10096. not wasn't going to be quite 100%. not that he couldn't function but once the contact came in and he got bruising on top of the bruising on that shoulder we just felt that if we lost him early in the game then you are vulnerable. then you are vulnerable. 50 england looking for the win that would give them a world record winning run, but in this fixture 44 years ago there was even more at stake, with the future of the tournament in the balance. andy burke reports. even in the darkest days of political unrest ireland's national by political unrest ireland's national rugby team remained as a symbol of unity. taken by slattery, . try is unity. taken by slattery, the try is there! in 1973 the team in the five we re there! in 1973 the team in the five were thrown into turmoil, nations were thrown into turmoil, with the events of bloody sunday escalate the violent conflict in northern ireland scotland and wales refused to travel to play the irish. in the 1970 35 nations the first match for ireland was scheduled to be here in dublin against england, but given the safety fears that had caused the scottish and welsh sides to travel the previous year, the big

question was, would england come? john mcbride was the iconic irish sportsmen of all time and i asked him what the english team should do and that was exactly what i did and he came up with a very animated response, he said, david, you must come. don't let the terrorists win. not one can“ not on his feet on not one person not on his feet on this ground, this is tremendous. we we re this ground, this is tremendous. we were met by something we weren't expecting, the most massive and ear—splitting crescendo of noise from the crowd. normally you get a bit of a clap and whatever and then attends and then there is quiet and everybody is waiting for the irish tea m everybody is waiting for the irish team to come out but that moore went on and i and on and on and on so it on and on and on and on and on so it was exceptional. ireland would prevail 18—9, but the scoreline on this particular day matters little. it would've a this particular day matters little. it would've - a very difficult it would've been a very difficult situation because the five patients

would have been there is the after match dinner, john pullin, our captain, who never said a lot at the best of times stood up and said, we may not be much good but at - we may not be much good but at least we turn up, and there was another rapturous applause and i am almost in tearsjust thinking rapturous applause and i am almost in tears just thinking about it, rapturous applause and i am almost in tearsjust thinking about it, and everybody rose to their feet and there was another standing ovation. a lot of us were in tears. finally as you're probably aware it is bbc news's school report day. we've beenjoined by hundreds of budding school reporters, along with thousands more taking part from their classrooms. blenheim high school are just one of many who have got involved. this is their report on a british triathlete who has used sport to help her mental health. today i are today. are reporting about edwina hartwell, an ironman triathlete competitor who has struggled with a mental health. there were days at my very worst i had five days to live in my family were absolutely beside themselves, they never thought that

i would pull through. why did you choose to compete l the triathlon? choose to compete in the triathlon? i wasn't a very good place mentally andi i wasn't a very good place mentally and i needed to start focusing on something that was positive rather than negative so i started to self trading and get myself fit again. from there i had the bug, i came in my age group and i sixth in my age group and i feel good and i feel strong within my mental health towards my sport, it is great to have a focus, it keeps the illness at bay and it keeps me focused so i don't listen to the illness so much. how i your illness so much. how did your experiences with mental health affect your later life? it continues to affect my life. but as little as ican, as to affect my life. but as little as i can, as i left it really. i absolutely loved doing the ironman and every time i finish a race i into tears because i am “ust burst into tears because i am just so burst into tears because i am just so happy to be able to do that, and it is certainly helped me to

ove i’co [ti e it is certainly helped me to overcome my illness. thanks to edwina hartwell for participating in oui’ edwina hartwell for participating in our report. this has been bbc school report, goodbye. and you can find stories by other young reporters from all over the uk on the bbc news school report website: bbc. co. uk/schoolreport. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. a man in i 50s has died after a suspected gas explosion at a building site in north london. we can go now to our reporter at the scene. tell us a bit more about what has happened. it is very close to has happened. it is very doseie this afternoon when this leafy 2pm this afternoon when this leafy pa rt 2pm this afternoon when this leafy part of north was 2pm this afternoon when this leafy part of north - was rocked by part of north london was rocked by what residents said sounded like a bomb going off. ijust heard a

massive explosion, and i could feel it in my fingers. i it almost in my fingers. i didn't see anything but i ran up here to the balcony where i could have a look and i didn't see anything particularly that happened but my first thought was that it sounded like a first thought was that it sounded likea car first thought was that it sounded like a car bomb or it felt like a car bomb and i spoke to a police officer who said that on site they we re officer who said that on site they were cutting up a gas tank and there was an were cutting up a gas tank and there mei-i were cutting up a gas tank and there was an _ people here are was an explosion. people here are very shocked. the ambulance was called and a man in his 50s was taken to hospital with what police described as life—threatening injuries, but in the last hour or so as subsequently died in hospital. there have been no arrests in connection with this incident but the health and safety executive are being informed and has no doubt an investigation will follow. residents who had spoken to developers raising concerns about safety on the site, concerns abeut—safetyren thesith concerns abeut—safetycn thesith assurances concerns eboot—sefetyon thesith assurances about gas seeking assurances about gas containers that are underground on the site and they had been given assurances. it will be a long while

before we know what really happened here but clearly investigators will be taking a good look. many thanks. the jury has gone out in the trial of a tennis coach, accused of causing child cruelty as he coached his daughters to become tennis stars. in one incident, john de'viana from essex is said to have punched and kicked one of his daughters after a tennis match. he denies the charges. our correspondent, helena lee, has been at snaresbrook crown court. well, thejudge has been summing up both in the defence and the prosecution cases in this trial of john de'viana, a father who is accused of subjecting his two daughters who are now 21 and 19 yea rs old two daughters who are now 21 and 19 years old two years of physical and emotional abuse. the prosecution é thatjohn emotional abuse. the prosecution é that john de'viana emotional abuse. the prosecution é thatjohn de'viana was so says thatjohn de'viana was so obsessed about getting his daughters to become tennis stars that the obsession then turned to cruelty, and during the trial the girls gave and dorifig the trial the girls gees = ehd dorihe the triel the girls eeee = his she dorihg the triel the girls geee = his eldest said that in

evidence. his eldest said that in one incident herfather evidence. his eldest said that in one incident her father wrote the letter l for loser one incident her father wrote the letter lfor loser on one incident her father wrote the letter l for loser on her face one incident her father wrote the letter lfor loser on herface in permanent marker, after he felt that she did not perform well at a session. his other daughter training session. his other daughter was nine or ten at the time when she claims that her father punched and kicked after a training session. john de'viana denies all of the allegations and he says he would never harm his two daughters, he never harm his two daughters, he never forced them to play tennis and he also denies hitting or swearing at the girls, and the defence says that the girls made at the cruelty allegations after their father walked out of the family home. now thejudge will continue walked out of the family home. now the judge will continue summing up the judgeouill continue scunmingupl morning before he sends the tomorrow morning before he sends the jury tomorrow morning before he sends the jury out to consider the verdicts, then they have to decide who is telling the truth. the skipper of a fishing boat has been convicted of one of britain's biggest—ever cocaine smuggling operations. two other men had already pleaded guilty to trying to import more than a tonne of cocaine into britain, with a street value of around £80 million.

in the english channel last summer. our correspondent duncan kennedy has the background to the case. this red trawler is packed with cocaine. left and right, border force speedboats closing. speedboats close in. it's the middle of the english channel, and the offices clamber aboard. one of them describes what happening. the vessel hopefully didn't know that we were there, that we were tracking them. we didn't at the time no harmony people were on board, who they were. we didn't at the time know how many people were on board, who they were. it took less than five minutes to take control, and this is what they found. the biggest seizure of cocaine in britain in 2016. one tonne with a street value of £81; million. there was no physical resistance at the time. this undercover border force agent was there and told me breaking up drug gangs at sea is perilous. it is no mean feat, it is not for the faint—hearted.

your adrenaline is running at the time and you want to get your feet firmly planted on the deck as quickly as possible. michael mcdermott, david pleasance and gerald vande coyte were the three men on the trawler, and are now convicted drug smugglers. it is important, £84 million in street value, but that is millions of wraps that would have been in the hands of dealers, distributors. we have saved some lives. training is really seen for mid—sea operations, but so important has this one been, the home office gave us special access to the teams behind them. the only way border force and the national crime agency could stop the gang involved is because they had access to fast boats, helicopters and cutters, like the vigilant. put all that together and it is no wonder that the nca and border force are describing this

as such a success. by combining all their resources, they have made one of the biggest ever seizures of cocaine in british waters. but the british coastline is around 8000 miles long. so what can the handful of cutters on patrol do? the captain says they can still send a powerful message to the drug smugglers. i want this to be recognised by the opposition as hurting their business. we have one advantage in the uk, that we are surrounded by the sea. and we are trying our best to make a good job, and i think we are getting there. the trawler, the bianca, is to be sold. the cocaine found on board will be destroyed. but all the agencies involved now it won't stop the south american drugs trade. and their vigilance will be tested again. duncan kennedy, bbc news. now let us catch up on the weather.

there has been a hint of spring in the area in the last couple of days. jay wynne has the rest of the forecast. you are absolutely right, it has been a nice day for some of us in the south—east of england. we have not over airfield of sunshine not over airfield of daffodils in kent. in the north west of the country there were a whole rash of the showers on a considerable breeze and a lot of cloud in between. a big difference on either side of the cloud. the cool and fresh air in the north—west will win out in the next few days and it will come in behind the wiki cloud which is a cold front slip into the south and bringing rainj with into the south and bringing rainrj with it but not too much. the cold air with it but not too much. the cold a i r follows with it but not too much. the cold air follows along behind, with it but not too much. the cold airfollows along behind, as do air follows along behindfasde= showers into northern ireland and scotla nd showers into northern ireland and scotland which will turn wintry at scotland which will turn wlntcycat high ground. the colder night the high ground. the colder night than recently with a touch of frost for some and icy patches l northern for some and icy patches in northern scotland. in the morning the north—east of scotland will have a decent note but the high groom will

decent note but the high ground will have wintry weather in the further west of scotland with raven. rain nor northern england but very little gets a cross nor northern england but very little gets across to the east and in wales patches of cloud but overall a decent start to the day with patchy cloud and sunshine. it looks pretty good for the midlands. a bright and good fer—the—midlands.—a bright— and’ start good fer—the—midlands.—a bright and’ start the day but colder than breezy start the day but colder than it has been recently. make the most of the morning sunshine because it clouds over from the - west as clouds over from the north west as the day goes on and the rain becomes elie see gees in in? er; felfi. eeeehres eee eee eeee ee eee eee fe'e eeeefiee heavy and persistent for some. quite heavy and persistent for some. further snow over the high ground of further snow over the high ground—of scotla nd further snow over the high ground—of scotland for a time. the south—east should just about avoid the road. rain. we have the gold cup at cheltenham on friday afternoon there will be a fair amount of cloud in the sky and quite breezy as well. on friday evening we see rain pushing to the south—east but most of it will be in the north and west. a fair bit of cloud around with raven

on saturday. most of that road will be in the west and north and parts of england and northern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet and and northern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet beforei northern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet before the rthern wales will be in the west and north and parts of wet before the weekend. es will be in the west and north and parts of wet before the weekend. things be wet before the weekend. things will turn milder on saturday night into sunday in the - warm into sunday in the broad, warm sector with isobars on the charter and it will be windy and that will bea and it will be windy and that will be a feature of the weekend, a blustery weekend. the rain will be in the north and west with not too much getting across to the east. by the afternoon temperatures in double figures quite rightly. 10 degrees in figures guite rightly. mam-geeeg or 15 figures guite rightly. mam-geeeg or15 in. —— london. hello and welcome to 100 days. president donald trump's second travel ban goes the way of the first — blocked by us courts. the order stopping arrivals from six mainly muslim countries has been halted by federal judges on the grounds of religious discrimination. the president attacksjudicial overreach and promises that in the end he will get his way.

we're going to fight this terrible ruling. we're going to take our case as far as it needs to go — including all the way up to the supreme court. the white house puts forward what it's calling a "hard power budget" with more money for the military and big cuts for diplomacy, the environment, housing and the arts. the uk government says there will be no scottish independence referendum before brexit. theresa may says now is not the time for the vote, but the first minister of scotland calls it "undemocratic"