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this is bbc news. the grand national winner has returned to his stables at kinross after winning what was the first scottish success in the race in almost a0 years. he was welcomed back by fans but perhaps not by the bookmakers who lost millions on his unexpected 1a—1 win. back home after winning the war‘s greatest steeplechase. title might rather —— 1a after... greatest steeplechase. title might rather -- 14 after... they have done a fantasticjob. rather -- 14 after... they have done a fantastic job. a really exciting couple of days and i am really happy for everyone involved. the four after! the race itself went remarkably to plan, with after taking up the running, jumping the last. that is his way. he is not the
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quickest, but he can certainlyjump. he kept his speed at the end. we have a tremendous staff and i hope they will all be here today. it is their input that has done it all. we are very lucky to have a horse like arthur, and he isjust outstanding. you can see him, he is fresh as anything. he even does being a grand national winner well! peter scudamore, a former champion jockey who never won the race, says he is well aware of what the victory means for such a small yard. we think sometimes we are in our own bubble, but the village has turned out. our lads are drinking and eating in the village, renting houses there, they are part of it. scotland is not known for its great scott which —— sporting achievements. the plan now
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is to return in 12 months to do it all over again. brian mclaughlin, reporting scotland, with a grand national winner. plenty more coming up national winner. plenty more coming up in sportsday in a few minutes, but first, the weather. good evening. for most of us, it has been a glorious day. this picture from primrose hill show is not a cloud in the sky. parts of the east and south—east of england saw 26 celsius today. it will turn cooler from tomorrow. a fresher feel in the north—west today. cloud will sink to the south and east overnight, not producing rain, just a band of clout. a scattering of showers turning wintry to the tops of the hills and mountains of scotland, driven along by this fresh
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north—westerly wind. it is a change of wind direction that is dragging in cold airfrom the of wind direction that is dragging in cold air from the north. despite the sunshine, it will feel noticeably different. we will still see a few sharp showers in the north and west. temperatures of 9—15 c. that's it. take an extra layer with you, whatever you do. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: a british man, chris bevington, is named as one of the four victims of the stockholm lorry attack. huge crowds have attended a commemoration for the victims near the attack site in the swedish capital. the so—called islamic state said it carried out the two bomb attacks on coptic christians in egypt that killed dozens of people. greater manchester police say they dealt with 31 calls relating to the drug ‘spice' injust 2a hours yesterday. the payday loan firm, wonga, has apologised after admitting nearly a quarter of a million
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british customers may have been affected by a data breach. now on bbc news — sportsday. here is what is coming up tonight: the final round of the masters — can justin rose keep his place at the top of the leaderboard? everton pushed sunderland closer to the drop. and hamilton wins in shanghai for mercedes. good evening. welcome along. the
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final round of golf‘s masters is underway. justin rose is on six under, looking to add to his major collection. joining him at the top, sergio garcia of spain, looking to win his first major. they are ta muffin around ten minutes in what promises to be a thrilling finish tonight. there are several big names just behind the leaderboard. let's remind ourselves how things played out on day three with tim hague. just think you —— five birdies on the back nine helped justin rose to a super 67, and he sits atjoint top on six under par. the key thing for
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me was patience early on. you have to pick your moments here, and that is what worked well for me today. i'm sure that will be somewhat the game plan tomorrow. perhaps the englishman did not discuss the game plan with his playing partner, sergio garcia, who is still looking for a first major. a little luck won't harm his chances. commentator: in the crate. not so, the water somehow avoided, and look how the spaniard rocketed. like rose, he is also on six under. —— the spaniard profited. jordan spieth hit nine shots at the 15th hole in the first round, but not this time. commentator: he really is a remarkable young man and a brilliant golfer. and it was an equally successful they've lee westwood, one under in total but still has an outside chance. as does world number two rory mcilroy, six shots back. he
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got a double bogey at the seventh, damaging what had been an otherwise good round. no moving day for rory, but perhaps he will come good on proving day. rory mcilroy is out on the course at the moment. a birdie at the second has seen him move into contention. he will need a round of his life if he is to win the green jacket. it is the one major that still evades him in his collection. justin rose and sergio garcia going at it in around five minutes. this is where the pressure starts to build, on the final day of the masters. ricky shall —— rickie fowler is one shot further back. jordan spieth at the spectacular day yesterday to move into contention on the leaderboard. any one of those could be picking up the green jacket. you any one of those could be picking up the greenjacket. you can any one of those could be picking up the green jacket. you can follow live coverage on radio five live and on bbc two at the moment.
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everton ended the champions' recent return to form. romalu lukaku scored twice in a a—2 win today. patrick geary reports. inside that fold up must be some form. craig shakespeare has won six ina form. craig shakespeare has won six in a row. then this game proved how fast things change in the premier league. inside 30 seconds, have a chance, tom davies, i—0 to everton. there was space to roam, and space to equalise after not five minutes had passed. inside ten minutes, another one was lined up. shot or cross 7 another one was lined up. shot or cross? who knows and who cares? with almost everything going in, it would not be long before romalu lukaku would pop up. he scored so many, he doesn't celebrate them all. when
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philjagielka gets him, he enjoys them. if you don't clear and everton corner, you can guess what's next. romalu lu ka ku's 23rd corner, you can guess what's next. romalu lukaku's 23rd league goal of the season. 0ne romalu lukaku's 23rd league goal of the season. one man's run continues as another‘s finally ends. the season. one man's run continues as another's finally ends. the score was a—2, and after that, we really controlled the game. we had some great football. i think it is one of the most complete performances of the most complete performances of the team of this season. we have really comfortable feeling playing at home. with the support of the fans, it is a tough stadium to come to, and that is how we like to have it, and to put the pressure on every opponent. the next one is next week. at the start of the game, going one goal behind as quickly as we did, but then, going the other rendered scoring two, it was a bit of a
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basketball game early on, a bit too open for me, but obviously, i'm really disappointed that we weren't able to come away with a victory. manchester united comfortably beat sunderland 3—0 to move back up to fifth in the table. the result leaves sunderland at the bottom of the table, ten points from safety. jim lumsden was watching. much of britain was bathed in sunshine, but the gloom refuses to lift on wearside. sunderland haven't scored a goal in almost ten hours of football, not since jermain scored a goal in almost ten hours of football, not sincejermain defoe's aoth of football, not sincejermain defoe's a0th of the season in february. ibrahimovic got his 28th goal of the season. ibrahimovic got his 28th goal of the season. the keeper missed united's game with what his manager described asa game with what his manager described as a little problem. 0ften game with what his manager described as a little problem. often when sebastien larsson, sent packing for raising his studs. sunderland were down to ten men. they had half time
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to pull themselves together, but they didn't. a few seconds after the break, the defence was made light of. a third was inevitable, and much needed for marcus rashford. united up needed for marcus rashford. united up to fifth, sunderland looking a spent force. jim lumsden, bbc news. we wa nt spent force. jim lumsden, bbc news. we want to fight in the premier league until it is mathematically impossible, but we cannot win the premier league. and league, we can. we have eight teams in competition, we have a quarterfinal, and it is a competition that we can win. during this match, we had lots of players that were not here today. and the most important thing was, after the three points, not to have more injuries. the hardest thing being a manager is when you are losing, and at the moment we are. it is a hard thing to take. i have been fortunate
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enough to have worked at teams which have won a lot of games, but at the moment it is tough, but tougher the players as well, because they care, they wanted it well, and at the moment, we're not doing as well we should. in the scottish premiership, three late goals for rangers ended aberdeen's winning run at home. all three was scored in five minutes in the second half. kenny miller got the second half. kenny miller got the first two. aberdeen remain second in the table to the already crowned champions celtic will stop rangers are nine points behind aberdeen with six games left to play. lewis hamilton won the chinese grand prix this morning, having led from start to finish in shanghai. he came in ahead of sebastian vettel, who was second for ferrari in what could prove to be the rivalry of the season. prove to be the rivalry of the season. both drivers are level on a3 points after two races. shanghai in the wet can be a fearsome sight. battle lines drawn,
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lewis hamilton and sebastian vettel, little between them. hamilton's mercedes started in front, and all he had to do was stay there. whilst the track was drying, there was for a time confusion and chaos reigning. staying on the track was proving a little too difficult for some. the early la ps little too difficult for some. the early laps were stifled by accidents, a split —— a pit stop leading sebastian vettel down the field. lewis hamilton kept his calm and kept trouble behind him. max verstappen, having started in 16, now up to second, but sebastian vettel‘s ferrari was slowly fighting its way back. he would eventually regain his second place, but that was as close as he could get to hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pair are, hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pairare, now hamilton, who led from start to finish. the pair are, now level on points, and in the wet shanghai, this duel continues. wasps moved clear at the top of by wasps moved clear at the top of rugby union's premiership after raid dramatic late victory over
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northampton saints. they hope that they had done enough to win it after taking a 5—point lead with just 12 minutes to go, but sustained pressure from wasps led to paul doranjones, pressure from wasps led to paul doran jones, who was pressure from wasps led to paul doranjones, who was on a one—week loa n doranjones, who was on a one—week loan from gloucester, scoring in overtime to level it at 30—30. that then meant a subsequent easy conversion which clinched victory. 32-30. what a conversion which clinched victory. 32—30. what a finish. wheelchair racer david weir won the paris marathon this morning, pulling clear with around five miles left, crossing the line in just under one and a half hours. he is expected to retire after the london marathon in two weeks. he is bidding for a seventh victory there. justin rose and sergio garcia are about to tee off in their final round at the masters. you can follow the final day's play from augusta on
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bbc two and radio five live. that is all from sportsday. plenty more

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