britain has had to fall back on their back... wales held off a strong second—half fightback from scotland to win a one—point thriller in their women's six nations clash in colwyn bay. the welsh were in control when this try from kerin lake put them 18 — 5 up in the second half. but scotland came back strongly through chloe rollie who scored two second half tries to put them within a point. but the hosts held on for an 18—17 win. tomorrow it's the turn of the welsh men, kicking of the six nations against scotland at the principality stadium. head coach warren gatland is in his 10th year, and he wants the journey to get even better after winning 2 grand slams and leading the british and irish lions twice along the way. we had that period in new zealand with the lions, which was a great experience, and now, the whole focus is on this, and then i will be finished, but i didn't expect to be

here ten years, and 100 games, anyway, so it's been brilliant. pied england coach eddiejones has named his team for their title defence against italy in rome on sunday. the surprise selection is worcester‘s ben te‘o at outside centre. the headline here is the selection of ben te‘o at outside centre. many thought it would not be fit, but he went off to australia to get the rehab funded out of his own pocket, and he is ready to play his first game since october. his selection at number13, game since october. his selection at number 13, with jonathan josephs dropping to the bench, gives you some insight that he is looking for the powerful figure some insight that he is looking for the powerfulfigure in the midfield. courtney laws and chris robshaw in the back row. alec hepburn will make his england debut from the bench, and there has been so much talk about the missing players, but

ultimately, most of england's big guns are here, as they go to rome fully loaded, as they look to start off these events of their six nations title with a bang. so a big weekend ahead with wales kicking off the men's championship at home to scotland tomorrow at 2:15pm. before france host ireland at a:45pm in paris. england's game with italy is a 3 o'clock kick—off on sunday. wigan made a slick start to their super league season with a 28 point thumping of salford. the warriors were ruthless in the second half when their backline tore through the salford defence. wigan won it 40—12. last season's runners—up castleford were woeful against st helens. ben barba collected man of the match going overfor two tries, while mark percival scored a hat—trick — barba setting him up here. justin holbrook‘s men off to a flier in their season opener taking it 16—6. west ham have sacked director of player recruitment, tony henry, over claims he said the club

wouldn't sign any more african players. a newspaper report carried quotes from henry stating african players "cause mayhem" when they're not in the team. the club said his comments were "unacceptable", adding they conducted a "full and thorough investigation". manager david moyes says the scandal hasn't damaged team morale ahead of tomorrows match at brighton. the comments are wrong. we were signing two players from africa on deadline day, so i can only say they are wrong. of course we have. you can see the players that we signed, the players that the club sign over the players that the club sign over the years. we have always... we sign good quality players, the best players that we can get. doesn't matter where they are from to me, at all. it was a record breaking winter transfer window — £430 million were spent in england alone.

but arsenal manager arsene wenger says that isn't a good thing! he says the problem is getting worse across europe and claims while clubs like manchester city are enjoying big leads at the top of their divisions, huge expenditure is ‘destroying' competition. when you look at the five big leagues in europe, you could say that predictability, and the armed predictability of competition has gone down, because we are in december. we know already before champions of five leaves, which means that something is not right in out means that something is not right in our game. means that something is not right in ourgame. the means that something is not right in our game. the huge power of some financial... the huge financial buyer power of some clubs is distracting the competition. sammy ameobi scored to lift bolton out of the championship relegation zone as they beat promotion—chasing bristol city 1—0. with three points separating the bottom six clubs before kick off, this was a massive victory for bolton.

ameobi scored the all important winner in the 71st minute for his fourth goal of the season. england's lee westwood fired his best round in 15 years, on day two at the malaysian 0pen. the third round is getting underway now. westwood landed 11 birdies in a ten—under—par 62, including this one on the 8th hole. fellow englishman chris paisley and scotland's marc warren also struck the ball well and are in the hunt at the half—way stage. if you missed it, i'm about to show you some extroadinary batting from david willey in australia, as he nearly became the first englishman, to hit six, sixes, in an over. england easily beat a prime minister's eleven, in their twenty20 in canberra. willey smacked 3a runs off an over, bowled by australian spinner nathan lyon. willey hit the first five balls for six. but he could only manage a four from the last ball. still he finished with 79 from 36 balls. england comfortably won by eight—wickets. a t20 tri—series, co—hosted

by australia and new zealand, begins on saturday. 0ur our top story this sports day. tennis world number 114, our top story this sports day. tennis world number114, cameron norrie, stand roberto bautista agut, as he fought back from two set down to claim a stunning five sets win in my bayer in the davis cup. that pulls great britain level at one — one, after liam brady was beaten. jamie murray now faces the luciano lopez in saturday's doubles. that's all from sportsday. hello, and welcome to our look ahead

to what the papers will be bringing us to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with ask, is tim sta nley, us tomorrow. with ask, is tim stanley, and suzy boniface. many tomorrow's front pages are already in. the news that the us congress released a memo has made many of the front pages, but it did meet the front pages, but it did meet the front pages, but it did meet the front page of the financial times. that story also gets a brief mention on the front of the guardian, but the paper's top story is a closer

look too much of the processed foods that we eat. the telegraph leads on government plans for heterosexual couples to be offered civil partnerships, which are currently only available to insects couples. the paper also celebrates the land reunion of the spice girls. the mirror claims amy mac —— amd waiting... the number of prostate cancer deaths overtook the number of breast cancer deaths in women for the first time. the paper is suggesting that more money needs to be spent on tackling bostick cancer. the times lead on plans for a crackdown on russian oligarchs, who will be forced to spend their luxury lifestyle in this country. so, no

real consensus on which one story is topping the front pages, but plenty of different services that the weekend. —— subjects. let's start with the ft, which is the one paper which has picked up on this memo that has been seizing the headlines this evening. tim, i know that you have read it, what you make of it? what you make of what the fda have said? this is contradicted, buckle up. we all know that there is a investigation going on into the top campaign's links with russia. that is the background. the republicans, in an effort to fight back politically, have released a memo which charges that the fbi's seeking ofa which charges that the fbi's seeking of a wire tap on an important member of a wire tap on an important member of the trump campaign, they say that

when a sword that wiretap, they didn't make certain important thing is clear. so, they didn't make clear where the allegations were coming from, they didn't make it clear solution as they put it with the democrats. in other words, the republicans are trying to undermine the fbi's investigation, or at least trying to give the impression that there was political, and media buyers in the fbi's investigation of the trump campaign. frankly, the memo doesn't change very much. there are other investigations going on off top‘s campaign, and there are some allegations which members of the campaign have already admitted to. for instance, we know that there was a meeting between the russians and donald trump jr. was a meeting between the russians and donald trumer. it doesn't change any of that. what it does do, it politically, is it gives donald trumpa weapon, it politically, is it gives donald trump a weapon, something that will mobilise his supporters, saying that i have evidence, that this was not

just about finding out the truth between me and russia, this was about using the democrats using the services to get at me. what a tangle. it slurs and slurs. there is the christopher steel dossier, to discredit time. they are using at as a basis for an investigation, without pointing out that many part of that dossier have been verified and known to be true. the fact that this particular investigation was started before the stud dossier was even britain, 2013. —— even written. it isjust a way even britain, 2013. —— even written. it is just a way that donald trump can distract his normal technique of aids dead cat on the table. what is interesting, is that if you are a trump supporter, it confirms —— a

dead cat on the table. when that dossier was first released and published online, you said it was disgraceful. it was unverified, it was unproven. and here we are, the president of the united states, publishing a similarly unproven memo, which doesn't prove anything at all. he is saying that it is shocking and shameful, as though it is definitely true. it is more madness. it is another thing... you know, how mad has he got to be before anybody would actually change their opinion about in one way or their opinion about in one way or the other? an i agree with a lot of that. i did entirely agree on whether or not that memo shows is significant. it is significant if it turns out that the democrats financed some of the staff which was then used as the justification...

only if that dossier was true. if the facts are correct, it doesn't matter who paid for it. one thing thatis matter who paid for it. one thing that is for certain, is that this is a row that is going to continue... in the pursuit ofjustice, if you drop procedure, it doesn't matter if you are guilty, or not. if yorkers should choose no rights have been violated, they have been violated. -- if violated, they have been violated. —— if your constitutional rights. exactly. it is because the fbi are going so katherine dotting every tea and —— going so katherine dotting every tea and -- -- going so katherine dotting every tea and —— —— going so carefully and causing every tea and dotting every eye. let's just look causing every tea and dotting every eye. let'sjust look at causing every tea and dotting every eye. let's just look at the causing every tea and dotting every eye. let'sjust look at the daily telegraph. biggest marriage is shake—up in 200 years. telegraph. biggest marriage is shake-up in 200 years. yes, you may 01’ shake-up in 200 years. yes, you may or member when i was a very young child, the new labour government introduced the partnerships

legislation, which allowed gay people to get a civil partnership. at the time, it was argued that this would be extended to her to sections, as well. so that you could get sisters, getting married, or whatever, so that they would get the same inheritance rights, host of like that. and then, you have got 93v like that. and then, you have got gay marriage, and every thing moved on. now, what is happening is that the government is looking at introducing those rights to get a... you have a civil partnership for acceptance, too. this is a genuinely egalitarian move, those who are arguing for it, would say. urn the quality? importance that? will it make a huge hibiscus probably not. the claim that it is the biggest shake—up in 200 years, i would claim thatis shake—up in 200 years, i would claim that is hyperbole. although it is the claim that it is the change of a state —based the claim that it is the change of a state — based marriage the claim that it is the change of a state —based marriage as opposed to a church —based marriage, p was the get married, who was get divorced,

and your marriage are still the life. not signing the register, at the time, but... these are the first shake—ups to the way that we register marriages. since 1837, and many people would argue that life has changed, people have changed, and of course we could change things, since 1837. this is only going to effect a relatively small number of heterosexual couples who wa nt number of heterosexual couples who want this option of a civil partnership. don't want to go through the whole business of having a religious ceremony. plenty of people get married in a registry office. yes, exactly. i struggle to see the difference. what a marriages, is a state's recognition of the union. if you need to do so union, you need to have the proceedings of a