ggwsfi their work. what about daniel day—lewis? he is tipped too. their work. what about daniel day-lewis? he is tipped too. he is. what can you say about daniel? he immerses himself into every role he does. he is so believable. i is like you are a fly—on—the—wall. fly—on—the—wall when you watch his work. has off to him if he win, but ijust think everyone work. has off to him if he win, but i just think everyone who has work. has off to him if he win, but ijust think everyone who has been nominated this year they have done sterling work, and it will be interesting to see what happens in a few hours. women still underrepresented among oscar nominees the categories where it could go to a man or woman. there could go to a man or woman. there could be a lot of scrutiny of how those awards are given out tonight. absolutely, i mean, times are changing, and especially in this past, in this past year there has been a lot of change, and just a lot of support, a lot of empowerment, i think for women and diverse actor, it has been positive, but there a

lot more to be done. a lot more... a lot more to be done. a lot more... a lot more to be done. a lot more... a lot more scripts to be taken on and it is exciting to see where it is going to head. it must be everybody‘s favourite underdog, all of these events this year, daniel kaluua who has been massively successful. and what a great talent. just seeing him in get out, it wasjust and what a great talent. just seeing him in get out, it was just great seeing him work. his career, really exciting to watch, what a great range. i'm really happy that he has been nominated, and fingers crossed for him. tell us what it's like being there as an actor. it always looks so glamorous. it's so funny that that is just one side that can be viewed. it is a lot of work. even

just getting the role, and the hard work that goes behind it, and the rejection and the successors but whether that tv show or film is going to be accepted by the audience. you just keep going because you have a love for it, a dream and a passion, and that is exciting. you are going to be there tonight. i am. i'm exciting. you are going to be there tonight. iam. i'm going exciting. you are going to be there tonight. i am. i'm going to be attending a party, and that is going to be very exciting. it feels like christmas. when the town comes alive. we have a sneak preview there of what you are going to be wearing. i tried this dress on, and i could have a few more options, so i have a few more hours to go. you can never

pick the first one! thank you so much. we will of course bring you all the winners and the reaction from the red carpet here on bbc news. and you can find much more on the academy awards — to give them their full title — on our website. just log on to bbc.co.uk/news with this amount of snow is still lying in some part of the british isles, it will be awhile before we see a significant change in the weather type. it will stay pretty u nsettled. weather type. it will stay pretty unsettled. some snow in the forecast, but it will stay predominantly on the hills. something perhaps a bit more continuous getting into the northern and eastern parts of scotland. the low pressure and not! million miles away in the later parts of the week, which is why i was suggesting their

weather will be unsettled in latter parts of the week. some list and fog around, a lot of fog as well. some showery bursts of rain in the western quarter of. some rain about the coast of scotland, but some sleet and snow on the higher ground. those temperatures just beginning to ta ke those temperatures just beginning to take upa those temperatures just beginning to take up a bit. take care. goodbye. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: tributes have been paid to sir roger bannister, the first athlete to run a mile in underfour minutes, who has died at the age of 88. the syrian president has said government forces will continue their assault on the bombarded enclave of eastern ghouta. residents are attempting to flee as fighting continues. the government has promised rewrite planning rules and build new towns in the south—east of england to tackle the housing shortage. severe weather is set to continue into a second week, bringing more disruption with it — warnings are in place in scotland, northern ireland and in the south—west and north of england.

later tonight on the news channel — we'll bring you special coverage of italy's general election, with results and analysis first tonight, another golden moment for great britain at the world athletics championships with andrew pozzi winning the men's 60 metre hurdles. pozzi had qualified as fastest

for the final, but he looked to have been pipped on the line by the american jarrett eaton. there was a photo finish between the two athletes and just a hundredth of a second between them. after a nervous wait, though, victory was confirmed for pozzi in front ofa home crowd in birmingham. the 25—year—old, who's great britain's joint team captain, grew up not far away from the arena itself in straford—upon—avon. it's pozzi's first global title after taking european indoor gold last year. my heart stopped at the end there. i knew at the fifth hurdle i was behind. i wanted it so badly, i just threw my body at the line hoping to get there, and just about got there. this championships has been amazing, and to be voted co—captain has been the biggest honour of my life. every single member of this team has just been perfect. i'm delighted i could win at the end. pozzi shares captaincy duties with shelayna oskan—clarke,

who took the bronze medal in the 800 metres final. she was in fifth place coming into the final lap, but by the last bend moved into third, finishing behind defending champion francine niyonsaba and ajee wilson. mo farah beat kenyan daniel wanjiru in a sprint finish to win the inaugural ‘big half' race in london — with britain's callum hawkins finishing third. the four—time olympic champion was racing the half marathon as part of his preparations for the london marathon in april, where he'll attempt to become the first british male winner since 1993. manchester city have gone 18 points clear at the top of the premier league after a 1—0 victory over fifth place chelsea at the etihad stadium. a second half goal from bernardo silva was enough to continue their relentless march

to the title. james burford was watching. since losing to chelsea last season at the etihad, manchester city have lost none of their home games. a fortress and perhaps now a palace as the recently acquired league cup was presented. known for spending princely sums on players, both sides struggled to find their rhythm, city crafting a chance through bernardo silva. once pep guardiola's side spring into gear, there's little you can do to stop them. only cesar azpilicueta's goal—line block was enough to stop leroy sane. then silva found silva. city lead. another ecstatic etihad moment. chelsea's best chance immediately followed. victor moses going for the near post. conte's chelsea crown is slipping. manchester city are not slipping up.

brighton have increased the pressure on arsenal manager arsene wenger with their first victory over them in 36 years. brighton won 2—1 to edge them closer to premier league survival and inflict arsenal's fourth defeat in a row. joe lynskey reports. the goodwill has gone, the calls come in unison. for so long, history has been arsene wenger‘s fallback. his teams used to innovate. now they disintegrate. a third defeat this week came to a side fighting relegation. brighton's opener, through lewis dunk, showed the root of the problem. commitment for the ball, composed in execution. everything arsenal don't have. seven minutes in, the bemusement had begun. it's arsenal's apathy on the pitch that gets to them. brighton's second, through glenn murray's header, was the product of koscielny‘s misplaced pass, then petr cech mistimed his dive. the arsenal keeper took

some of the blame. the home side did meet some resistance through pierre—emerick aubameyang, but arsenal's record signing could not improve the scoreline. they paid the money to take chances when it matters. he hasn't done that yet. when the spending doesn't stop terminal decline, the problem points to the manager. this year, arsenal have lost eight games already, four in a row. a slump barely seen in a generation. now the fans seek the greatest change. we didn't start the game very well. they were sharper than us, first on the ball. we made some defensive errors. the second half was mainly all us, but unfortunately we couldn't find the goal. we are going through a tough, tough time. and it's of course difficult at the moment. as tough as you can remember this week? three defeats back—to—back.

never happened to me in my life. we are hit deeply, maybe on the confidence side, and we can see that the team maybe struggles a little. in scotland, rangers and celtic have been drawn to play each other in the scottish cup semi—finals, that's after rangers beat falkirk 4—1 at ibrox this afternoon. jason cummings scored three of them. motherwell beat hearts in today's other quarter—final and will face either aberdeen or kilmarnock in the last four. england women's coach phil neville faces his toughest assignment so far shortly, when his side take on germany in their second match of the she believes tournament in newjersey. our reporterjo currie is pitchside at the red bull arena. jo, it was win over france last time out — tonight will be tougher, won't it? you have just missed the england

players out on the pitch training a moment ago. it probably will be a tougher test than france. they are the olympic champions, the world number two, the olympic champions, the world numbertwo, and the olympic champions, the world number two, and they have beaten england before. england come into this match of the back of a 4—1 wind against france, where as germany lost to the usa, said the england tea m lost to the usa, said the england team should come into this match with more confidence. the team have had a bit of a pep talk from one of the biggest names in the game, haven't they? phil neville, the england manager, has been through his book of contacts. he's been on the phone to david beckham, his former manchester united and england team—mate. david beckham was in new york

anyway, and he's been down to the stadium and given the girls a bit of a p9p stadium and given the girls a bit of a pep talk and some tips. you may see some pictures of the girls on twitter! this whole tournament is a baptism of fire for phil neville. they are playing the best team in the world in the us, and the six best tea m the world in the us, and the six best team in the world against france. he isn't showing his critics what he can do. if he can beat germany as well, that would be a huge success for him. thanks for joining us. now, if you are going to take a punt who scored barcelona's winner in their crucial match against atletico madrid, you would guess it was lionel messi. it was an exquisite free quick, but also messi's 600th goal for club and country in an extraordinary career. barcelona's victory moves them eight points clear of rivals atletico in second place. they are 15 points clear of real madrid, in third. the keeper had no chance. in the aviva premiership, exeter chiefs have extended

their lead at the top after beating second placed saracens at sandy park. exeter took an early lead against the european champions with a second minute penalty before ben earl went on to score the first try of the game. the chiefs ran out 24—12 winners over a depleted saracens who were missing most of their internationals. the final of the welsh open snooker is taking place right now in cardiff and it looks like it's going to be a tight affair. here are some live pictures from cardiff. the pair went into the evening session tied at 4—4, but as you can see from these live pictures,