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t0 particularly the northern isles. 70 to 80 mph. as the night goes on, we will bring more cloud in from the south—west, outbreaks of rain, exceptionally mild air. sunday get off to him i'll start. we will have this slow—moving weather front in central and southern scotland. 0utbreaks central and southern scotland. outbreaks of rain. to the north of it, brighter skies and showers. to the south, mild air. if you break the south, mild air. if you break the cloud up you could get a 14 or 15 degrees. that won't last. rain pushes south on monday, leaving cooler weather behind it in the middle of the week. 0ur our latest headlines: the attorney general has acknowledged that serious mistakes over disclosure of evidence by prosecutors have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. at least 95 people have been killed and more than 150 injured as an explosion
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rocked the afghan capital of couple. it comes after a major taliban attack on a high—profile hotel in which more than 20 people died. three teenage boys have been killed when they broke it by a car in west london. a man has been arrested. police are investigating links between the incident as an altercation which took place after the collision. paris is on high alert forflooding. record rainfall has caused the river sent to banks in one of the wettest january is in paris in more than a century. the release of serial sex attackerjohn worboys has been put on hold. it comes worboys has been put on hold. it co m es after worboys has been put on hold. it comes after two of his victims won the first stage of a legal challenge. it is time now to cross to the bbc sports centre. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me 0lly foster and katherine downes. will grigg's on fire once again for wigan —
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blasting west ham out of the fa cup 11th round. while notts county earn themselves a replay against another premier league side, swa nsea. there was always going to be a new champion at the australian open, caroline wozniacki has her first grand slam title after a thriller in melbourne.... also coming up in the programme: find out how rory mcilroy and the rest of the british contingent are getting on at the dubai desert classic. good evening, lots coming up over the next half an hour, but it's been a very busy day in the fa cup. two results are still to come in from the 11th round, but we have had a couple of upsets. teams from leagues 0ne
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and two continue to punch above their weight — with the biggest result of the day coming courtesy of wigan. the league one side have knocked west ham out of the cup, and made it look easy too. alex gulrajani reports: 0thers certainly do. top of league 1 and on top of premier league, west ham inside the open ten minutes. will grigg giving david moyes some early headaches. itjust kept on growing. wigan well on top against their visitors. upset was on the cards. west ham limited to just one meaningful chance in the opening half. rhys 0xford couldn't do much. their task got harder after the break. sent off for spitting at nick powell. with the man advantage, wigan pushed on and were given the chance of a second. reece burkejudged to have
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handled in the box. penalty. the nerves too much for manager paul cook, for manager paul cook, though he need have left. they redoubled to seal a famous win for wigan. the journey home for west ham may feel longer tonight. you couldn't have called us a premier league team today because we didn't have enough players in the starting line—up. it was a really difficult encounter. we had a lot of young players who we gave a chance anyone in mind? everyone knows me, everyone knows what i'm like. liverpool is the only type of me. whatever the cup offers us, i'm sure we will enjoy. a lot more to get through in the fa cup. kat and our football reporter john bennett have picked out some of the highlights. going to start with the wigan win.
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meanwhile, tottenham had going so well. will grigg once again the man for wigan on what has been a disastrous day for west ham. dympna mcveigh mischance, will grigg is on fire. he is the fa cup top scorer 110w fire. he is the fa cup top scorer now with six goals in five games. 0nly now with six goals in five games. only in finish. that sums him up. excellent performance. 1a in all competitions now. credit to the wigan manager, paul cook. 0nly competitions now. credit to the wigan manager, paul cook. only 13 goals conceded in league1 wigan manager, paul cook. only 13 goals conceded in league 1 this season. goals conceded in league 1 this season. one moment of controversy, when after was sent off spitting. it's horrible to see that the football pitch. i understand he could face a six match ban. yes, disgraceful. the referee did well to see it. this is the worst thing that can happen on the pitch. it's a
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disgraceful incident. initial three match ban so he will at least miss games against crystal palace, brighton and watford. west camel already suffering. survival in the premier league still a priority for west ham. let's hearfrom david moyes. you couldn't have called us a premier league team today because we didn't have enough players in the starting line—up. it was a really difficult encounter. we had a lot of young players who we gave a chance but i wouldn't say many of them.. but i wouldn't say many of them unpressed ne. i was disappointed with the senior players that they didn't help the younger players more. all in all, disappointing performance and results. but we have said before that we think we have bigger fish to fry at this time. springy up—to—date. they have taken the lead. this is the minute were
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newport county of league 2 went up 1-0 newport county of league 2 went up 1—0 against tottenham hotspur of the premier league. that much is still ongoing. 0ne premier league. that much is still ongoing. one other notable result is not county. they have earned themselves a replay against premier league side swansea city. our manager kevin nolan said they were magnificent. see what you think. when you are about age, every adult must look like a giant. but with notts must look like a giant. but with n otts cou nty must look like a giant. but with notts county the giant killers against premier league swansea city? it didn't look likely in the first half. unsurprising given the hosts lost a cruelly during the week while the visitors beat liverpool. right on half—time, the quality told... the premier league team ahead in the last few seconds of the first half. what did kevin nolan and his team do in the second half? george grant
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went close several times. but missed. even the most inviting other openings. great shots. should have levelled it up. luckily the leveller did come. and from a de villiers source. “— did come. and from a de villiers source. —— familiar. should this have stirred? the ball looks to have gone out in the build—up. they did have to so grab some pressure. wilfried bony should have sent his side through. that was how it ended. his team league places separated these sites. a real giants of an effort from notts county. delighted. i thought they were fantastic. very u nfortu nate not to i thought they were fantastic. very unfortunate not to come in 0—0. i thought the reaction after the break was brilliant. very unlucky not to get a couple more. absolutely
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delighted, proud of them. that's what they have been doing week in week out, and why they have got to where they are. have forced to them. hopefully they will keep going. replay coming up for notts county. great mix of youth and experience. ifjohn stared, great character after conceding that gold to get back into it. swansea made eight changes but it was still a very strong team. great performance from not county. it looks as though they will get promotion season if they continue like that. that bring you through the rest of the fa cup fourth round. starting with peterborough, who lost quite spectacularly to leicester. ten changes from leicester. a bit of
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criticism. it turned out to be the right decision in the end. the fringe players did so well. scoring on his debut from leicester, his first goal. he entered up scoring two. great performance from leicester. this was the fifth goal. 5-1 leicester. this was the fifth goal. 5—1win. leicester. this was the fifth goal. 5—1 win. they leicester. this was the fifth goal. 5—1win. they made a lot of changes, kept the stars on the bench just in case. but they weren't really needed because the fringe players did so well. rochdale have themselves a replay against millwall. millwall coming back to keep themselves in that one. so close to going through. struggling a bit of the moment. this is this late equaliser. adam thompson, 90th minute. millwall stay
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in the hands, just. coventry have made sure we have a league 2 side through to the last extreme. they beat mk dons as well. bringing back memories of 1987. great for the fans because they have dropped down the leagues in recent years. that was the winner. french player, in relief and forum. more commentary found in the stadium than mk dons fans. great day out for them. brighton must it very late to beat bills brown 1—0. really unlucky. it was a clearance which it glenn murray's knee, could have gone anywhere. it ended up in the back of the net. brighton made a lot of changes today, leaving the likes of glenn murray on the bench. they will be concentrating on staying in the premier league. a
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really good when former manson today. to finish with, it was southampton who came out on top. a lot of fun debut for watford with their new manager. a difficult start. the only goal four minutes into the game. a really tough job here. the fans really showed their disappointment, the watford fans. there were a few arguments between fa ns there were a few arguments between fans and players. he has a really toughjob on fans and players. he has a really tough job on his fans and players. he has a really toughjob on his hands. fans and players. he has a really tough job on his hands. we will have tough job on his hands. we will have to keep our eyes on that. the other results, huddersfield 1—1 against birmingham. howell, 2—1 against nottingham forest. too little too late for forest to get themselves
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back in. sheffield united beat preston. a penalty was the difference between those two sides. the latest from rodney parade, newport county of league 2 beating totte n ha m of newport county of league 2 beating tottenham of the premier league, 1-0, at tottenham of the premier league, 1—0, at the moment. tottenham of the premier league, 1-0, at the moment. i'm not watching! a full round—up later on. there were four games in the championship this afternoon... fulham have got themselves into the playoff places with a 3 — 1win at struggling barnsley. norwich won away at brentford. bristol city response to their loss in the league cup semi—final with a 2—nil win at home to qpr. and wolves stretch their lead at the top with a 1—nil win at ipswich. fulham have got themselves
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into the playoff places with a win in the championship, blackpool‘s match against charlton had to be postponed because of a waterlogged pitch — a real shame because they had been set to pay their respects to a club legend. jimmy armfield, who died earlier this week. that didn't stop the fans, though. the former england captain died at the age of 82. fans who had been on their way to the game instead applauded in the street to pay their respects. he spent his entire career at blackpool before becoming a much respected broadcaster with bbc radio. there were also tributes at today's other fa cup ties. celtic are still 11 points clear at the top of the scottish premiership after they and aberdeen both won the dons beat kilmarnock 3—1 at home to move 3 points clear of rangers who face ross county tomorrow. leigh griffiths scored the only goal for celtic in their win against his former club hibs.
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dundee got a 98th minute winner at hamilton. hearts drew with motherwell and patrick beat stjohnstone. caroline wozniacki is the australian open champion. the dane won herfirst grand slam title, beating simona halep in the final in melbourne. the win means that she leaps over halep in the rankings back to number one in the world. adam wild was watching... neither has won a grand slam before.
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she started like a player who wasn't prepared to wait. forcing the first set to a tie—break before finally seeing it slip. a moment for her to stay calm, keep her cool. not easy in the blistering heat. somehow she managed, fighting back to level the match. both having to leave the court cool off. this contest was merely heating up. the final set the fitting such an occasion. this bringing caroline was me a key to the brink. 0ne bringing caroline was me a key to the brink. one more point and her long wait was finally over. you will not see a more popular winner. long wait was finally over. you will not see a more popular winnerlj jumped at this moment for so many years. my voice is shaking, i never
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cry, but today is a very emotional moment. outlast a grand slam champion. rob number one, the winner he took it all. —— at last. world number one. we spoke about the pressure she was under to secure that first grand slam win. someone like caroline, who has been in grand slam finals before, as the years tick on, she started when she was 1a. this was 43rd grand slam events. you think, ami 43rd grand slam events. you think, am i ever going to win one? for her to come out and do it, this will just be the greatest day for her. i hope she celebrates it. the way she played, so aggressive, much more than she was before. a year ago, she was asking if she was —— being asked
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if she were thinking of retiring. she still has many years left. this could open the door and she could have moore. those conditions, it was so have moore. those conditions, it was so hot. they were absolutely going to ditto. if anyone thinks the women's game isn't a physical and have the same skills as the men, it was fantastic. 3.5 hours or something they were on court. the rallies were so punishing. the last two points caroline played to win the match, she's going to be looking back at those forever because they had to have the best .5 ever seen played. she so deserved to win. i feel so sad for simona. you didn't wa nt feel so sad for simona. you didn't want either player to lose, but she's so good on the play, maybe she will get a chance at the french 0pen. will get a chance at the french open. our attention switches to the men's. two grand slam champions in the final. roger federer with just a
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few more than marriage village. what are your expectations? they're saying it could be even hotter tomorrow. that could be an issue if it goes on. the way roger federer has been playing, he has been wafting one opponent aside after another, racing through the draw. but marron said which is a dangerous opponents. he has big weapons from both sides. if he is on, he has a chance. you just feel that roger has to bea chance. you just feel that roger has to be a little bit off. in the semifinal, stepping in so aggressive, and he starts dictating the points, there is only going to be one winner. he's playing better tennis now at the age of 36 than he did ten years ago. moving better than he did ten years ago. you can only see one winner unless maybe he has an off day. sue barker will be back tomorrow with highlights of men's final. ben stokes, has been
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snapped up this morning, for nearly 1.4 million pounds, in the auction of players, for the indian premier league. he's been bought by the rajasthan royals. that's despite facing a charge for affray, after an incident, outside a nightclub in bristol. the all—rounder, was the most valuable player, of the 20—20 tournament last year. stokes is the joint most expensive of the overseas players. here are the other english players who've been bought so far. chris woakes has fetched 820 thousand pounds from royal challengers bangalore. wicketkeeperjos buttlerjoins stokes at rajasthan royals forjust under £190 thousand. moeen ali, who has had a poor winter for england, will be with fellow all—rounder woakes at royal challengers bangalore. he cost them £187 thousand pounds. and jason roy, who hit the highest ever 0di score for england earlier this month, went to delhi daredevils for £165 thousand.
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test captainjoe root is one who so far remains unsold. it's because he has to return to england and can't play the whole of the ipl. no one has no bought chris gayle either. there was also a big pay day for sussex's fast bowler jofra archer has snapped up for £800,000 after impressing in the big bash. he tweeted — "wow can't put this feeling into words". born in the west indies to an english father he will have to wait another five years to quality to play for england due to residency rules. staying with cricket — kevin pietersen says his playing days are nearing the end but he clearly intends to go out in style... the former england batsman lead the melbourne stars to victory hitting 46 runs in 23 balls in his final big bash game. pietersen has not officially announced his retirement and could still feature in some of the other t20 franchises across the world this year. india have beaten south africa
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in the final test of the series in johannesburg despite concerns over the safety of the pitch. the umpires took the players off early yesterday and there were fears the match would be abandoned. dean elgar didn't have too much trouble with the surface but the rest of the south african batting order collapsed. they lost nine wickets for 46 with elgar unbeaten on 86. south africa won the series two—one. rory mcilroy lies in second place after the third round of the dubai desert classic, 1 shot behind leader haotang li of china who's 20 under par. the northern irishman shot four birdies and then this approach on the tenth set up his only eagle of the day as he finished on 19 under england's andy sullivan is only three shots behind mcilroy as he went round in 63 and shot of the day, well, that went to alexander levy
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of france, a hole in one on the par 3 fourth. he closed out round three on seventeen under par, three shots behind the leaders. mcilroy says he has work to do if he wants to take home the prize money. it was good to knock that birdie in at the last. i will probably need to play better tomorrow to win. it is two weeks into the season, and i've given myself a second chance to win a tournament. looking forward to tomorrow. bath preserved their unbeaten record in the anglo welsh cup beating newcastle 21—8. no points were scored until the second half at the rec, paul grant broke the deadlock for bath... they ran in three tries to newcastle's one with freddie burns' inch—perfect kick finding jack wilson. so that's played 3, won 3 for bath. elsewhere, london irish
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thrashed wasps 66—7. northampton — who were missing george north through injury — beat sale 24—20. leicester, harlequins and saracens all beat welsh opposition. it's currently worcester x exeter x team gb will be sending their largest—ever team to a winter olympics next week and among them will be the snowboard cross athlete zoe gillings—brier. it'll be her fourth games, but first as a mother. nick hope has been to meet her and daughter lea at their base in austria... boardercross is amongst the most dramatic and unpredictable winter olympic events. and zoe gillings—brier has had herfair share of ups and downs. but life away from the slopes now has its own little challenge as well. lea arrived in 2016. and it's clearly a case of like mother, like daughter! lea's awesome. i love her, of course. i'm her mum, so i would think she was the best kid in entire world.
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she had herfirst go when she was one year and three days old, i think it was. had a little go on the snow in argentina. she's 15 months old now. she can't turn, obviously but... give her time! yeah, give her time. who does the early mornings and late nights? an athlete needs her sleep! funnily enough, i've heard that a few times! i would be lying if i said i got up with her early the morning as much as dan does. we always agreed that having lea, we could do while she trained and competed. certainly one of the things i want to do is allow zoe to train and compete properly, like she's always done. a lot of people asked me when i was pregnant about whether i thought i was going to be more scared when i was on the mountain now that i'm a mum, but i don't seem to be. if it's changed me at all, i think it it's actually made me more confident. pyeongchang 2018 will be zoe's fourth olympics, and. although a medal has always eluded her so far, success at these games would arguably mean more than at any point in her career. the more successful
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i am at snowboarding, the better my career goes, the more successful i will be and the more i can help out lea and give her a good future and stuff. i'm doing it for me, and i'm doing it for her at the same time. top story, a shock in the fa cup as league one wigan knockout west ham in the fourth round. that's all from sportsday. newport county beat tottenham 1—0. 20 minutes to play. we will tell you what happens in that. our next thursday at 7:30pm. good evening. mild weather this
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weekend. that comes with a good deal of cloud. some sunshine this afternoon across northern ireland and scotland. it is pretty windy right now. the wind coming in from the atlantic, blowing in this cloud. that gave the raynaud's breaks across the north. more cloud coming in from the atlantic. some of us still have the cloud across parts of southern england. misty and 30 today. far north, very windy in the next few hours. severe gales for a while. waiter in the night, the cloud returning to many more areas. mr fogg in the south—west and wales. rain in northern ireland and scotland. scotland sees most of the rain on sunday. the foreign tourists less windy by morning. some sunshine and showers in central and southern
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scotland. the lansdown, rain and drizzle all day. some wet weather to begin the day in northern ireland. across the pennines, gloomy, down and dreary. for many a cloudy starts. miles by the morning. temperatures around 10 degrees. quite a blustery day. still that rain across a good part of scotland. drier in northern ireland. dry across england and wales. these of the high ground, the strong winds should break up the cloud. even with cloudy skies, 11 or 12 quite widely. foreign office scotland, not quite so miles. the weatherfront foreign office scotland, not quite so miles. the weather front bringing the rain, moving southwards in the beginning of next week. if milder air getting pushed away into the near continent. instead some colder aircoming ina near continent. instead some colder air coming in a westerly winds. the ahead of a south—westerly winds. the
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rain sinking southwards across england and wales. dance in the afternoon across the southern areas of england. further north, some sunshine eventually in wales and the midlands. wintry showers in the north—west is the error gets colder. into tuesday, we may start with a touch of frost towards the south—east were the winds will be lighter. a bright day. cloud will increase and rain coming in from the south—west. later on rain coming down from the north—west. temperatures won't be quite as high. six to 8 degrees but it will turn colderfor all six to 8 degrees but it will turn colder for all of six to 8 degrees but it will turn colderfor all of us from six to 8 degrees but it will turn colder for all of us from mid week onwards. this is bbc news. the headlines at seven:
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police say a car involved in a fatal crash which killed three teenagers at a bus stop in west london last night, is believed to have been travelling at high speed. all current rape cases to be urgently reviewed to ensure evidence has been disclosed. there is a need for more training for police officers and prosecutors. but disclosure is not new. it has been there since 1996. police and prosecutors should know what they have to do. at least 95 people have been killed and 150 injured in a bombing in the afghan capital, kabul. the taliban say they carried out the attack. also in this hour, paris is on high alert for flooding. water levels are continuing to rise along the river seine, following some of the heaviest rain for a century.

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