admire him in the modern game and we admire him for that immensely, we love him to bits. you would not want to play by bits. you would not want to play rugby on a pitch like that, would you? he is delighted to see his old clu b you? he is delighted to see his old club emerging like a phoenix from the flames. he was born during the first world war in february 1915 and rugby has played a huge part in his remarkable life experience. well, i want coventry to get promotion this year and one coventry to have a good tea m year and one coventry to have a good team in the championship. coventry has always been mine. this is one of nine england caps he won at the end of the second world war, incredible to think his final international appearance was in 19118 exactly 70 yea rs appearance was in 19118 exactly 70 years ago. it was also in 19118 that harry played for the barbarians in theirfamous their famous victory against mighty australia. the australians had

beaten france, england, ireland and scotland. they were unbeaten. was that a satisfying win? that was the best. it was the best, honest. and in those days you couldn't keep the jersey. they collected the bloody jerseys up. harry swears by bananas, broccoli and beetroot and every day still cooks his own fresh food. he will never forget his 103rd birthday lunch but he will never forgive the by lunch but he will never forgive the rugby club jokers for using trick candles and the icing on the cake would be england to beat wales at twickenham on saturday. 103 cheers for harry. that's all from sportsday. we'll have more throughout the evening. the brexit secretary,

david davis has strongly criticised the european union's latest negotiating statement as discourteous, unwise, and not in good faith. the eu has published plans that would allow it to punish the uk during a transition period — that's the two years or so during which britain has no input into brussels decision making. iain watson is at westminster for us. a second meeting today of senior cabinet ministers trying to thrash out what they think our relationship should be with eu once we have left but i presume they have remained tight—lipped about that? but i presume they have remained tight-lipped about that? they have remained tight—lipped. i am not sure whether that is by design or if they have not reached any definitive agreement. they have had two days of

talks looking at the end point where we will be at the end of the brexit process , we will be at the end of the brexit process, what future relationship because we do have to discuss that pretty soon, they are working to a timetable, provisional timetable of sorting that out by october so it can be voted on in the uk parliament and european parliament by differences remain over what kind of customs arrangements we want with northern ireland, the immigration system so nothing definitive emerging these meetings and they are not undertaking any formal briefings but what is concentrating minds at the moment is negotiations on the transition period, the implementation period, what happens effectively in the two years or so immediately after we leave the european union. the government wants that sorted out more quickly by the third week in march when there is a european summitand third week in march when there is a european summit and it does not sound as if things are going necessarily diplomatically desperately well. what happened today was the government produced this paper, it is tightly typed but

they say in these negotiations we wa nt to they say in these negotiations we want to make sure we can still get the benefits of trade deals which the benefits of trade deals which the european union has negotiated during the transitional period, technical details that will be discussed tomorrow and next week in those talks but as you suggest the brexit secretary less than chuffed with some of the things which are coming out of brussels so far, they have set other negotiating directives and on wednesday they published what might happen if during that transition period britain disobeyed existing eu rules did not implement new eu rules and they suggest there could be restrictions on access to the single market or tariffs back and we ultimately wanted to have tariff free trade and service said david davies reacted to that document today. i have to say i thought that document was hardly a legal document, it was a political document. what we are about is

building implementation period, a bridge to a future where we work well together and i do not think it was in good faith to publish a document with frankly discourteous language and implying they could arbitrarily terminate in effect the implementation period. that is not what the aim of this exercise is, it is not in good faith and it was unwise to publish. the government said a conference on getting an agreement but with that kind of language that sets the tone of the negotiations then who knows it might be trickier than anticipated. david davis is none too chuffed about the lea k of davis is none too chuffed about the leak ofan davis is none too chuffed about the leak of an internal whitehall document to the buzz feed website mps were then allowed to take a look at that document and more details we re at that document and more details were emerging so in fact what the document says he's every single region of the uk would not do as well over the next 15 years under a

range of different scenarios outside of the european union than they would if we had remained members of the european union said david davis today distancing the government from that analysis and suggesting it was merely a work in progress. three things, one, every single financial hmmfi things, one, every single financial forecast relating to brexit has prove n forecast relating to brexit has proven wrong so forecast relating to brexit has proven wrong so far, forecast relating to brexit has proven wrong so far, massively wrong, all on the same side or underestimated the progress of the economy, secondly this is a work in progress, this is not a complete policy document, i have said we will publish before the parliament makes a decision on the final deal, will publish economic estimates but they will be complete economic estimates, you would not drive a car that is half finished, you should not use a hmmfi half finished, you should not use a forecast that is half complete so thatis forecast that is half complete so that is the second thing, thirdly, even at work in progress did not use, did not assess what are actual

aim is, our policy aim. things that might look like it but i'm not it and we intend to publish something at the end of this exercise which shows what we are meant to do. which is progress the britain. see if the mood improves in the coming weeks. thank you. now, time for a look at the weather. it is the turn of scotla nd the weather. it is the turn of scotland and northern ireland to the frosts night, the england and wales a spell of wet weather pushing across the country and some strong and gusty wind and that clears and tern pters and gusty wind and that clears and tempters dropped later. rain spreading eastwards across england and wales, heavy bursts as well on the hills, gale force gusts of wind around the coast and the rain becomes confined to the south—east by dawn, clearer skies, becomes confined to the south—east by dawn, clearerskies, rain, becomes confined to the south—east by dawn, clearer skies, rain, sleet and snow and hail showers pushing in from the north and west in between clearer skies, the frost and icy

conditions. slippery in places to start the day, wet start for the far east clearing through and rain, head and sleet showers across england and wales in the morning into east anglia and the south—east in the afternoon and sunny spells and a few sleet and snow showers continuing into scotland for the second half of the day but dry and bright but overall a cold feeling day then today. you're watching beyond 100 days on pbs. british mps travel to washington to talk to american companies about russian interference. the lawmakers are frustrated by the tech giants' failure to provide useful information about outside meddling in the brexit referendum. but the tech companies downplay the idea that moscow used their platforms to disrupt the brexit campaign. a senior white house official, rob porter, is sacked as staff secretary following allegations by his two former wives that he battered them. also on the programme: the us coalition kills at least

100 regime fighters, damascus calls it a war crime — the pentagon says it has the right to self—defence. a major milestone for marvel — the premiere of their first black superhero film black panther. get in touch with us using the hashtag.