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tv   Sportsday  BBC News  February 23, 2018 10:30pm-10:45pm GMT

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extra spice to the game. there will be real intensity at murrayfield, this is how the line—up looks. and you can watch scotland against england live on bbc one tomorrow afternoon, kick—off is at 4:45pm. the women's six nations championship i’u ns the women's six nations championship runs alongside and england are still on course for a second successive six nations grand slam, confidently beating scotland tonight 43—8, the red roses made it three from three, running in seven tries in total at scotstou n, running in seven tries in total at scotstoun, this from ellie kildunne. securing england the bonus point. in rugby league, warrington wolves ended the unbeaten start to wigan to the season with a 16—10 victory at home, tries from tom lehman and atkins helping warrington take the lead early on against wigan side playing their first game since returning from down under, despite a late fightback from wigan with a last—minute try, it was too late to rescue the match. warrington went on to play for victory. in the championship tonight, hull city's match with sheffield united was suspended
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for two and a half minutes because of a protest by the home fans against the club's ownership. manchester city manager pep guardiola has been charged by the fa for wearing a yellow ribbon which shows his support for those imprisoned in the fight for catalunyan indepencence. he revealed in november that he wears it in a show of solidarity towards the politicians imprisoned in his native catalonia where he was born, played and managed. the football governing body said he was in breach of its kit
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and advertising regulations. arsenal will face ac milan in the last 16 of the europa league. the first game will take place on march the 8th ahead of the return leg in london a week later. one piece of transfer news this evening, west ham have agreed to selljose around £5 million. a hasn't featured for the hammers since october. the man who exposed the russian doping scandal has given his first interview to the bbc. evidence saw russia banned from the olympics. and
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forced him into hiding in fearfor his life. we interviewed them from a secret location where he said if he hadn't fled russia, he would now be dead. iam i am sorry i use my knowledge against clean athletes and the whole world and that's why i am sitting here. does british sport have a problem with cheating? honestly, yes. i have some extremely suspicious cases in britain. this is the most important moment in the history of the international olympic committee and it should show how they're consistent in the fight against doping. russia can reject any charges, they say i am a liar
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and if they are allowed to appear, it will be the worst decision. the olympics could die. from the winter olympics injohn —— pyeongchang, the women's curlers missed a gold medal this weekend after losing to sweden in the semifinals. sweden built a huge lead here at the end of the seventh. great britain managed to reduce the deficit to 8—5 but sweden added two more in the ninth and are doing well to secure their place in the final. tea m to secure their place in the final. team gb are hopeful of adding another bronze to their third—place finish four years ago tomorrow. we give it our all tonight and the swedish girls were on fire. i missed
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a couple of key draws and you can't afford to do that. of course i'm absolutely gutted. i guess we've trained hard for the last three or four years to be in that position and unfortunately today we were just outplayed but we still got a medal to play for so we will be giving it oui’ to play for so we will be giving it our all tomorrow. in the women's ski cross britain's emily sarsfield made it through her first heat. but was knocked out in the quarterfinals, a big crash aiding her progression first time round. sarsfield lucky to have made it to the games, having received no funding to compete. to eventually get here after it is huge to be stood out there today and anything for me was to go out and have fun. it is such a cruel
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sport, i wanted to put it on the map. i hope i have a little bit. the final saw canada dominate with a first and second placed finish. kelsey serwa and brittany phelan taking gold and silver. canada have won the event all three times it has featured at the olympics. one of the performances of the games so one of the performances of the games so farcame one of the performances of the games so far came from the 15—year—old russian figure skater, who won the first gold for olympic athletes from russia, those who are allowed to com plete russia, those who are allowed to complete under a neutral banner. after a world record in her short programme, she produced an impeccable routine in the free dance, beating her training partner and the reigning champion. she was the favourite going into it but zagitova earns her own slice of history at just 15 years old that's all for now, coming up in a moment, the papers.
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hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate proctor, political correspondent of the london evening standard and john stapleton, broadcaster. let's run through some of tomorrow's front pages. the telegraph reports comments by a former head of mi6 that jeremy corbyn has questions to answer over his relationship with communist operatives during the cold war. the times reveals the identity of a man it calls a "putin crony" with financial interests in britain
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after a long—running legal dispute with the paper. the ft weekend leads on brexit, it says the prime minister is under growing cross—party pressure to stay in the customs union after brexit. the guardian has an investigation into food safety and says that half of all audited meat factories have had major safety breaches in the last three years. possible changes to the organ donor system is the i's top story — it reports mps have voted to progress legislation replacing the opt—in system with an opt—out. the mirror calls the move "historic" and says it has delighted ten—year—old heart transplant patient max. the mail reports hospital consultants have won a battle to retain lucrative bonuses, which the paper claims costs the nhs £320 million a year. stephen fry's revelation he has prostate cancer is the sun's lead story.
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let's start with the ft. theresa may on the spot over the customs union. it has been another roller—coaster day in terms of brexit cox and where britain is that with brexit and the ftis britain is that with brexit and the ft is rightly leading with the most important story —— brexit talks. theresa may is easier to —— theresa may is facing a challenge from backbench mps. there are a few more backbench mps. there are a few more backbench mps. there are a few more backbench mps who have added their name to this amendment. be clear what the amendment is. that would be that britain remains in the customs union. do you think there's a majority in the comments are staying
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in customs union? it is a knife edge for the conservatives right now and we will learn more injeremy corbyn delivers his speech on monday. this piece is saying the arithmetic has changed but i have my doubts whether all those labour mps whose constituents voted for brexit would necessarily go that way. like many other people, i'm still wondering what the government have up their sleeve, kicking the scan down the road and saying we will tell you what our plan and we will have a series of speeches. we had a meeting at chequers last night and we still don't have any details. we think there was a surprising unanimity. they said they want to have managed to divergence, meaning you could cherry pick bits of legislation or rules from the eu that you would like to be closely aligned with, but donald katherine task has called this pure illusion and he is coming
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for his own meeting on thursday —— donald tusk. theresa may is getting her own meeting on friday.“ donald tusk. theresa may is getting her own meeting on friday. if we leave the customs union, then you've got to the border in northern ireland and checks at dover, etc and fio ireland and checks at dover, etc and no one wants either of those. if we stay in a customs union, we can do deals outside —— we can't do deals outside. some conservative mps today we re outside. some conservative mps today were saying they would like the arrangements which some countries are signed up to. there is another option being explored by conservative backbenchers so there is another option perhaps on the table. it is to be able to have a trade deal with a certain set of countries. it is a form of customs union. the brexiteers within the
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tory party, would they stand for that? no, they want us to be out com pletely that? no, they want us to be out completely and not in any collaborative arrangement with any other countries. they want us to be an independent coastal nation. we seem an independent coastal nation. we seem to be quite far down the brexit road and it's still not clear what kind of brexit it's going to be. 400 days to go or something like that. is that because theresa may can't be clear because if she is clear, she's going to upset some part of her party? that is a defence for saying nothing. it is also an indication that they can't make up their minds. moving on from brexit to kentucky fried chicken. why did the chicken ci’oss fried chicken. why did the chicken cross the road? according to the ft, why did the chicken failed to cross the road? this story right underneath the brexit story is
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making the point that this destruction to supplies are gst is good to continue. i can't believe the fuss is created. there was a woman on the news asked about her views about not being able to get her tse views about not being able to get hertse and views about not being able to get her tse and she said, i had to go to burger king! —— to get her kfc. people have likely been calling the police saying they can't get kfc —— people have actually been calling the police. we only had one job, to deliver fried chicken, that's what they're saying. we had the chickens, we had the restaurants but couldn't match the two together. the angle is that it's going to continue. were just great to have a weekend without fried chicken —— we arejust just great to have a weekend without fried chicken —— we are just going to have a weekend without fried chicken. to the telegraph, the continuing row
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overjeremy corbyn and whether he's got questions to answer and the former mi6 says that he has. jeremy corbyn as i'm sure viewers remember, said earlier this week that was a man who created and it is a joke. jeremy corbyn said he certainly didn't betray his country as one senior tory alleged. we have sir richard saying hang on, it's a bit naive to imagine jeremy corbyn thinking this man was just a diplomat. he has been in contact with some of his so—called friends in the intelligence community and saying, there may well be something
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in this, so presumably the whole thing opens up again. in this, so presumably the whole thing opens up againlj in this, so presumably the whole thing opens up again. i imagine you will see a really strong push back again from labour. we had a very strong statement from jeremy corbyn. he put a video out to say that for right—wing media barons, time is up. changes coming, with a glint in his eye —— change is coming. changes coming, with a glint in his eye -- change is coming. it's really interesting to hear these views but it also references the fact that the cia were keeping tabs onjeremy corbyn when he was travelling around south america and places in the caribbean so i think his politics and his left—wing politics have come over the last 30 years, brought the attention of agencies. the daily mailand attention of agencies. the daily mail and the attention of agencies. the daily mailand the sun attention of agencies. the daily mail and the sun will love this one because it keeps the ball rolling. the front page of
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