price hikes by the energy companies. a five—year—old boy has died at a school in east yorkshire after choking during a school dinner break. also in the next hour, we'll have the latest as rugby union's six nations begins. the first match has just finished at murrayfield, good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. a court in america has ruled that donald trump's ban on travellers from seven mainly muslim nations is unconstitutional. a judge in seattle said it amounted to religious discrimination. the court temporarily lifted the ban and several major airlines say they will now allow passengers affected by it to fly to the united states. the government has pledged to overturn the ruling. a little earlier the president took to his twitter account, describing thejudge‘s ruling as "ridiculous". he wrote: "when a country is no longer able to say who can, it has been a week of confusion

and protests outside the white house and inside airports. but the most significant opposition to donald trump's immigration ban came from judgejames robart in this seattle courtroom. i find that the court should and will grant the temporary restraining order. overruling president trump's executive order that he signed just eight days ago. now people are free to travel once again into the united states. the challenge — that this violates a clause in the us constitution prohibiting the favouring of one religion over another was brought by the state of washington and later joined by minnesota. judge robart‘s decision effective immediately, effective now, puts a halt to president trump's

unconstitutional and unlawful executive order. i want to repeat that — it puts a stop to it immediately. in the last week some passengers have still managed to enter the united states due to other state—wide legal challenges like here in boston. now, the us customs agency has told airlines, passengers from the seven mainly muslim countries who were barred, they can now fly. qatar airways, air france and lufthansa say they will begin boarding passengers immediately. the white house says it will fight this court ruling. in a statement it said, "the department ofjustice intends to file an emergency stay of this outrageous and defend the executive order of the president". but then 15 minutes later toned that wording down removing "outrageous". the white house has said it

will act to overturn this at the earliest possible time. but the confusion and protests seem set to continue. our correspondent richard lister has been following developments from washington and told us more about the federal judge's ruling. it has been clarified to an extent. i mean, what we were in last week was a situation whereby there were a number of court rulings which in their various ways toned down parts of this executive order and made it actually not apply at all, at logan airport in boston in the state of massachusetts. what this ruling seems to be saying is the entire executive order has to be suspended temporarily, and that applies to the entire country. so last night the department of customs and border protection briefed airlines that in effect this executive order had been suspended, and that they were now free to fly passengers who had passports and visas from those countries affected, those seven predominantly muslim nations.

they were now free to board them onto their planes and take them to the united states, so that was what the office of customs and border protection was saying. the state department was saying it was going to look at this ruling and see how it affected its operations. now, after all, they have admitted to having revoked something like 60,000 visas from people affected by this order, so they are looking, i suppose, at whether or not those visas become reinstated now, or whether they still have the grounds — that once those visas are revoked they remain revoked, but for the moment at least one part of the government is saying to airlines, look, this suspension means that this order no longer applies for now. well, the state department actually have just issued a statement saying, "individuals with visas that were not physically cancelled," which is an interesting phrase, "may now travel to the us if the visa is otherwise valid." i'm sure if you've got a visa you will need to check that out, but clearly donald trump is very angry that this has happened,

this "so—called judge," he said, has made this decision. how quickly, and what mechanism could he use to reinstate his executive order? well, the department ofjustice has said that it will try to ensure this order is overturned, and they can do that by filing with the court of appeals to at least suspend this judge's order from seattle. that application could be made at any time, but how long the court process takes is another matter. it could be ours, it could be days, because both sides will have to hear the arguments, and present their arguments, for and against the suspension of this judge's order from seattle. so certainly for now, at least, it seems the legal process cannot ensure that this judge's order is instantly overturned, but that is what the white house wants to ensure happens. the white house believes, and so do many lawyers, that it is on very solid constitutional grounds, that it is enshrined in law, that the president has the right

to decide whether people should be banned from entering the united states if it is a question of national security, and president trump clearly feels this is a question of national security, that he wants to review all the procedures in place for assessing how visas are given in those seven countries, and he has three months in which to do that, and he believes he is well within his rights to do it. thisjudge in seattle believes otherwise, so it will be a court battle and it might end up at the supreme court. let's speak to professor leila kawar, professor political science and legal studies at the university of massachusetts, amherst, and an expert in immigration law. shejoins me on webcam. thank you forjoining us. what is going to happen next? it is only a temporary lifting and the president wa nted temporary lifting and the president wanted reinstated. that's right and

it sounds like it will happen fairly quickly, the court in washington has asked parties to submit a plan and schedule for briefings by monday at 5pm so the full hearing on the merits will soon google happen quickly. whatever decision issues from that either the government or the state and attorney generals were likely appeal it to the fifth circuit based in california which has already created a website anticipating that appeal. what is the reaction been to the comments against this particularjudge by president trump? the reaction over all from the legal community and from scholars has been overwhelmingly opposed to the executive order and it has been

really striking the quickly organisations, professional organisations, professional organisations have issued statements condemning the order. petitions containing signatures of academics are poised to the orders no have 27,000 signatures and professional organisations and major groups. i would anticipate they would be very pleased to know no matter delete ali is far reaching and seems to have covered all the airports. president camp as described this so—called judge. her worrying is that? president trump assad run—ins with judges before and i think this was

tempered a little bit because he is wa ry tempered a little bit because he is wary of opening that door to being perceived as ante judiciary. that is very dangerous ground to be walking on. what would your advice be to anybody who is hoping to travel from one of these seven named countries to the united states? how safe are they to get on a plane? sadly it is very fluid still so i would advise that the consult and immigration attorney based in the united states and go over the options. it is still and go over the options. it is still a risk that they may be detained by the time they get here and because the time they get here and because the trump administration succeeds in overturning this temporary order. it also applies to people who are here and there are 17,000 students who come from the seven listed countries

and many of them are fear and suffering that is a question of being unable to travel. if you got to say i will forget this executive order and it is fraught with difficulty, but other legal mechanisms with a ban on people of his choice? the stronger way to create an immigration law is to go through congress. this executive order was done sloppily, the government has already twice tried to fix it because they didn't think it through and one of them involved changing of the main dancing it doesn't apply to legal permanent residents and of course the issue of dual nationals, the advice is... if you from other than the seven countries you will be processed

under that passport. the whole conception of this order and the way it has been implemented has been fraught with problems. professor, thank you very much. apologies for the breaking up of the sound. labour has promised to place a cap on the prices charged by energy companies —— if it wins power. it follows criticism of npower which has announced a 15 per cent rise in the cost of electricity. here's our political correspondent matt cole. from the cost of cooking to the heating of houses, the prices of everyday things are not getting cheaper, but even with that in mind, yesterday's announcement by npower that it's putting up dual fuel prices by 9% was seen as a step beyond. today, labour's shadow chancellor said enough is enough. we'd legislate to control them now. but you'd have control of the energy companies? we'd have to because we can't allow this to keep going on. this is huge. look, people's wages, for many people have been frozen since 2007/2008, the economic crash and

the situation they're in now. how would you control them? you'd legislate to control them. in what way? you'd introduce legislation in parliament. what would the legislation say? you'd limit the amount they can increase their prices on. from day one as prime minister theresa may said she would stand for people who were just about managing. so by throwing down this challengejohn mcdonnell is testing that promise, entering the battle for the hearts of householders. the government believes that price comparison and proactive switching between companies can help people keep their bills down. and the department for business, energy and industrial strategy said in a statement, "we expect energy companies to treat all their customers fairly and have been clear that wherever markets are not working for consumers, we are prepared to act." the trade association, energy uk, didn't comment on john mcdonnell‘s demand, but says the industry is taking action to help consumers. later this spring ministers will produce a policy paper which officials say will examine a range of markets not currently working for consumers including energy, but any action could be

a long way off. a report from the competition and markets authority last year ruled out price caps as a viable way of keeping overall prices down, but labour may hope this an issue to fire up the enthusiasm of voters. it's emerged a five year old boy died at a school in east yorkshire after choking during a school dinner break. the pupil — who has not yet been named — was taken ill yesterday at anlaby primary school near hull. 0ur correspondent simon spark had this update for us a little earlier. well, this is the anlaby primary school. it is the main school in this large village. it has 325 pupils aged between four and 11. it is in the last hour been confirmed that during yesterday's lunch break a five—year—old boy started choking during his lunch break. paramedics were called

in and despite attempts they were unable to save him. the school has issued a statement. they say that they are deeply saddened by this tragic event and the thoughts of everyone connected with the school are with the child's family. now, what will happen now is that specialist staff will be sent into the school on monday and of course, an inquest to consider the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident will now have to be opened. the father of the man who is alleged to have carried out an attack at the louvre museum in paris has been speaking about his son. 29—year—old abdullah reda refaei al—hamamy was shot four times after slightly injuring a soldier patrolling the shopping centre under the museum. he's now in hospital. his father said he could not believe his son had been involved in the attack. translation: i was looking at facebook as i sometimes do

and when i was scrolling through, i found that it said abdulla was the one who carried out the louvre attack and of course, i felt shocked and couldn't believe that my son was involved. his mother was in shock too and fainted and after that, we started to follow everything. never in his life did he wear a short white robe, never in his life did he wear the short trousers. he dresses normally injeans and a t—shirt with italy written on it. the beard that he had grown is the kind the young guys grow these days and say it is fashionable. there is justification for you to call someone a killer if he is someone who got into a vehicle and ran over 82 people before driving off. that's a justification for you to say he's a killer, but someone going to see the great museum, the louvre? and you fire on him? i say this is all a scenario made up by the french government to justify

the soldier's opening fire inside the louvre. four men, they don't know how to grab a man who is only this tall. excuse me. even if he had hit one of them. so they shot him several times. 0ne one of the frontrunners in the french presidential election has been put in second place but ahead of the centre right candidate. let's go live to paris. but is he promising? i think at what he is not

promising? i think at what he is not promising the body is promising. he is an independent not from the socialist republican parties of the national front. that is socialist republican parties of the nationalfront. that is probably socialist republican parties of the national front. that is probably why it is such a buzz around him, is hugely infuse you stick crowds at this meeting and lyon. there has been criticism that the speeches are high on philosophy and law and policy detail but he has tried to work his way through some of the big themes, liberty, equalityi work his way through some of the big themes, liberty, equality i and fraternity the foundations of the republic. security of the person and security in work and make sure people are not on welfare or the lives and equality in terms of anti—discrimination and making sure eve ryo ne anti—discrimination and making sure everyone has equal access to health ca re everyone has equal access to health care and fraternity has been framed

in terms of handing on a healthy country, and ecological country and a green agenda. there has been something in terms of building up on the platform but we have also had the platform but we have also had the familiar discussions about he is not of the rate or the left but of france. he has name checked various left and right presidents and issued a blairite want that a young and enthusiastic gay on the scene might be expected to say. we are in the early stages of the presidency and i think a bit more nitty—gritty will have to emerge but at the moment this is keeping the momentum going and showing he is a player.‘ this is keeping the momentum going and showing he is a player. a lot of people have caught an enigma. who is he appealing to? i think he appeals to people who are tired of the status quo and the same kind of way that le pen does. france can

sometimes feel like it has been stuck in a political right and the parties haven't really involved in the way that they have in other countries in europe. clearly the time is right for people to come into the political system and treat themselves at least as being outside themselves at least as being outside the establishment. it is a bit of a cheat from macron who has condoned a traditional rich green through universities and institutions that process the class and france and serving as a process the class and france and serving as a economy process the class and france and serving as a economy minister, he has never been elected and that this is claim to fame. he is positioning himself quite smartly in the middle of french politics, someone who is independent of the great big party machines. we'll have to wait and see whether that independence from the machines as a problem because getting elected actually means you have to rely on the machines quite

often they are quite handy for getting the vote. support is high at the moment and rallies keep the public eye. 1a people have been arrested by police investigating the alleged misuse of electronic tags used to monitor criminals. it's alleged that staff from capita, working for the government's electronic monitoring service, were paid by criminals to fit the devices loosely, so they could be easily removed. the ministry ofjustice says it is urgently investigating the matter. bbc‘s andy moore told me the sun had reported that some of those under curfew were able to pull off the tags and go out for the night. the sun is alleging that staff at the electronic monitoring staff were paid £400 a time to fit the ankle tags loosely so that criminals could get out of them and it came to light allegedly when one of them committed a crime. so those are the allegations in the sun which the bbc can't verify, but we have got statements from a number of agencies involved. first of all, from the police. they say they are actively

investigating this matter in newham. they arrested a 45—year—old man, a former employee of the monitoring service, run by capita, they arrested that person last month on suspicion of perverting the course ofjustice and stealing some of the equipment. two other arrests last month. a 46—year—old man and a 57—year—old woman current employees of capita and a further 11 people not connected to the company have also been arrested. they have all been bailed until april and police say the investigation is continuing. what's the response been from capita? well, they say they have a zero tolerance policy against any of their employees who act in anyway to undermine the robustness of the electronic monitoring service. they say this small number of employees being investigated regarding this isolated issue, they say, was swiftly taken off duties and we've also heard from the ministry ofjustice. they say public protection is their number one priority and they say they are urgently investigating and working

closely with the police. there have been violent clashes between landowners and traditional herdsman in northern kenya. tens of thousands of cattle are being illegally driven onto farms and wildlife sanctuaries. the herdsmen say drought is forcing them to move their livestock. but ranchers say it's politically motivated. from kenya, alastair leithead reports. in the grasslands below mount kenya, farmers are fighting a daily battle to keep control of their land. wildlife is being killed and tourist lodges hit, as herds of cattle are being illegally driven onto private land by traditional herdsman in their tens of thousands. this is a game ranch, buffaloes and elephants usually drink here, but traditional pokot and samburu herdsman are driving their cattle through, destroying the land. "it is because of drought",

he told me, "and this is the only place there's pasture, the only place we can bring our cows". but farmers say it's less about drought and more about politics — land in exchange for votes. this is a tourist lodge, set alight by herdsman, angry after clashes with security forces left one man dead. the owners were forced to flee, and then the looting began. people have been misused and told to go and destroy property, destroy the wildlife, try to destroy the livelihood of the place. the reality is that there are too many people, too much livestock and it is a global thing, it's not just kenya. 0vergrazing destroys a carefully managed environment, but also has other costs. elephants are shot — either because they threaten cattle, or, amid the lawlessness, for their ivory. gunfire.

we just stumbled across some of the illegal cattle herders who are on this land, and as we got close to them, shots rang out. one of them wentjust over the car. until the rule of law and land rights restored, the herdsman will continue their march, and the violence and damage will spread. the weather today has been quite a hit and miss. clear blue skies for summer hit and miss. clear blue skies for summer but heavy rain and tomorrow also looking mixed. you might need your umbrella at one point. there are heavy showers that had been affecting south—western areas of the uk with heavy rain through parts of devon and somerset and southern wales. for the method has been whipped across scotland but that

rain has petered out and for most of us rain has petered out and for most of us the rest of the evening is looking pretty cloudy and dreary and misty. no heavy rain around just spots here and there. tomorrow they think a lot more cloud around across the uk but not in the north of scotland, a completely different picture they are, to date rain and tomorrow some sunshine in inverness and aberdeen shut. some sun and also do not western parts i england but south of that more cloud and a chance of catching those insurers but the showers tomorrow will be a lot later. tomorrow not as heavy. chile tomorrow around five or 6 degrees. as into monday will be cold and frosty so first thing on monday and frosty so first thing on monday a lot of frost around scraping the calendars, and later in the morning

into the afternoon this weather front heading away. a big low— pressure area front heading away. a big low—pressure area and the atlantic and we will get the rain and quite breezy across some western areas. 0n monday rain spread into western areas, central and eastern areas have a dry and cold start and is wendy, the east will stay dry through most of the day until later on and even the rain reaches. 0n tuesday the rain straddles that eastern coast so it may stay grey down into norwich queers and the west we will be having a little more sunshine and showers. tuesday textures will be between six and 10 degrees. in mixed few days. hello, good evening. just a week after donald trump imposed travel restrictions

on people from seven mainly muslim countries, a us federal court has ruled the ban to be unconstitutional and it's now been lifted. several airlines confirmed they have reopened flights to passengers, but donald trump described the court ruling as "ridiculous" and promised to overturn it as soon as possible. from washington, richard lister reports. few modern presidents has inspired such protest and confusion in their first two weeks in office, and nearly all of it directed at a single policy. last weekl signed nearly all of it directed at a single policy. last week i signed an executive order to help keep terrorists out of our country... president trump recorded his weekly address when that order was still in place but this seattle courthouse saw a successful challenge to his order. the court will grant the

temporary restraining order... order. the court will grant the temporary restraining order. . m temporary restraining order. . .m was overturned. obviously and historic decision, and an important one, for the rule of law, and for the people of the state of washington and the people of our country. i said from the beginning, it is not the loudest voice that prevails in a courtroom. it is the constitution. within hours, airlines we re constitution. within hours, airlines were told by the us border agency that the restrictions on travellers from the seven affected countries had been dropped. british airways and others reflected that advice on their websites. these iraqi and nationals at ataturk airport wasted no time boarding a long—awaited flight no time boarding a long—awaited flight to los angeles, confident now they should not run the risk of being sent back —— iraqi and iranian nationals. when president trump arrived at his weekend retreat in

florida yesterday he must have thought his policy was secure, and his fury this morning was all too apparent. he tweeted... adding: this is truly a politicised decision bya this is truly a politicised decision by a judge who doesn't understand the law from the 1950s gives the president the prerogative to determine how immigration is handled, that is the fact of the matter, and this judge handled, that is the fact of the matter, and thisjudge needs to understand that. the trump administration insists the president has the right to exclude anybody from the country on the grounds of national—security, but this judicial ruling says the president's executive order. america more harm than good, so the question seems almost certain to be decided here, at the supreme court. and until the

question is resolved, the protests will continue, not just question is resolved, the protests will continue, notjust in the usa but around the world. president trump door is adamant that ultimately he is right and he will win. richard joins us now — well, one imagines this is going to be very confusing for people who think it might be reinstated. lots of questions. yes, for now, the agencies responsible for implement in this ban say it is effectively lifted. border protection agency have told airlines you can bring in those foreign nationals affected by the order provided they have valid us visas. the state department which said it revoked around 60,000 visas has come out and said they remain valid in fact provide they had not been handed cancelled, which would have happened when some of those national arrived as that ban was

being implement it, probably at the border. for those individuals they probably will not be able to come back into the usa, but for others with valid visas they will, for now at least, because this is now a court battle. the white house is clear it wants to overturn this and it will do all it can to move quickly on that, so it is possible thisjudge's decision quickly on that, so it is possible this judge's decision could be overturned within days. what are we seeing now? the first significant attempt really to rein in those orders that president donald trump has been signing over the past two weeks. he is of course one branch of the us government. the courts are another branch, and we are seeing now efforts to ensure that it is the courts who say whether or not some of these orders are valid, and that battle will continue on other issues as well. thank you very much for that analysis. 1a people have been arrested by police investigating the alleged misuse of electronic tags used to monitor criminals. it's been claimed staff from capita, working for the government's electronic monitoring service, were paid by criminals to fit

the devices loosely, so they could be easily removed. the ministry ofjustice says it's begun an urgent investigation. the louvre museum in paris has now reopened a day after a man was shot there as he attacked french soldiers with a machete. the man, believed to be a 29—year—old egyptian, was hit four times. his family, who've been interviewed in the egyptian capital cairo, say they were shocked to learn of his alleged involvement. in romania, thousands of people have taken to the streets for a fifth day, to protest against changes to the country's anti—corruption laws. the governing party has hinted that it may reverse the changes, which decriminalised lesser offences involving government officials. labour is calling for a change in the law to stop energy companies putting up their prices. the shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said legislation was needed to end years of excessive profits. it follows widespread criticism of npower, who have announced price rises of up to 15% for some customers. 0ur political correspondent iain watson reports. labour has not exactly been cooking

with gas in the opinion polls, but with gas in the opinion polls, but with npower increasing some of its energy prices by 9%, the party sees an opportunity to appeal to people struggling to get by. people's wages have largely been frozen since 2007— 08 in the economic crash and since then that inflation has began to hit them as i know they are being hit by massive increases in energy prices. it is unacceptable saw in the short and we will have a cap and introduce legislation to do that. the competition and markets authority last year called cold water on the idea of price caps, but labour say this will be a temporary measure until the market is reformed. haven't we been here before? the next government will freeze gas and electricity prices until the start of 2017. ed miliband's plan to freeze energy prices was popular at first, but did not win labour an

election. at the end of the last election. at the end of the last election labour's former policy chief said the party had been reduced to what he described as small—scale brides, in other words simply giving consumers money off their energy bills was not enough to convince them labour could be trusted with the wider economy. whilst some voters in liverpool welcomed labour's new energy pledge, others needed more convincing. welcomed labour's new energy pledge, others needed more convincinglj think others needed more convincing.” think it is a smashing idea, in times like this, tens of austerity, eve ryo ne times like this, tens of austerity, everyone is struggling. if the energy firms think there is justified long—term plan to do that in terms of bitterness and welfare agatha could be justified reason to not put a cap on it. the government says it is prepared to do more for consumers. the department for business said... in the meantime the government says consumers should be prepared to switch between suppliers to get their prices down. labour is

hoping some hard—pressed customers will also be prepared to switch their votes. tributes have been paid to the canadian film—maker and campaigner rob stewart, who's died while diving off florida. rob stewart won many awards for his documentary, sharkwater, which exposed the illegal trade in the fish in marine reserves. to football, and chelsea are a big step closer to winning the premier league, after beating arsenal 3—1 at stamford bridge. they were helped to victory with a stunning solo goalfrom eden hazard. patrick gearey watched the action. it must cost enough to furnish chelsea's changing room, let alone fill it. they shop at the high—end of the football market. but gold's one thing. to be champions you need granit, too. the substance that makes you win that header and, crucially, when the next one. goal to alberto moreno. edwin hazard pondered them further.

the defending careless, the dribbling flawless and the finish, priceless. arsene wenger banished to the stands by the fa, and forced to radio in order to team operating on different wavelengths. 3—0, embarrassing, it seemed, for everyone. by the time 0livier giroud scored for the goners, they knew it was too late. they did not catch chelsea, but then, can anyone? —— the gunners. the six nations rugby is under way — with defending champions england playing france at twickenham. earlier scotland pulled off a surprise win against ireland at murrayfield. the hosts got off to a flying start thanks to an early try from stuart hogg before an irish fight back — but scotland secured a memorable 27—22 victory thanks to the boot of their captain greg laidlaw. that is it for now. there's more throughout the evening on the bbc news channel, we are back with the late news at 10:15 — now on bbc1 its time

for the news where you are. goodbye. you're watching bbc news and the time is 5:40pm exactly. i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. the six nations championship is underway, and the first match was a classic at murrayfield. scotland and ireland sharing six tries, but it was the boot of the scots captain greig laidlaw that made the difference. his two late penalties saw them win 27—22. maz farookhi reports. the start of the six - is to confer that promise into points. this had been billed as the battle between ireland's forwards and scotland's backs. no question who made the impact early on. stuart hogg, last year's player of the

tournament, he began this one in the same form. after the initialflurry scotla nd same form. after the initialflurry scotland had to weather the irish storm, but hogg could still show some individual skill... two chances, two max kruse, two tries for scropton! but ireland did not panic. keith earls taking advantage of this interception to make sure his side stayed in contention. scotla nd his side stayed in contention. scotland knew they had to take their and move straight over, fax-zfief—x— w . . .. .. . touched down to [m touched down to [m underi with under with less coolness under pressure. with less than ten minutes to go, penalty gave scotla nd than ten minutes to go, penalty gave scotland a cushion. this time they held on. laidlaw took his time with the last penalty, ensuring it was

the last penalty, ensuring it was the final kick of the match that gave his side their first win in the opening week of the championship, for ten years. ireland had been tipped to push england for the title. it is half—time at twickenham and the reigning champions are all square with france, 9—9 at the break. england completed that grand slam against the french in paris last year. england's jonny may was sin binned for this tackle early on, saw a man down from ten minutes, a couple of penalties here to increase france's early lead. 0wen farrell scored two kicks for england and elliott bailey on long distance kept from 50 metres to pull eddiejones's side level. england are not having it their own way, though. not playing well. in the women's six nations, england play france straight after the men at twickenham. wales made up for last year's defeat to italy as they clinched a 20—8 victory in ancona. elinor snowshill kicked

a penalty before caryl thomas scored the opening try. the italians pulled themselves back into the game with a manuela furlan try. wales led 10—8 at half time but came out all guns blazing, duthgee hywel and carys phillips with further tries for the visitors. they held on for the win. playing in italy, it is just a they held on for the win. playing in italy, it isjust a different challenge altogether, and they will test you come and they did. we were in control for a long period of the first half then we got a bit slack and discipline let us down. same in the second half, putting ourselves under pressure, but this is another great statement from this group of girls, excellent to come here. we knew it would be tough but a great result. there are eight matches in the premier league today — we've had seven results and chelsea have stretched their lead to 12 points at the top of the table after a convincing 3—1 win over 3rd placed arsenal at stamford bridge. the arsenal manager said chelsea's opening goal shouldn't have stood, as marco alonso's header

saw his leading arm hit hector bellerin, forcing the arsenal defender off with concussion after 13 minutes. eden hazard scored the pick of chelsea's goals, collecting the ball up in his half and seeing off several arsenal players with a superb solo effort to put them 2—0 up. petr cech's poor clearance allowed cesc fabregas to finish into an open net, his celebrations more muted against his former club. 0liver giroud pulled one back late on for the gunners. iam very i am very pleased for my players, because they deserve this. in every game, in every training session, visual great attitude, great behaviour, great will to try to fight, to try to win —— they show a great attitude. to try to win this league, and now it is important

because today they can finish the championship. liverpool had a terrible january, and february has not marked a change in fortunes. they lost 2—0 at hull city, and the premier league strugglers have had a great few days. earning a point against manchester united at old trafford, with their new signings scoring a goal each in each half. liverpool have only one might once in their last ten games in all competitions and have not won in the league since new year ‘s eve. hull arejust one point league since new year ‘s eve. hull are just one point off safety now. crystal palace and sunderland faced each other at selhurst park and there was a massive win for sean dillon, 4—0 to them. terrible day for sam allardyce as he watched his tea m for sam allardyce as he watched his team concede all those calls by the break —— massive win for sunderland. a great day for david moyes's sunderland who stay bottom but move level on points with palace. crystal palace level on points with palace. crystal pa la ce fa ns

level on points with palace. crystal palace fans are certainly unhappy. 0ne ran onto the pitch to confront their defender. the palace boss tried to explain just how his players performed. for me it looks like clear. —— like fear. i think the fear we are suffering at crystal palace is evident to me now. it is swa nsea, palace is evident to me now. it is swansea, the last and we had a big game like this, and these games are bigger than playing manchester united and chelsea because they are big six pointers, and the fear has gripped the players and that has not allowed them to express the ability they have got. well, on a day of goals, the everton fans certainly got their money's worth at goodison park. they beat bournemouth 6—3. not sure if we can show you full time there but romelu lukaku scored after 31 seconds, and he scored four in all. there he is. romelu lukaku, he scored four. not a great advert for defending at goodison park they are,

but certainly entertaining. in the day's other games, west ham came from behind to win at southampton, 2-1. from behind to win at southampton, 2—1. 0nly had from behind to win at southampton, 2—1.0nly had a from behind to win at southampton, 2—1. 0nly had a sending off from behind to win at southampton, 2—1.0nly had a sending off in the sixth minute, straight red for it two footed challenge, and an early goalfrom james two footed challenge, and an early goal from james morrison gave west brom a 1—0 when against stoke. totte n ha m brom a 1—0 when against stoke. tottenham was a half—life kick—off and it has been all spires, but no goal so far. in the day's early game, hearts beat ten—man motherwell 3—0. the home side had carl mchugh sent off early in the second half for this lunge on don cowie. and just six minutes later hearts made the advantage count, they went in front through alexandros tziolis' deflected strike. two goals in the final five minutes sealed it for the away side, both scored by esmael goncalves — his first goals for the club. hearts stay fourth. motherwell drop down to ninth. aberdeen beat partick thistle 2—0 and are up to second in the

premiership now. bottom of the table inverness drew with dundee. you can see the results here. celtic are 2a points clear and play saint johnstone tomorrow. that is all the sport for now. we will be back at half past six with sportsday. you can look at the website for updates on the tottenham hotspurs match, and also for updates on the davis cup tie. that is bbc./co. uk/sport, that is bbc./co.uk/sport, but i will be back with sportsday at half past six. sophie kinsella's new novel is called my my not so perfect life, which gives you a clue. it's about a woman in her 20s who leads an apparently glamorous life in london, although the truth is much more prosaic, and has to move back home to the country when she is sacked, to work for her father. but the life she finds there is not quite what she expected.

sophie kinsella has written a string of worldwide bestsellers, including the confessions of a shopaholic series, picked up by hollywood. and if you are wondering — while she does not mind the term "chick—lit", she much prefers what one book shop called her novels — "wit—lit". welcome. you are talking in the book, introducing us to a metropolitan life. it's not quite what it seems. do you think that that is the truth about the way that people live these days, particularly in london? i think that all of us are suckered into projecting the perfect life. i think that social media has not helped this tendency. which i think was always in us. you know, back in the day you would have your portrait painted, wouldn't you ? you would make sure

you looked alluring... speak for yourself! well, 100 years ago. but i think my forebears would have aimed to look as rich and prosperous and happy and wonderful as they possibly could. then, the portrait would be hung on the wall and you could go about your everyday life. i think now what we do is constantly throw out portraits of ourselves through social media, and also through perhaps our professional demeanour, just this sort of image. then we look at other people. and although we know that it is invented, we sort of believe it anyway. this book seems very much of the moment, in that this picture which is built up, say, on instagram, which really is a construction which is quite fake. i mean, she goes back and lives in a wee little one room place, although when she is out and about, she looks quite glamorous. this really is a bit of a problem for us, not for us all, but a bit of a problem of our time? i think it is. it is sort of accelerating. i mean, social media has exploded, certainly in my lifetime,

from not existing to almost being a planet that we have discovered, and now we live on! we have gone and colonised it and had to make it work for us as humans, and i think it brings out the best and the worst. i love the connection but this measuring and judging is not good. you write about women with particular feelings, notjust women, but particularly for young girls, teenage girls, and so on. this world that they are introduced to, you talk about measuring, testing, living up to expectations. whether it is how you look, your sexual experience, whatever — it is the sort of thing where, in your young life and my young life, didn't exist. absolutely didn't exist, you had your own teenage struggles. perhaps you would tell your diary about them, and maybe your close friend. we spent a lot of time with one person, whose voice you could hear,

by the way. and i think as humans, we respond to so many signals. voice, touch, eyes. and on social media, there is a sort of barrier. there is a visual construct, and this wretched "liking" which everyone becomes addicted to, and a validation that we have all got hooked on. it is not good. where can it end? it can only lead to addictive reliance on it. we should not give the idea that the book is a meditation on contemporary society! because it is not — it is a story. but that is the theme, really. when you get an idea like that, does it gnaw away at you until you've written the book? yeah, i think that i go around the world with a sort of radar. whatever i see goes into my stories. so, when i see people shopping too much, that goes in. and when i see people projecting lives and feeling anxious because they are not living up to some sort of measure of success, it goes into a story. but what i try to do, as you say, i try to make people laugh, whip over the pages, see what is coming next. it's not a thesis, the thesis is sort of there between the jokes. what do you think you have got that

makes you a good storyteller? i think from what my readers say, they relate to my characters. they sort of see themselves in the characters, they see those flaws and foibles. they think, ah, i have done that. in everyday life? in everyday life. but what i do is push it to the nth degree, whether it is getting into ridiculous situations. i love a bit of farce, silly situations, and quite intricate plots. i'm a real geeky plotter. but you start off with somebody that you relate to. so go with them through the story. it is the old story, isn't it, that if the reader doesn't care about the character, not necessarily total affection, but does not care in the sense that is not interested in... then, the thing is a dead duck? i completely agree. kaatyou can have an antiheroine, but you need someone that is interesting. all of my sophie kinsella novels i have written in the first person. that makes them quite intimate. there is a connection. what is the advantage of writing in the first person? i find an instant intimacy

with the character. i know these characters so well, and i did used to write in the third person. there was a slight level of detachment. you are moving chess pieces around. now, it is like method acting. you are in one person's head? i live these plots, and actually my husband can tell when things are going badly for my character, they go badly for me! i weep, i laugh... you know, it is quite an emotionaljourney. and when you're in the throes of a story, once you have got the idea, you think that you are there as a character who has begun to form in your mind? you just go at it, hammer and tongs? i do, i do. i'm a real planner in terms of plot. i love a plot, i love structure. so i spend quite a lot of time working things out, turning points and getting it all clear in my mind. also working out what i want to say, because you can have an idea

for a story but you're not sure what you are trying to say about the world. but then once i've got that, i'm impatient. i want to see how it turns out. what do you want to say about the world? i think all of my books want to say, look at us, we are human! aren't we ridiculous? look at the pickles we get ourselves into... it is about absurdity? it really is. and, by the way, we are all like this, but never mind. let's notjudge ourselves. are you one of those writers who goes around, either literally with a notebook in the pocket, where you scribble down things? or at least a notebook in your head, and you spot somebody in a coffee shop or somewhere and go, right, i've got her...? i do, and i think i do it all the time. i've got you, right now! well, good luck! i never have the right person for the right chapter. if i could go to a coffee shop and find the perfect character and put them in now, that would be very handy. it doesn't work like that? it never works. but you store them up, or store up a little facet of something you've heard, and it comes back to you later. do you think about your readers when you are doing this?

you have a vast army of readers out there, do you ever think about it and what they want? i connect with them, and when i meet them, interestingly it is the same wherever i go. they have a sort of human... what do they ask you, what kind of questions do they ask? they want to know what is happening next with my characters. i know that they love to laugh, but to be honest, i don't visualise them when i am writing. i think that would freak me out. so i write the book that would please me as a reader. what would i love to read? i love a plot, some comedy and something to think about. what about endings? have you thought of... you know, a really tragic ending? well, i sometimes think, you know what? i should do that sort of... because you haven't, have you? gut—wrenching. .. no, i haven't, i haven't done the gut—wrenching tragedy where you just think, "why?" as you turn the page. so far i've not been ballsy enough to do it. maybe someday? bit of resolution. maybe one day. sophie kinsella, thank you very much. thank you. well, the weather today has been

quite hit and miss. clear blue skies for some of us but also heavy rain around. tomorrow, sunday, also looking mixed. you might need your umbrella at one point or another. 0ut there right now there are some heavy showers affecting south—western areas of the uk, very heavy rain moving to reports of devon entered somerset and southern wales. further north, wet across scotla nd wales. further north, wet across scotland but that has no petered out. i think for most of us now, the rest of the evening and overnight period, it is looking pretty cloudy, dreary, misty and murky in places. no heavy rain around. just spots here and there. through tomorrow, a lot more cloud generally speaking across the uk. but not in the north of scotland, where it is a com pletely of scotland, where it is a completely different picture. today we had rain, of all of what is here. tomorrow, sunshine in inverness and aberdeenshire and majri not looking bad at all. some across western

parts of northern england but south of that, overall, more cloud —— aberdeenshire and murray. showers tomorrow will be lighter. today they have been heavily in the south—west but tomorrow not as heavy. chilly tomorrow, round about five or 6 degrees. into monday, sunday night, cold and frosty. first thing in the morning on monday, a lot of frost around. you will probably be scraping the car windows. later in the morning, into the afternoon, this front, a big area of low pressure in the atlantic but a powerful one. bad winds staying out to sea, we will get the rain. quite breezy across western areas. this is monday. rain into western areas, central and eastern areas, many of them have a bright start, but cold with frost out there. it looks like while the west gets wet and windy, london, norwich, hull, edinburgh, newcastle, probably staying dry so that wind will not reach you until

later on monday. 0n that wind will not reach you until later on monday. on tuesday the rain is just about straddling that eastern coasts or it may stay grey for newcastle all the way down to norwich, whereas in the west, a little more sunshine and a few showers as well. tuesday's temperatures, anywhere from six in the north, to 10 degrees, so i mixed one on the way. the north, to 10 degrees, so a mixed one on the way. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 6pm. president trump angrily rejects a us court ruling which temporarily lifts his ban on travellers from seven muslim majority countries. judge robart‘s decision effective

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