the british film director lewis gilbert, the man behind some of the most famous bond films, like the spy who loved me and moonraker, has died at the age of 97. he directed more than a0 films during his long career, including alfie and educating rita starring michael caine. david silito looks back at his life. that's it, that's fine. when lewis gilbert took on bond in you only live twice, he was already a director with more than 20 films to his name. he'd directed orson welles, kenneth moore, dirk bogart, but 007, with its seemingly unlimited budget, was new territory. i've made 25 films and i've never been on a film where this doesn't ever come up. if i said today, "look, i want 5,000 people flown in from tokyo", i'm sure they'd be flown in, you know. cover up. in the ‘50s, lewis gilbert had made his name with a string of tales of stiff upper lip wartime british valour. and then in the ‘60s, a film that helped define a very different era — alfie. my understanding of women only goes

as far as the pleasure. no, no, no, michael, we're going right. 0n set, he was easy—going, charming, unflappable. the child of musical performers, he'd spent his in a fifth round replay. over his appointment. and the two top welsh snooker players at each other‘s throats

in a battle of the baize away from the table. swansea city are through to the quarter finals of the fa cup after beating sheffield wednesday from the championship in a fifth round replay. two second half goals secured victory for swans boss carlos ca rvalhal against his former club. james burford reports. swa nsea swansea haven't reached the quarterfinals of the fa cup in sa yea rs quarterfinals of the fa cup in sa years and having won all of the last five home games, the players had the liberty in the world to make it six. the less on the first leg, there we re the less on the first leg, there were fears that such freedom of expression would be lacking here too. not so from sam clucas. both

sides attempted to break the deadlock in the first half, only to find the door bolted firmly shut. and so after half—time, swansea brought on their big guns. they were looking for an immediate impact and thatis looking for an immediate impact and that is exactly what they got. good try, and the follow—up is in! haven't been on the field on a matter of minutes, jordan ayew scored his ninth of the season, pressing for the equaliser, wednesday were undone on the counter. nathan dyer racing through to put the game to bed. 0n counter. nathan dyer racing through to put the game to bed. on to the next round, for tottenham rochdale await. —— tottenham or rochdale await. —— tottenham or rochdale await. very proud of what we have achieved so far, because it is a long record, and we can say that we are making a little history in the club. this is very important. against an opponent that created a

lot of problems for us in the first game, there were very organised, the defensive organisation was very good. they are very solid. we must put a very serious game to win. we have maybe our best chances in the first half to get the goals, but we made not our chances. in the second half, swansea made the chances, and they are into the next round. there were two matches in the championship. strugglers hull city and barnsley drew i—i at the kcom stadium. while pressure continues to mount on reading managerjaap stam after his team were beaten three one at home by sheffield united, who move back into the playoff places with two goals from billy sharp. rangers have narrowed the gap at the top of the scottish premiership to six points after a 4—1 win at stjohnstone. rangers took the lead with a penalty and then doubled it on 25 minutes through josh windass. rangers were three up before half time and put the match beyond doubt

when alfredo morelos made it four. stjohnstone scored a late consolation but they couldn't whose next league match will be against leaders celtic. in tonight's other match, hearts‘ kyle lafferty had a stoppage time penalty saved as his side had to settle for a point at home to kilmarnock. kilmarnock stay sixth, two points behind hearts, but killie do have two games in hand. hibernian head coach neil lennon has received two charges from the scottish fa, following saturday's 2—2 draw at kilmarnock. lennon reacted angrily when the referee awarded kilmarnock a penalty, which led to their equaliser. he was sent to the stands and later described the standard of refereeing in scotland as "mickey mouse". he's facing charges of misconduct and criticising a match official. the new england women's head coach philip neville claims some people are willing him to fail in the job. england begin their campaign in the she believes cup against france in ohio on thursday.

neville's appointment was criticized by some who felt he had no experience of the women's game. i don't think i should bejudged solely on this tournament. there are people at there who probably want me to lose all three games and be told, i told you so. but ultimately, i have a four—year contract and i have the backing of sue campbell and dan as hworth the backing of sue campbell and dan ashworth from the fa board so they've invested a lot in me and i see this as a long—term project, not just the next three games. the next three games for me will be pricey us against the best two teams in the world plus france. wales' mark williams has beaten england's mark king by four frames to two to move into the second round of the welsh 0pen. williams opened up a 3—0 lead and although king managed to rally, the two time world champion held on to reach the next round. williams is going for a third welsh open title but a lot of attention today concerned earlier comments made by williams criticizing fellow welsh player darren morgan.

here's what williams said on twitter. referring to morgan in another tweet, williams said of morgan... in response, morgan hit back. williams thought that another welshman, 16—year—old jackson page, should have been given a wild card ahead of morgan. in the end page did compete due to another player's withdrawal. earlier today ian hunt from bbc wales interviewed williams and morgan together. clearly you feel jackson clearly you feeljackson page as a youngster should have been here in the first place. he was here in the end as it turned out and we saw him through to round two but you felt you should have gotten a micro straightaway? he got in as a top up. he has got in, and it is what it is.

darren has beaten jackson darren has beatenjackson page five times this season. he beat in the tournament to determine who qualified for the world champion saw the rules were there. what they had to do from the outset. he wouldn't ask me any questions. 0r to do from the outset. he wouldn't ask me any questions. or the tournament or the next match. or cord! —— or cord. wales prop wynjones will miss the rest of the six nations because of a hamstring injury. he's come off the bench in the opening three matches and was injured during the defeat to ireland last weekend. wales have chosen not to bring in a replacement. ireland's chris farrell is set to miss the remainder of the six nations as well after suffering an injury in training today. the munster centre was named man of the match after making his six nations debut in saturday's win over wales. farrell sustained ligament damage after twisting his knee in the turf. women golfers will play in a men's european tour team event for the first time later this year. ryder cup captain thomas bjorn will partner solheim cup skipper

catriona matthew in the golfsixes tournament at the centurion club near st albans in may. the event has a six—hole match play format and will also feature men's and women's teams it's aim is to be the equivalent of cricket's twenty20 competition. england fast bowler mark wood has trained today before the second one day international against new zealand, which gets under way in the early hours of tomorrow morning. the 28—year—old missed the defeat in the first 0di on sunday because of an ankle injury, but could be available for the one dayer in tauranga. england are 1—0 down in the five match series. test match special has live commentary of the second one day international. it's on five live sports extra from 12.45am for build up and ball by ball commentary. the match starts at 1am. now as you know the wintry weather has grabbed the headlines

over the last day or so and it has been rather chilly. but it's nothing compared to what the vertical skiiers had to endure along with a dog who decided to join them when they took part in the european ski mountaineering championships. this was the scene on the southern slopes of the mount etna volcano. a spectacular setting. the race had to be delayed for two days as the freezing conditions became simply unbrearable for competitors and spectators alike. it was exhausitng workjust to reach the finish line. you have to just hope it was worth it! before we go, let's recap on tongiht‘s top story. swa nsea swansea city are through to the quarterfinals of the fa cup for the first time in sa years. they beat sheffield wednesday 2—0 to set up a tie against either tottenham or rochdale. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead

to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former pensions minister baroness ros altmann, and laura hughes, political correspondent of the financial times. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro pictures the beast, the wintry weather bringing subzero temperatures to the uk. the mirror has the same shot reminding us that four people have died due to the extreme conditions. and the express says it's about to get worse with the onset of counter

storm emma. storm clouds over downing street, the paper coming tory rebels are threatening a showdown with theresa may over the customs union. the financial time —— the financial times feature the ongoing battle at sky. the telegraph leads on a leaked letter written by borisjohnson in which it is claimed there could be a ha rd which it is claimed there could be a hard irish borderfollowing brexit. it also features news that the bbc‘s media action charity has sacked six people for sexual misconduct. the times luksa northern ireland, saying the prime minister is to one brussels not to use brexit to break up brussels not to use brexit to break up the uk over the customs union rules. so, the bitter winter weather proving irresistible for many editors, fighting brexit for space on the front pages. so, let's start here with the story on the front page of the telegraph, which we've

been mentioning here on bbc news a little bit earlier in the evening. extraordinary, boris raises the prospect of hard border in ireland. this is absolutely incredible. even in november, boris was saying that the hard border in ireland is unthinkable and it would be economic and political madness. and here we are, he is perhaps figured out that you can't make the border with ireland and the good friday agreement work with coming out of the customs union single markets, so instead of saying that red line will be to keep the uk together, he says, no, the red line is we got to come out of the customs union and single market. i think the priorities are all wrong. we have an international agreement, the good friday agreement, that we signed up to in good faith, it's been accepted in good faith, it's been accepted in good faith. in december, we promised

there would be regulated realignment if nothing else could work for the border. and here we are a few weeks later, suddenly saying, well, we didn't really mean it. and laura, this has come out as part of a lea ked this has come out as part of a leaked letter? yes, which was submitted ahead of this big crunch meeting at chequers. it is extraordinary given the government's position, which they have reaffirmed tonight, is that there will not be a return to a hard border. the prime minister has been very clear on that for that we've talked about with the good friday agreement, but also the dup would not countenance it, and they provide the prime minister with her majority in parliament. so that's not going to happen. boris johnson suggesting that trade would not be affected by a hard border if there was one. that word if that he uses there was one. that word if that he usesis there was one. that word if that he uses is what the telegraph have clearly grabbed onto. it's him saying that it might actually happen, and his words are quite interesting. so, what will happen, who knows, but it's not good timing.

tomorrow the eu will put out their d raft tomorrow the eu will put out their draft recommendation for the withdrawal next stage and what is good to happen with ireland. from the stories coming tonight, it looks as though they are playing a tough game too. they are not going to go with a prime minister's preferred