f, “$5 “fffi ‘fl emissions as we have seen a growth in the global economy. thank you. sarah is on the balcony and i think she has some news about the weather. this was the scene on saturday taken bya this was the scene on saturday taken by a weather watcher in warwickshire. plenty of sunshine there, but the clear skies mean we have quite a chilly night tonight. overnight, we will continue to see showers across the northern half of scotland. quite breezy, but elsewhere largely dry. five or 6 degrees overnight lows in the towns and cities, but a little bit colder than that in the countryside. cloudier further south across

england. for the london marathon, it's looking like a drier picture, but there's the outside chance of light passing shower. monday into tuesday, that wintry theme arrives. we could well see some sweet memory over higher ground and a return to night time frost as those temperatures tumble. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. theresa may says the conservatives are a ‘low—tax party‘ — as she addresses labour claims that she's planning a ‘tax bombshell‘. tight security across france as the country prepares

for the first round of the presidential election. more than a hundred afghan soldiers are killed or wounded in one of the worst attacks on an army base in the country. britain's first coal—free day since the victorian era — the national grid says 2a hours—worth of electricity has been generated without using coal for the first time since 1882. and rallies have been held around the world in support of science — among the demonstrators, doctor who star peter capaldi. a ‘political assault on facts.‘ now on bbc news 7 sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me olly foster and james pearce. the headlines this evening... chelsea are dreaming of the double after beating spurs to reach the fa cup final. there‘s a late winner for aberdeen as they reach the scottish cup final for the first time in 17 years and nastase is thrown out and konta is left in tears in a dramatic

start to the fed cup tie in romania. also coming up in the programme. the rocket is through to the world championship quarter finals at sheffield and he explains how he approaches his snooker like a pop star. and there have been more medals for great britain at the european gymnastics championships. chelsea have reached the fa cup final. the league leaders came out on top against their title rivals tottenham. it finished 4—2 and they‘ll face arsenal or manchester city who play tomorrow. it was a pulsating semifinal at wembley with some great goals as spurs equalised twice only for chelsea to pull clear at the end. patrick gearey is at wembley for us, patrick, cheslea proving just too

strong for tottenham in the end. indeed. they are tending to a battered pitch after an exciting evening. the ball had this rivalry because of the history and geography. spurs at the youthful energy, chelsea the more proven winners. it set up a frenzied match, but it began on a very sombre note will stop before the match, a reminder of more important matters. the former england defender died yesterday aged 1m. football remembers. in the battle of the premier league‘s top two, chelsea we re premier league‘s top two, chelsea were quickly on the front foot, and

leaving eden hazard on the bench raise eyebrows, but the man who replaced raise the roof. headed in five minutes, antonio conte‘s chelsea off to a flying start. totte n ha m chelsea off to a flying start. tottenham have struggled playing at wembley and now needed to send all in quickly. harry game‘s header did just that. his 26th goal of the season just that. his 26th goal of the season strong spurs to life. on the big occasions, it‘s important to keep your composure. enjoying his day in the sunshine. tottenham‘s equaliser came from a moment of magic. the delightful ball! christian eriksson with one of the assists of the season. it looked as

though the headlines because it to hazard. he was off the bench and onto the scoresheet. eden hazard scores for chelsea! . but the real jaw—dropping moment came from an unlikely source. chelsea are within touching distance of the fa cup final. it was a nice goal, but first of all, we are very happy because we are in the final. spurs are great team, it was hard today, but when you score four goals against them, you score four goals against them, you have to win the game, so i‘m very happy for the team. chelsea

delighted, as were spurs. this was their seventh in a row. that‘s a record. they played very well for long periods of this match. they must pick themselves up, only four points behind chelsea, and as for chelsea, they have proven themselves winners. they know how to handle these big occasions matters by many will feel in a month‘s time they will feel in a month‘s time they will come back here to wembley and they will be going for an elite in cup double. we‘ll show you what happened in the first of the scottish cup semi—finals shortly, but first let‘s stay in england because four of the teams that started that day occupying the bottom five places in the premier league have been in action. over to olly and our football reporterjohn bennett for all the details. the focus down at the bottom.

middlesbrough should be safe? yes, a 4-0 middlesbrough should be safe? yes, a 4—0 defeat at it was a nightmare first part of the game. josh king scored 12 in a last 16 games. great form. then the important moment, gust of ramirez sent off. his first booking was for an alleged dive. awful performance from middlesbrough, let‘s hear from awful performance from middlesbrough, let‘s hearfrom their manager. a little bit of everything in there. and rightly so, because it‘s been a tough few months recently so certainly since our last win we have to regroup and will be ready for the sunderland game. hull city keeping their heads above water. worth reminding us that the

manager‘s brexit, it stretches back longer. 41 games unbeaten, it stretches back to 201k 41 games unbeaten, it stretches back to 2014 when he was managing in portugal at estoril. do— zero against watford today. they were going to ten men for a 65 minutes. we‘re going to appeal the sending off. hull city have a great record at home. what a job he is doing. let's hear from him now. i at home. what a job he is doing. let's hear from him now. lam really happy when we fight together, the players, the fans, all of the people who work here. it's amazing, and it's very important,. people continue to fight. i don't know what will happen in the end of the season, but we will continue to

fight to remain in the premier league. if they had lost, they would‘ve dropped into the bottom three, because swansea won today, so they‘re just trying to keep in touch, but there are still 18th. a 2-0 touch, but there are still 18th. a2—0 win touch, but there are still 18th. a 2—0 win over swansea against stoke. they were 1—0 up with a headerfrom fernando, stoke. they were 1—0 up with a header from fernando, then stoke. they were 1—0 up with a headerfrom fernando, then still got penalty. a minute later, tom carroll scored. there are a run of five defeats in the last six, so a big relief there. the next game is against manchester united. it only gets tougher. there are still the relegation zone. i believed it was a must win game today. the fact that hull have one as welljust chilled it was absolutely right, because if the gap had gone to five points with four games to go, i think the task would have been very different. we have some itioitiei'itui'i‘i would have been very different. we have some momentum now, would have been very different. we have some itioitiei'itui'i‘i now, we would have been very different. we have some momentum now, we played really well, especially the first

half. overall, ithink really well, especially the first half. overall, i think we would deserve to win and now we can move forward and look forward to our next game. if you were a west ham are everton fan, you‘d probably as for your money back today. an awful game, this one. 0—0. rommel low lu ka ku , an awful game, this one. 0—0. rommel low lu ka ku, they an awful game, this one. 0—0. rommel low lukaku, they played at the game, everton ‘s best shot, a mist opportunity. west ham defended well, but awful game. let‘s have a look at the top of the table. all the action down at the bottom, in fact. it‘s all about the bottom of the table. united at burnley

tomorrow. there, it is so tight. perhaps crystal palace, with the extra couple of games in hand, that might serve them well. i think sunderland are gone, middlesbrough nearly gone. swansea and hull city will fight it out to the end of the city. i think those two. it is all about the home form. swa nsea two. it is all about the home form. swansea have manchester united, tough game. there were also the injuries were manchester united. ibrahim vitch and ron paul, both cruciate knee ligament injuries. united not confirming how long that will be out, but they will miss the last of the season. crowe will be out and united are short at the back will

stop real problems for them at the back. they don‘t know the extent of the injury or when the bid back, but mourinho said they are in trouble. there were some really important matches in the championship that have made a difference at both ends of the table. here are all the scores. bristol city and burton should both be safe from relegation after home wins. fulham‘s 4—1 win at huddersfield boosts their play off chances and virtually ended huddersfield‘s hopes of automatic promotion. nottingham forest moved three points clear of the drop zone with victory at home to reading. sheffield wednesday strengthened their hold on a play off spot by beating derby. wigan and blackburn were both involved in goalless draws which were little help to their chances of avoiding relegation. leyton orient have been relegated from football league after 112 years. they‘ll be replaced by lincoln city. they‘re back after a six year absence following their 2—1 win over macclesfield.

terry hawkridge scored both goals for lincoln in the win that secured the national league title in front of their home supporters. promotion caps off a remarkable season for the imps as they also became the first non—league side to reach the fa cup quarterfinals in 103 years. there was a pitch invasion at full time at sincil bank as they celebrated their return to the football league under the guidance of manager danny cowley. aberdeen are through to their first scottish cup final in 17 years. they beat the holders hibernian 3—2 in a thrilling match at hampden park. the dons scored their opener after a matter of seconds but needed a late winner. they‘ll now face celtic or rangers who play their semifinal tomorrow. adam wild reports. having waited 114 years to win the cup, it is little wonder hebburn were not about to let

it go without a fight. but in this semifinal, it seemed aberdeen were not too keen on having to wait either. it took them just 12 seconds to take the lead against the cup holders, adam rooney seemingly as any. as surprised as any. the second, that caught everyone by surprise as well. bryan christie‘s free kick elegance, quite unlike a celebration. grant holt was the burning‘s desperate measure. his impact was almost immediate. the second half brought a second telling touch, levelling the match. having fought their way back, there was little hibs could do to deflectjohnny hayes‘ winning shot. losing a semifinal is always cruel, but some may feel more cruel than others. aberdeen may have waited 17 years, they don‘t have long to wait now. it‘s been a disappointing afternoon

for manchester city women. they lost the first leg of their champions league semifinal. they were beaten 3—1 at home by lyon. the second leg is next saturday. in the women‘s super league spring series, bristol city women are playing reading women. they are in the second half and the score is goalless highlights from the opening weekend of the women‘s super league spring series and the champions league semifinal are on bbc one tomorrow night at 11.50. that includes an interview with manchester city‘s carli lloyd. there have been ugly scenes during the fed cup match between romania and great britain. ilie nastase, the romanian team captain, was removed from the venue in constanta. that was after he had sworn at the british team captain anne keothavong and the british number one johanna konta. konta was so upset that her match had to be stopped.

alex gulrajani reports. the pressure was on konta from the start. she won the first set, but that wasn‘t her only battle. both konta and the gb captain complained to the umpire about the crowd and the romanian captain ilie nastase got involved, swearing at both of them and the officials, before being escorted away. they then restarted, but not for long. konta, the world number seven visibly distressed, complaining again to the umpire before leaving the court. with another romanian player pleading with the crowd. after a 25 minute suspension, konta returned and quickly slotted back into form, winning five games in a row to seal victory and bring it level. the tie continues and konta will return, unlike nastase, his accreditation removed and banned from the rest of the matches. italian cyclist michele scarponi has

died after being involved in a collision with a van during a training ride. he was 37. scarponi won the 2011 giro d‘italia and took victory on stage one of the tour of the alps on monday, before finishing fourth overall. his astana team said the crash happened close to scarponi‘s home in filottrano. saracens are through to rugby‘s european champions cup final. the defending champions beat munster 26—10 at lansdowne road. they‘ll now face clermont or leicester in next month‘s final. maz farookhi reports. the aviva stadium once again. saracens‘ record has a good run, but irish sides have a traditional lending records. early exchanges

we re lending records. early exchanges were unsurprising with the boot. saracens spent much of the first half on the back foot, but somehow you were able to eke out a slender lead. though making uncharacteristic mistakes. as munster were forced to chase the game, they left themselves exposed at the back. able to make the most of the opportunity. in a match of this importance were saracens, the result all but counts. last season‘s beaten super league finalists are on the way back. warrington wolves began the season with six defeats in a row, but they‘re now unbeaten in five matches — wolves came from behind this afternoon to beat wakefield trinity by 20 points to 18. drew savage watched the action. april sunshine and warrington look

overfour april sunshine and warrington look over four winds april sunshine and warrington look overfour winds in a row. there is plenty of quality in the warrington team, ryan atkins unstoppable on the left. wolves on the board, the cloud back on their side. it‘s been three yea rs back on their side. it‘s been three years since wakefield last one here. the home side needed something to turn around their fortunes. enter captain chris hill, bundling warrington back into the match. they finally began to turn possession into points. the clock was ticking down, just over two minutes to go. that was enough. waddington now eighth in the table and rising. one result in rugby league‘s challenge cup today. super league side leigh have been knocked out

by championship side hull kr. the championship leaders won 23—10 at the sports village. i don't feel any to prove anything, so i don't feel any to prove anything, so i've given myself time to practice. it might have made a difference, it not have, but i bitterness of the more practice on. i hadn't played for a year, basically. i keep going back to the end and see what happens. it'sjust 17 days out of the year. it's not going to be fun, it's probably one of the worst parts of the job nowadays, because it's really tough mentally. i struggle mentally, that's probably my weakest spot. i have to work on that. this find you out more than anyplace. china‘s ding junhui who had a really

tough match against fellow countryman liang wenbo — this break of 132 squared the match at 12—all. so it went to a decider — ding had left liang already needing snookers when the world number 13 inadvertently potted the white. liang conceded... and having come from behind to level the match three times in the closing stages, ding goes through 13—12. great britain have won three more medals at the european gymnastics championships in romania today — taking their tally to five for the competition. there were two medals for ellie downie — and an historic achievement in the rings. but injury to becky downie has ruled her out of the final david mcdaid has more from cluj. a score of 15 plus plenty to give courtney a first major rings medal. solver for him only bested by the olympic champion. after and have

just missed out on the medals in a few competitions now and i didn‘t wa nt few competitions now and i didn‘t want that ever to happen again, so i‘ve gone back to the gym and trained so hard, itjust means a lot. after her own historic all—round gold yesterday, ellie downie was back in one two more medals. slightly down on her qualifying score. moments later, enough forjoint qualifying score. moments later, enough for joint third qualifying score. moments later, enough forjoint third and a bronze medal. there was bad luck for her older sister becky, the defending champion fell in her routine. she immediately signalled to do was over with what appears to be an elbow problem. i know she's been having a couple of niggles and training and i wasn‘t sure which one it was when she fell. i just felt gutted for her. she‘s worked so hard, just as ha rd her. she‘s worked so hard, just as hard as me. the bronze i got today was for me and her, notjust for me. there are more chances for more medals on the final day, with

british interest in four of the apparatus finals. the four—time olympic medallist christine ohuruogu leads a 19—strong british squad at the world relays in the bahamas this weekend. the event doubles up as qualification for teams hoping to compete at the world championships in london this summer. bbc sport‘s nick hope is in nassau for us. it takes less than a moment to realise you‘re in the bahamas, rather than britain, but the majority of the world‘s best track athletes are here because of london, which hosts the world track championships this summer. teams need to perform here to secure really places there. it doesn't get much better than this, on the beach in the bahamas, but it‘s a serious event were all really excited to compete. this marks the beginning of a road to redemption. compete. this marks the beginning of a road to redemptionlj compete. this marks the beginning of a road to redemption. i expected more from myself, i don‘t think i lived up to what i expected for myself. i was gutted and i started

sobbing, back and never saw before. ijust broke down. i didn‘t know what to do with myself, but in 20 seconds my olympic dream is over. that‘s why those medals mean a lot. britain has something of a chequered history in relays and the olympics. yes, they won gold at athens, but then mistakes in the changeover in beijing and london and real cost them medals in all the events. but them medals in all the events. but the women excelled at last year‘s olympics. the squad want to establish themselves regularly as one of the world‘s best really nations. we know it will be tough, there are many teams who would‘ve liked that, so we know we have eyes on our backs. we are in a position of huge advantage in coming in with loads of confidence in capability. the british team have enjoyed the

time in the sun and the media spotlight so far this week. we will be hoping this is the only time they drop the bat and in the bahamas. 9—1 joint favourite vincente won the scottish grand national at ayr this afternoon. the paul nicholls trained horse, ridden by sam twiston—davies, got up in the final stride to beat 18—1 shot cogry by a neck. benbens was third. that‘s all from sportsday. there‘ll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. good evening. it‘s been a largely dry day. this was the scene captured at bristol. plenty of sunshine and clear skies for most parts of the country. some cloud in northern ireland in northern scotland, where we will continue to see showers.

elsewhere, most places dry. we could catcher passing shower in london and the south—east. in the early hours of sunday, it will be quite chilly. in the towns and cities, looking at lows of 56 degrees, particularly across the northern half of the country, colder than that in the countryside. for the london marathon, it will start off fairly fresh at 9 degrees and then finish at around 14. we expect it to stay dry, but there could be a passing shower. as we head weighed northwards across the country, you have more sunshine across wales, northern england, southern scotland. slightly cloudierfor a northern england, southern scotland. slightly cloudier for a northern ireland. and as northern and western scotla nd ireland. and as northern and western scotland will continue to see more cloud and outbreaks of showery rain. through the day, the cloud increases from the west across scotland, bringing outbreaks of patchy rain.

further south, it‘s looking dry. 20 of sunshine and 16 degrees or so in the warmer sunnier spots. moving through sunday evening, overnight into monday, this frontal system sta rts into monday, this frontal system starts to move on from the north. it will introduce cloud and rain and also holding a year behind it. you can see sleet and snow line across the hills in scotland, whereas further knows, we have cloud and milder air, but with some outbreaks of rain. that sets the scene as we head through next week with that cold front moving its way south. that opens the doors for caldaire to move on from the north. it will feel quite wintry from tuesday into wednesday, so we could see sleet and snow showers, particularly over the higher ground towards the north. temperatures, your motors, are dropping off. largely dry through the day tomorrow and things are

feeling wintry into next week. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: theresa may says the conservatives are a "low—tax party", as she addresses labour claims that she‘s planning a "tax bombshell". where i would start is with corporation tax. tight security across france as the country prepares for the first round of the presidential election.

more than 100 afghan soldiers are killed or wounded in one of the worst attacks by the taliban on an army base in the country. britain‘s first coal—free day since the victorian era. the national grid says 24 hours—worth of electricity has been generated without using coal for the first time since 1882. also this hour, celebrations for chelsea as they‘re