let's have a checkup on the latest headlines. the onset of the children's author, helen bailey, have been convicted of murdering her to profit from her £4 million fortune. he suffocated her before hiding her body beneath their home in hertfordshire. seven x0 planets have been discovered beyond our solar system. the us space agency nasa that the planets circling an ultra—cool dwarf star 39 light—yea rs away from the sun. a political row has erupted over the compensation paid toa has erupted over the compensation paid to a british fighter with so—called islamic state. ronald fiddler was formerly a detainee at guantanamo bay andrews reported to have carried out a suicide bombing iraq. the trump administration is expected to revoke 0bama transgender bathroom bill, the federal guideline telling public schools to let transgender students use telling public schools to let tra nsgender students use bathrooms matching their chosen gender

identity. cressida dick has been appointed at the metropolitan police commissioner, the first woman to head the met in its 188 year history. a convicted murderer is still on the run after armed men helped him escape during a hospital visit in liverpool. shaun walmsley is serving a life sentence for a fatal stabbing in liverpool in 2014. diana's life in fashion, and exhibition tracing the changing styles of the princess of wales, opens at kensington palace, featuring iconic outfits throughout her life. it will be time for sportsday in a moment, let's have a look at what is coming up. could ronald fiddler have been better monitored after his release from guantanamo bay in 2004? i will be speaking with the former security minister pauline neville jones. cressida dick becomes britain's top police officer, and in an hour, i will bejoined by police officer, and in an hour, i will be joined by a senior met

officer to discuss some of the key challenges for the new head of the met. later this evening, we will be bringing you the current situation in south sudan and talking to aid agencies working there. that is all ahead on bbc news but for now, it is sportsday with john watson. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up tonight — the win that could kick—start their season — but what chance of leicester securing that in the champions league tonight? mkhitaryan puts manchester united on the cusp of the last 16 of the europa league. and george north looks to make a flying return for wales in the six nations this weekend. yes, hello and welcome.

leicester city's struggles in the premier league this season have been well documented. but as they return to champions league action tonight, manager claudio ranieri is hopeful their match with the spanish side sevilla can provide the much needed win to kick start their season. the bbc‘s colin hazelden is in spain. leicester city haven't scored a premier league goal in 2017. you would think the last thing they would think the last thing they would need would be a trip to seville, flying high in the league, pushing barcelona and real madrid ha rd pushing barcelona and real madrid hard at the top. speaking yesterday to the press, foxes manager claudio ranieri insisted this match could help turn their whole season around. the premier league is the priority, when there is a match in the premier

league, but now there is a champions league, but now there is a champions league, my priority is always the next match. tomorrow could be the turning point, could be everything. we can lose, it is ok, nothing happens. but if we win, if we do a very good game, something could change. we need one match like this. the leicester city fans we have met here have travelled, more in hope than in expectation and there are 5000 of them. only 2000 of them can get into that stadium. they are determined to enjoy it. claudio ranieri has a point because the one bright spot in the city of leicester city has been their champions league form. they topped the group co mforta bly. form. they topped the group comfortably. they found it so easy, it was like they had been transported back to last season in some sort of time machine. so can the majid be worked again? it will be quite the results come away with even a draw from the stadium. it

would be quite some result indeed. manchester united are on the verge of going through to the last 16 of the europa league. they took a 3—0 first—leg lead to st etienne in the second leg of their last 32 tie. there's around 15 minutes left. zlatan ibrahimovic scored a hat—trick in the first game but it was henrikh mkhitaryan who all but killed off the tie after a quarter of an hour. st etienne now had to score at least five times to win and chances were few, this the only one of the first half on target. 0ne stain on the united victory will be the red card for eric bailly for a second yellow card, but united no close to a 4—10. —— 4—1victory. wayne rooney was left out of united's squad for tonight's match. but as for the player's future, it

looks to lie away from old trafford. the bbc understands the striker will leave in the summer. it follows talks over a possible move to china. the league's transfer window closes at the end of the month and whilst it's unlikely a deal will be done before then, as our reporter simon stone explains, unless rooney is given more game time it's likely he will leave in the summer. his stats, he has started eight premier league games. compare that to ibrahimovic, who has played 24 times, and even people like marcus rashford and mkhitaryan and martial have all started more games than wayne rooney. the simple fact is he wants to play and clubs in china are keen to get wayne rooney. he would be a big signing. that is why the stories have emerged. it has been stressed to me that he wa nts to it has been stressed to me that he wants to play football. whether he will leave before the chinese deadline date next tuesday will be another matter. certainly in the summer, if the stats chorale as they

have been, wayne rooney will be looking elsewhere than manchester united. there's a big derby in scotland tonight as edinburgh rivals hearts and hibs meet in their scottish cup fifth—round replay. ten days ago the tie failed to live up to expectations as both sides played out a goalless draw. hearts lost to their city rivals at the same stage of the competition last year. chris mclaughlin looks ahead to tonight's tie. we are expecting pretty much a sellout here at easter road, almost 20,000, it could be a modern—day record since this stadium was upgraded in 2012. a drab goalless draw at tynecastle means these sides do it all over again. exactly the same at this stage of the competition last year. goalless at tynecastle and then back here at easter road. jason cummings with the only goal of the game in that occasion. sending head through and of course they went on to win the

scottish cup last year for the first time in114 scottish cup last year for the first time in 114 years. hibs say that hearts are very much the favourites this evening. they are in the league above. hibs sitting high at the top of the scottish championship. hearts fourth in the scottish premiership. but in the edinburgh derby matches, anything can happen. liverpool are planning to leave their training base at melwood, which has been their home for more than 60 years. the premier league side is looking to invest £50 million in their academy site in kirby on the outskirts of the city and will move the first team training facilities there. it ends a long association with their home — as these pictures show — they've been at their current base since the 1950s. and it's been confirmed today that the liverpool midfielder adam lallana has agreed a new deal with the club which will run until 2020. he's been in good form for club and country this season scoring

a total of ten goals. blackburn rovers have appointed tony mowbray as their new head coach. mowbray has been out of the game since the summer, when he left coventry. he moves to the championship side succeeding 0wen coyle, who left the club yesterday. blackburn are currently second—bottom of the championship, three points from safety. now rugby union's six nations championship returns after a break last weekend. england looking to extend their record—breaking winning streak — wales look to bounce back after defeat at the principality stadium two weeks ago. the big boost for the welsh support is that winger george north is fit to return after injury and will start against scotland at murrayfield. 0ur rugby union reporter chrisjonesjoins me. and chris, this is a big boost for the welsh. it is the only change wales have made to the side that lost so narrowly to england ten days ago. they gave george north every chance

to be fit for that clash after he suffered that dead leg against italy in round one. he was not fit for the game against england but he is back and fit now for the game against scotla nd and fit now for the game against scotland so a no—brainer for rob howley to put him in addict spence of alex cuthbert. rob howley is stuck with the same back row, despite the return to fitness and sharpness of faletau, howley has kept faith of the trio of warburton, tipuric and ross moriarty, who was exceptional against england. it is all building up, this game, scotland and wales, both teams with a victory and wales, both teams with a victory and a loss and it feels like a make 01’ and a loss and it feels like a make or break kind of much for either team. and 0wen farrell, will win his 50th cap for england. and someone who becomes increasingly influential in england's side. very much so. he has become england's talisman, he made his debut five years ago under stuart

lancaster in 2012 and since then, he has gone from strength to strength, kicked over 560 points, second only to the greatjonny wilkinson in the list of all—time england record points scorers. much more of a leadership role over the past year as well. very modest and bashful. he says he never expected five years ago to go on and win 50 caps but i spoke today to the england forwards coach steve borthwick who was at saracens in 2008 when 0wen farrell burst onto the scene as a teenager. he said he always had faith 0wen farrell was destined for greatness. as soon as i met him and saw him about the club as a youngster, the competitive desire he has and had then and still has now, he was always going to have a great future in the game. i think the work he has put in over the years to get to be the player he is now is fantastic and shows the character of the guy.

that is steve borthwick, england forwards coach. england will announce an updated squad of 24 players tonight at 8pm, confirming their squad and replacements for friday morning. former england bowler ryan sidebottom has announced he's retiring from cricket at the end of the upcoming season. the 39—year—old left—armer played 22 tests for england and won the world twenty20 title with them in 2010. sidebottom says sidebottom sastoe root is the right man for the job. joe root‘s a great player, he has achieved so much in a short space of time. this england team are very exciting, they're still very youthful and learning every day and getting strong as a team and as a unit. i thinkjoe's inherited a good side.

underjoe, he will bring even more of an exciting brand of cricket and the way he plays, he is very mature, knows the game inside out and i'm looking forward to his time as captain. and what a career ryan sidebottom has had as he announces his career. —— he announces his retirement at the end of the season. force india are the latest f1 team to reveal their car for the new season and say their aim is to break into the top three in the constructors championship. they were fourth last season behind mercedes, red bull and ferrari. their new car was unveiled to the media by their drivers sergio perez and rookie frenchman esteban 0con. the first race of the season is in australia on 26th march. iam very i am very excited because this is the first generation of car that has come with regulations more or less ona come with regulations more or less on a level playing field and i would

back our guys against anybody to produce a good car. 0ur minimum goal would be to hold where we are but i am hoping one of the top three makes am hoping one of the top three makes a mistake and we can capitalise on that. it is set to be an exciting season. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. it is 6:45pm. i am chris rogers and these are the headlines — the fiance of the children's author helen bailey has been found guilty of her murder. ian stewart dumped her body ina murder. ian stewart dumped her body in a cesspit in the hope of inheriting her £4 million fortune. astronomers have discovered seven birth size planets opposite a distant star which could potentially harbour conditions to support life. a political row has broken out over a british islamic state fighter who was freed from one can obey in 2004.

he is alleged to have gone on to a suicide attack in iraq. let's update you on the markets.