this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 5.00pm: russia is expelling 23 british diplomats in the row over the nerve agent attack on a former spy. the prime minister insists the kremlin must account for its actions. we will never tolerate an attack on british soil by the russian government. police investigating the murder of a russian businessman in london contact other exiles in britain to discuss their personal safety. also in the next hour: beware the snow and ice of march. facebook is invented the —— investigating a data company that worked for president trump's election campaign. many areas of britain are hit by another wave of winter weather, with amber warnings in place. and in rugby, ireland beat england and complete the grand slam for only the third time in their history. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. russia says it will expel 23 british diplomats. the move is one of the measures in response to britain's decision to throw out the same number of russian officials following the nerve agent attack in salisbury. theresa may says russia's response doesn't change the facts of what happened. our moscow correspondent, sarah rainsford reports. moscow took its time to respond. three days after london announced the expulsion of russian diplomats, britain's ambassador here was summoned to the foreign ministry. the meeting inside lasted just

minutes, as officials handed over a list of names and informed britain of the additional measures russia was taking. the ambassador emerged to underline why relations with russia have plummeted to this new low. we will always do what is necessary to defend ourselves, our allies and our values against an attack of this sort, which is an attack not only on the united kingdom, but upon the international rules—based system on which all countries including russia depend for their safety and security. the russian sanctions were then made public. the decision to expel 23 british diplomats was expected after britain expelled 23 russians from the embassy in london. shutting down the british consulate in russia's second city of st petersburg, though, is an extra step. and the british council, which fosters cultural and educational ties with the russian people, will now be forced to end all activity here. targeting the british council will affect russian citizens, though, not their government.

it helps stage british cultural events here and promotes language learning. its work was restricted, though, a decade ago after the last crisis over the poisoning of alexander litvinenko. now sergei skripal, anotherformer russian spy, has been poisoned, this time by a nerve agent. theresa may has blamed russia directly. the attempted assassination of two people on british soil, for which there was no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable. it is russia that is in flagrant breach of international law and the chemical weapons convention. the response by the foreign ministry here in moscow is robust and it does go beyond the measures announced in the uk. given the mood and the language here in recent days, moscow might have gone even further. officials here call the poisoning in salisbury a provocation, and they say comments linking vladimir putin directly to attempted murder were unforgivable.

but this row could yet escalate. moscow will continue to deny everything, and officials here warn that they are ready to impose further sanctions and match any moves made by the uk. jeremy corbyn, is in newcastle at a regional labour conference, from where he gave this reaction to the latest news from russia of expulsions. we have to have relations with governments. therefore there has to be a limit to how far you go with that. clearly, there has to be a relationship where we can talk to the russian government. i challenge the russian government on human rights in russia, on lgbt rights, on chechnya and much of its foreign policy. does that mean we don't talk to them? absolutely not. we have to talk to them and assert all of those values, which we would do. borisjohnson yesterday named putin as being responsible. do you think it's wise for the foreign secretary to antagonise russians by naming putin as the culprit? the basis of any assertion or allegation has to

be based on evidence. i would be very interested if the foreign secretary has evidence that wasn't revealed during the week by the prime minister in two statements to the house of commons. i think we need cool heads. we need people that are going to be serious about this and not shoot from the hip. earlier our news correspondent in moscow, richard galpin, told me that there is anger in russia over how britain is portraying what happened in salisbury. they are still denying they had any involvement. they are saying that britain has not produced any evidence so there is real anger about that. historically, over the many years in which mr putin has been in power he has played this card of basically the west being strongly opposed to russia and trying to close it in and encircle it, and that works, it works for him and has done for quite a few years,

he's running now for his fourth term. he knows the narrative works. people respond to that. they agree with what he says, and they do believe that they face a real problem from the west. mrs may was speaking earlier today. there's a lot of talk of taking further action. how is that perceived in russia? also, is the narrative of the west really being against mr putin and the country believed wholeheartedly? if there is further measures from britain, there is no doubt russia will respond in kind again. they have made that absolutely clear in their announcements today, following when they made the announcement about their retaliatory action. so absolutely, it will carry on.

if britain goes further, which they have hinted they might, russia will respond. you could see the whole thing ratcheting up and already it is a febrile atmosphere between the countries — the relationship is absolutely at rock bottom. but at least they say they want to maintain some kind of relationship despite everything that has happened — they don't want to break the relationship completely which is critical. because then it would leave a very precarious situation between the countries. earlier our diplomatic correspondent james robbins explained to me the impact of russia's response. i think it hurts because the

russians have gone a bit beyond that by closing the consulate in russia's ancient historic previous capital, the second city, st petersburg. that is an escalation from the russian side and also, almost more important, the forced closure of british council activity in russia. this is really significant because the british council fosters people—to—people links, it provides education in english language to thousands upon thousands of russians and it thinks it reaches literally millions of russians each year through its lessons, its cultural exchanges, its theatrical productions and its scientific exhibitions and all of that sort of thing. part of this is to look beyond, to the post—putin generation and britain hopes that it is able to export some of its values to young russians from their teens to the late 20s and they are the largest single democratic among the people that the council reaches and perhaps single demographic among the people that the council reaches and perhaps it is not so surprising that

president putin and the council have gone to the council because they disliked that, they don't even really like russians speaking english much. it hurts because we can see into the future that links are potentially being smashed up in this row, and that is not something britain actually wants. the russian embassy in london has tweeted pictures of a reception for the 23 diplomats who have been expelled from the uk. alexander ya kovenko expressed his gratitude to his colleagues for their work. they are due to leave london on tuesday. meanwhile, police in salisbury are continuing their investigation into the poisoning of the former spy, sergei skripal and his daughter. 0ur reporter tom burridge is in salisbury where the victim's movements are being traced. 0bviously obviously there is a lot of diplomatic manoeuvres taking place at the moment but in the meantime take us through the latest developments in the investigation. some new information about the

movements of sergei skripal and yulia skripal al on the morning hours before they fell critically ill and ended up on the bench underneath the tarpaulin behind me. the metropolitan police have appealed for information concerning the car. it is a red maroon bmw and we already had an appeal from the met saying that they want to hear from anyone in salisbury on that day who might have seen the car early in the afternoon here in the city centre and what they are now saying is they would like to hear from anyone who saw the skripals in that bmw earlier in the morning and about 915 on the three main rd that runs through salisbury. the interesting thing is that the three main roads link the sergei skripal house in salisbury to the wife —— cemetery where his wife and son are buried and we have seen activity at that cemetery in the last few weeks from the authorities and police and other officials, often in protective suits. the police seem to believe

that the screen pals went from house to visit their relatives at the cemetery early on sunday morning and they want more people to come forward and they have had hundreds of people coming forward with information and they have hours of cctv which they are looking through and trawling through for clues and the car seems to be a big focus of the car seems to be a big focus of the investigation. tell us more about the counterterrorism unit contacting russian exiles in britain. why are they doing this? well, they are because nikolai glushkov, another russian alexei, who russia wanted to extradite for alleged flaw, linked toa extradite for alleged flaw, linked to a russian state airline which he was a senior partner at several yea rs was a senior partner at several years ago and the met basically said yesterday that he has been murdered and suggested he had been strangled. we understand that the police are getting in touch with other exiles

and other russian dissidents living here in the uk. nikolai glushkov was linked to man called boris berezovs ky linked to man called boris berezovsky who used to be one of the richest and most famous and most powerful people in russia and he fell out to vladimir putin in a big way moved uk and he died several yea rs way moved uk and he died several years ago. there are? surrounding his death. there was an inquest into his death. there was an inquest into his death but the coroner returned an open verdict. there is some evidence which is being questioned and also other russian dissidents who have died in suspicious circumstances, the home secretary is saying that she wants to look again at some of those cases. that is why we believe that the police have contacted other russian exiles living in the uk to check in with them to sort of reassure them, i guess and basically potentially take more measures to ensure that they are safe. thank you very much. a data company which worked for president trump's

election campaign has been suspended by facebook for violating data privacy policies. cambridge analytica is accused of inappropriately sharing data with a third party and not fully deleting it when asked. it all began when a university professor working in collaboration with cambridge analytica created a facebook app that claimed to predict aspects of users' personalities. it denies any wrongdoing but we spoke earlier tojoe it denies any wrongdoing but we spoke earlier to joe langan it denies any wrongdoing but we spoke earlier tojoe langan and who says this could be the biggest data breach in facebook history. this is an app that was developed four years ago that allowed you to show your facebook information with the app developer and also your friends on facebook and if we have an average of 200 friends per use of the numbers get very big. the accusation is the information was harvested and sent to the usa and used to target very specific messages during the presidential election of 2016. the issue now is whether there were any breaches and whether the data that should have been deleted years ago

was retained and kept on. facebook thinks that some information was not deleted and was kept on and that is why it has suspended the account. in the last few hours we have had the 0bserver website here in the uk painting a picture of the biggest data breach in facebook history because they did not allow the users to have a say in what would happen to have a say in what would happen to their personal information. facebook is pushing back very hard and saying that like all app developers this particular one allowed the users to knowingly provide the information and no systems were infiltrated and no passwords or sensitive information was stolen or hacked. that is the official facebook line. as for the company that got their hands on the information, an american company, owned by a guy who is very close to the donald trump campaign, they are pushing that very hard in saying that the whistle—blower at the centre of this, this is getting very confused, but whistle—blower has an

axe to grind and he formed his own company which is arrival and that is why he is now saying that they held onto this information in breach of data protection laws. an update on this story, we understand that the massachusetts attorney general, via twitter, has announced they are launching an investigation into the facebook incident. they are saying that residents deserve answers immediately so the attorney general in massachusetts is launching an investigation into the facebook incident. residents deserve answers immediately, they say. your headlines from bbc news. russia is expanding 23 british diplomats in the row over the nerve agent attacked on former spy. the primers to set the kremlin must account for

its actions. police investigating the murder of a russian businessman in london have contacted other exiles in britain to discuss their personal safety. facebook suspends a data company which worked for president trump's election campaign. police have launched a murder investigation after two women were shot and killed at a house in st—leonards—on—sea, in east sussex. two other women, including one who's pregnant, were taken to hospital suffering from shock after the shooting. a 35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. temporary chief superintendent, jason taylor from east sussex police made the following statement. i would like to begin by saying my thoughts are with the family and friends of the two victims who tragically died following a shooting at a house in bexhill road, st leonards, last night. 0fficers responded immediately to a reporting of the shooting shortly before 7:45pm. two women died at the scene.

two other women who were also at the house were led to safety by police officers and taken to hospital for shock. they are being supported by specially trained police officers. a 35—year—old man, who was known to the victims, was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody, where he remains. a firearm has been recovered. officers and staff from the surrey and sussex major incident team are leading the investigation, supported by local policing teams. we are not looking for anyone else in connection with the murders but are appealing for witnesses to contact us by calling 101 and quoting operation windlock. a man has been left with life—changing injuries after he was attacked by a machete at a bar in manchester. police say the victim was out with his friends when another man walked past and shouted abuse

at a group of people at the bar. the attack then happened when the he asked the man to calm down. he's in hospital. he is being treated for injuries to his hand. the former fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe, has accused the trump administration of acting with political malice after he was fired, just days before he was due to retire. an internal review said that mr mccabe leaked information and misled investigators. claims he has denied. president trump called his sacking a great day for democracy. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler, reports. as deputy director, andrew mccabe was heavily involved in some of the fbi's most controversial and politically contentious investigations. and it's one of those inquiries that's led to his dismissal. in 2016, as hillary clinton was running for president, she was being investigated because of questions about e—mails she received on a private server when she was the us secretary of state. mr mccabe authorised information

to be given to the media, something the department ofjustice said he was not entitled to do. and an internal fbi investigation found he had not been completely honest when asked about it. firing him, the us attorney generaljeff sessions said: but andrew mccabe says he has been sacked for political reasons, and he claims that president trump brought much of that pressure. in a lengthy statement, he accused the white house of declaring a war on both the fbi and the special counsel's investigation into allegations of russian interference in the election two years ago. it's less than a year since his boss, the former fbi directorjames comey, was fired by president trump. and mr mccabe claims what he witnessed event was another reason for his dismissal. andrew mccabe had served more than 20 years in the fbi, butjust over 2a hours before his retirement

and his 50th birthday, he has been sacked in the full glare of publicity. chris buckler, bbc news, washington. an amber weather warning is due to come into force this afternoon in north—west england, yorkshire, the midlands and also london and parts of south—east england. more snow has fallen across parts of the uk overnight as a cold snap dubbed the mini—beast from the east sweeps in. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is in loftus on the north yorkshire coast. it doesn't look too bad but it does look windy there. tell us more. it might not look too bad but it is snowing quite hard now. we have had sporadic snow showers throughout the day. it is quite interesting that that 15 minutes there has been heavy snow and then it stopped and then use all the sunshine. 0n snow and then it stopped and then use all the sunshine. on top of that there are high winds so it feels

extremely cold. the met office says in wakefield a few miles from where we are it is going to feel about minus eight. that gives you a sense of how cold it is out here for us at the moment. we are being told of amber warnings the moment. we are being told of amberwarnings in the moment. we are being told of amber warnings in place tonight and tomorrow so that is across the north west and in the midlands and london in the south—east and in the lower ground you could expect about three centimetres of snow but then in the higher ground it could be 15. west yorkshire police are saying to avoid the higher roads and void the trans—pennine express the higher roads and void the tra ns—pennine express unless the higher roads and void the trans—pennine express unless you really have together. you will remember pictures from when the beast from the east hit a few weeks ago and people were stuck there overnight. they were really saying to avoid those if you have two because you do not want to be stuck there tonight. talking about travelling, the road behind you look clear but what about rail travel? that is it. the roads

seem to be ok at the moment, especially here above the m 62 and the a1 but the planes have had big disruption in london. 100 planes had to be cancelled at heathrow airport and it is thought it affected around 1500 passengers because they were de—icing planes had to slow things down and put in extra safety checks we are also expecting wind up to 70 miles an hour. highways england are saying to be extra careful and give yourself extra time if you are heading out there today. derbyshire police say the snake pass has been closed due to multiple accidents in the snow and also in buxton some roads have been closed due to the snow and it seems to be a lot of congestion. tomorrow we expect even more snow. this is not the end of it, iam more snow. this is not the end of it, i am afraid. in the midlands and in wales there are warnings being

put out there. this is not the big beast from the east so it is not expected to last as long as the last one. things should be back to normal we hope by tuesday. as you have been speaking, you can tell the weather is deteriorating. get indoors! thank you very much. let us look at how this blast weather is affecting other parts of the country and its coasters worst hit so far. thank you for this shot of the harbour in essex. it is blanketed with snow. theo walcott got a snowy beard as his team took on stoke city at the bet 365 stadium in stoke and there were also harsh conditions for fans arriving in wolverhampton for the championship between wolves and burton albion. snowy day for supermarket shoppers in salisbury in wiltshire and

bitterly cold at kensington gardens in london. lovely pictures to end on. thank you very much for sending them in. we have some breaking news coming from dorset where it has been reported that nine teenage girls and two adults have been rescued after they got into trouble with rowing boats and support craft which capsized while they were out on the river stour in christchurch in dorset. we understand that emergency services launched a joint operation to help the rowers who were either on the water or reportedly clinging to trees or the upturned boats as well. they were in quite a bit of distress. the coastguard received a fair number of emergency calls from the public. a very strong current was reported in the water was obviously very cold and it was snowing as well. a spokesman did say that those who were rescued were very lucky that the incident had not been more serious. ten of the group

have been taken to hospitaljust as a precaution and as part of making sure that everyone was rescued safely the coastguard helicopter used a special camera to ensure that eve ryo ne used a special camera to ensure that everyone had been accounted for. 19 age girls and two adults were rescued after their boat capsized on the river stour in christchurch. 0ther the river stour in christchurch. other news now. as many as a quarter of a million people have been displaced by the violence in syria in recent days. a monitoring group says about 150,000 people have fled a turkish military offensive in afrin in the north. in the south, tens of thousands of people have been fleeing the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta outside damascus. it's been subjected to a syrian government offensive. harry darkins reports. leaving before it is too late. reports say 20,000 people have fled

on saturday alone., leaving almost everything behind, escaping the death throes of syria's last rebel stronghold. we wanted to leave three yea rs stronghold. we wanted to leave three years ago “— stronghold. we wanted to leave three years ago —— months ago but the rebels and ghouta starved us and did not allow us. this is just rebels and ghouta starved us and did not allow us. this isjust ten miles away from the presidential palace. in the last month regime forces, strongly backed by russia, have reta ken strongly backed by russia, have retaken 70% of eastern ghouta. they have slowly carved it up into three shrinking pockets. all held by different rebel groups. according to the information we have, individual militant groups are ready to lay down their arms and leave eastern ghouta, but they are waiting for the command from the western patrons. as everin command from the western patrons. as ever in this cruel war at his civilians who pay the price of the military action. a monitoring group says more than 11100 civilians have been killed in the region in the

past month. 0n past month. on saturday dozens were reportedly killed by air strikes. 250 miles north of eastern ghouta in a kurdish controlled enclave of afrin, another exodus. it may technically be the same country but it has become a very different war. here it is turkey flexing its muscles. its military has waged a nearly two—month long offensive in the area, slowly pushing us backed kurdish militia alp. it says they have links to kurdish groups inside turkey which ankara have fought for decades. now civilians are rushing to use the only escape route open to the south. reports say violence here has displaced more than 150,000 people. as you can see, there is war and displaced people. our children are hungry and we have been walking for three days and we have arrived here, thank goodness. there are deaths in the war is raging. you

cannot sleep and people are afraid. we cannot sleep because of planes and artillery. this week the syrian conflict entered its eighth year. no foreign power has been able to stop the violence. the fact that so many foreign governments are protecting their own interests here means that it has now become their war as well. three children are being treated for infections that may be linked to bacteria in the water supply at a glasgow hospital. nhs greater glasgow and clyde is investigating after the discovery at the royal hospital for children. the source of the bacteria is not yet known. it said tests were ongoing to try confirm if the children's infections are linked to water contamination. the duke and duchess of cambridge have been getting into the spirit of st patrick's day and watching a

traditional parade by the irish gurads, led by the regimental mascot irish will hand out there based in west london. thousands of people turned out in london for the traditional parade which included marching bands, a sea of green hats and lots of shamrock decorations. meanwhile across the atlantic the city of chicago turned its river green. isn't that fantastic? it is something they have been doing in the windy city since 1962. you have to get there to see it quickly. the temporary dye only sticks around for about five hours. you do not want to swim in that! now for the weather. the easterly winds have really dropped the temperatures today and we have seen snow showers already and there is probably worse to come in these areas where we have frequent snow showers coming in across the east of england. 0f frequent snow showers coming in across the east of england. of the north sea and an area of snow tra nsfers north sea and an area of snow transfers towards the south—west and these are the amber warnings from these are the amber warnings from the met office. there are snow shovels around elsewhere and icy

conditions as well. this is the main area of snow that develops in the south—east and it will track towards the south—west end in two overnight. heavy snowfall especially over the high ground. with snow showers elsewhere and the widespread frost there could be icy conditions almost anywhere really. more snow showers to come as we head into sunday. the main area of snow moves away from wales and into —— away from most of the south—west of england and then we have dry and cloudy conditions following behind with snow showers feeding in off the north sea further north. another cold day again, particularly in the strong winds. this is bbc news.

0ur lastest headlines: moscow announces it will expel 23 british diplomats amid tensions over the nerve agent attack in salisbury. the british consulate in st petersburg will also close. the prime minister has said russia must account for its actions. we will never tolerate a threat to the life of british citizens and others on british soil from the russian government. applause counter terrorism police are contacting russian exiles living in the uk, about their personal safety, following the suspected murder of businessman nikolai glushkov. a data firm credited with helping donald trump win the 2016 presidential election has been suspended by facebook after reports they harvested private information

from over 50 million users. a 35—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women are shot dead in east sussex. flights are cancelled and the met office sets out an amber weather warning as snow and freezing temperatures are forecast for much of the country this weekend. and now the sport. good evening. we'll get to the fa cup and the premier league in a moment but we must start with a brilliant victory for ireland over england in the six nations which gives ireland the grand slam to add to their accolade of already being six nations champions. the 2a points to 15 win, the perfect end to the irish campaign on st patrick's day.

james burford reports. saint patrick stayed the grand slam. this was well and truly ireland's time and yet in this tournament, they have hardly needed the luck of they have hardly needed the luck of the irish. for the first try, that is perhaps what they got. snowed under by an irish blizzard and an expensive score earlier on to settle any twickenham tension. and it was a try that set the tone when ireland got going, few could stop them. so the england reply and we still, some times brits prevail. restoring some pride to the other side. 0ne times brits prevail. restoring some pride to the other side. one of the players in the tournament, his pace, power and perseverance all factors in his 76 nations tries. the prospect of a third six nations

defeat in a row didn't seem to affect england's attacking spirit. with the last move of the match, england ended their campaign in the corner. the definition of a consolation, a scorer with little consequence. 2009 the last time i wa nt consequence. 2009 the last time i want claimed a clean sweep. cue celebrations, trophy lacks and a sensational six nations. in the first game of the day, scotland narrowly beat italy by 29 points to 27 thanks to a late penalty. scotland have equalled last year's results with three wins out of five while italy take the wooden sppon. joe lynskey reports. sports hardest words are what might have been. and scotland booked the trip to rome, they had hoped to see a title march but fumbles in dublin sold their stale strut away and dreams of the championship wait another year. italy have a six nations point to prove. they have not won in 16 matches. they have a

fly— half not won in 16 matches. they have a fly—half with a special interests, try for the man his uncle for scotland. it brought the start hardly fit for the team of the wooden spoon. italy stirred up the opening with some of its all in the stale. a first—half that suggested they could run away with it but only scotland's —— scotland and was five. it'll -- scotland's —— scotland and was five. it'll —— natalie wood said on retaining. " pedigree with italian hard. rome was sensing a six nations breakthrough but the final ten minutes with seed james made and broken again. first, slender reed for scotland but when i got a penalty, there is only one man to ta ke penalty, there is only one man to take it. he kicked his way to 22 points in the match. but these are the moments when expedient counts. scotla nd the moments when expedient counts. scotland had pif or more chance. greg laidlaw‘s penalty was one of

the law too far for italy. the 17th straight defeat was perhaps the most cruel and these two sides both end their campaigns with a sense of regret. the final game of the six nations, wales against france kicked off half an hour ago. the wales coach, warrne gatland, said he hoped his side could provide a home victory to end their campaign. a win would secure the runners—up spot for wales in the six nations table and they've made the perfect start in cardiff with liam williams making the most of some slack french defending to put the home side 7—3 ahead. it's1li—10 as it stands in the first half. the first of the weekend's fa cup quarter finals saw tottenham book their place in the final four of the competion with a 3—0 win over swansea city. christian eriksen scored twice as spurs target winning a trophy for the first time in a decade. holly hamilton watched the action. 0na

on a cold windy day in wales, best to bring a willy hat. everyone else has. there is nothing like a cup tie to raise temperatures and four swa nsea to raise temperatures and four swansea city was my first quarterfinal and 5a years, this is not the day they want to see sunshine. but tottenham wasted no time in showing their dominance as this swans made it all too easy for christian eriksen. cool as you like, his seventh goal against swansea in ten matches. the hosts continued to struggle in the first half but it was not to be. the strikerflagged for offside although even in the referee struggled with that call. they looked to be going into the breakjust one goal down but the lead was doubled before half—time. into the second of liberty stadium and that was the hosts on front foot. but tottenham had not finished

there. christian eriksen again from outside the box, to seal their place in the semifinals. surely now it is beyond doubt. no silverware for him. his search for a first trophy with totte n ha m his search for a first trophy with tottenham will continue. liverpool are taking on watford at anfield in the evening kick—off that got underway about ten minutes ago. they go third with a win and have made a great start — mo salah giving them the lead after just four minutes. west brom's problems continue to escalate as they lost 2—1 to bournemouth. alan pardew‘s side are edging

closer to relegation, bottom of the table and seven points adrift of stoke city in 17th. even more frustrating that west brom had taken the lead but bouremouth came back with two second half goals, including a late free kick from junior stanislas, who admitted he had been practising them every day recently. it paid off and he got the three points for eddie howe's side. it's just so hurtful for our fans and our players because we had done the most things really well today and on any other day, if it wasn't when we wear, we would have got a win, but as it was, they quieter that time and to stick it in the top corner, don't heart. it was also a deeply frustrating day for stoke who lost 2—1 to everton

and remain in the relegation zone. stoke had charlie adam sent off on the half hour mark and struggled to contain cenk toesun who scored twice to give everton the 2—1win. sam allardyce's side have hit the a0 point mark. crystal palace moved out of the relegation zone by beating huddersfield 2—nil at thejohn smiths stadium. james tomkins opened the scoring midway through the first half and a penalty from luka milivojevic with 20 minutes to go sealed the victory. it ended palace's run of seven games without a win. i've always said it's going to be plenty of twists and turns before the last game of the season comes around in may, so this was a very important one for us. we've had a difficult run of games, we haven't taken any points, and to win today as ita taken any points, and to win today as it a little equilibrium. the biggest mistake of the game is that we were not patient enough to circulate the ball and close the distance between players. they

declared it to crystal palace, they used to the opportunities and the spaces as well. they deserved this result. in the scottish premiership, leaders celtic play tomorrow. today, though, aberdeen beat dundee 1—nil at pittodrie to move to within two points of second place. hearts enjoyed a 3—nil win over partick thistle. there was something of a shock at ibrox as second placed rangers went down 1—nil to kilmarnock. ross county and hamilton drew 2—all. it's the last day of the winter paralympics on sunday and a last chance for great britain to reach their pre games ambition of seven medals. so far they have five, four silvers and one bronze after drawing a blank on saturday. kate grey reports. it's been a quiet day for britain this year, with just two athletes in action. nlp miss dean, james whitley

went in the slalom. his first event of these games. it was a tricky course to negotiate. he is without pause because he was born without his hands. he managed to negotiate the course. two runs, not too many stu m bles the course. two runs, not too many stumbles but many others did not stumble. he ultimately finished in tenth place, not a bad result and an improvement on his performance in four years ago. britain's only representative in his sixth event, a cross country event. scott only took up cross country event. scott only took up the sport 18 months ago, so came out in these games with little expectation of ending up on the podium. he finished 14th. full of confidence at the end, knowing that he had had a valuable experience, building towards 2022. it has been a historic day for the host nation as they won their first ever gold at a

winter paralympics. a day to rememberfor the winter paralympics. a day to remember for the fans here winter paralympics. a day to rememberfor the fans here in korea. looking ahead to tomorrow, great britain's homes all lie in the visually impaired slalom events. click -- visually impaired slalom events. click —— great britain are still often modric —— medal target of six. pressure will be on the skiers tomorrow. mark cavendish‘s hopes of winning the prestigious milan san remo one day race were ended by a spectacular crash. but was in contention when the crash happened less than six miles from the finish. italy's vincenzo nibali took the victory.

england captainjoe root made a century on the final day of practice ahead of next week's first test against new zealand in auckland. england reached 353—9 against a new zealand xi. moeen ali took three wickets in the match, and he feels root‘s form gives the whole team a lift. as everyone knows, when he is playing at is always good for the team. and being the captain and to score, it means a lot, knowing that he is in good form and obviously then we strive to be as good as him, which probably won't happen, but at least we try, because he leads from the front and inspires everyone else to try and do well as well. warrington wolves have taken a 14—nil lead in their super league game at catalan dragons. a great passing move out wide was finished by mitch brown for the first try of the game. it's also his first try for warrington. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport and i'll have more for you in the next hour. hello, and welcome to

the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. what have you been watching? this week, we'll go to raiding and cliffhanging —— this week, we'll go tomb raiding and cliffhanging with the new lara croft in tomb raider. look at the meaning of art and find our inner ape in swedish satire the square. and we dip into biblical times for the real story of mary magdalen, as played by rooney mara, opposite joaquin phoenix as jesus. what a mixture! tomb raider is back. did they need to remake this? well, it wasn't very good the first time! often they do remakes of things that are really good and you think, ‘why have they ruined it'? but they may be trying to get this right, because angelina jolie's lara croft has dated terribly — the effects are bad

and it was never quite right. tomb raider was sort of a teenage fever dream for many boys who used to play that as a game when it was early computer games, and they've now changed the whole figure of lara croft for this new actress, who i happen to think is fantastic. she's beautiful, gorgeous, and she has got this strength to her and balletic, which she needs, because she has done a lot of running in this movie. she is slumming it in shoreditch when we start this, but then we find out she is the daughter of a billionaire, who is played in a flashback by dominic west. she has to go and sign the papers which means that she will inherit his fortune. that was dad's? yes, miss croft. according to his will, i was supposed to give it to you. and, technically speaking, you are meant to sign the papers first.

i could never understand your father's obsession with those things. i can't believe how many of those were lying around the house. there's got to be some purpose to it. the first letter from my final destination. but he didn't leave a letter. well, they've got all the great british actors in there as well. they've lined them all up! they are only in it

for a bit, i have to say — for the money, i think! she goes off on her quest — this is a quest movie. she goes hunting with clues that her father has left her. these riddles, which you might start off solving them yourself in your head — but don't bother, because they don't make any sense, really! it's just another level of the game that she goes to. she goes to hong kong, and then she is pursued, which is all very good, then she has to go to a remote japanese island on a ship, and survive a storm, going down a waterfall and solving another puzzle. she does a lot ofjumping and then she does a lot of dangling. laughter. you know, it's a bit krypton factor! considering the indignities heaped upon her and ridiculous scenarios thrown at her, i was mesmerised by how brilliant she is at this. she brings a balletic strength to it. she's got great abs, fantastic skills with a bow

and arrow, and she's far, far better than the film she is in. i wondered whether you were getting to that. she is great, but is it worth seeing apart from her? it's very kinetic, the best i can say for it is it keeps hurling stuff at poor alicia vikander. but the climatic tomb raid is almost laughable. it looks like something that you get on the back of the cereal packet! it's like, is that what this has all been about?! maybe there will be more tomb raiders and maybe they will get them better! they will keep trying. i'm loving the sound of the next one, it sounds intriguing. it won the palm d'0r at cannes, and has taken a year to get here, but it was nominated as best foreign—language film at the baftas. much of it was not in swedish. elisabeth moss is in this. it features one of the great scenes of the year,

which we are seeing here. an american actor comes in as an artist. it is an art world satire. this is an art gallery benefit dinner. he comes in to do a performance piece, but takes it far too far. here he is kind of goading dominic west. it's about finding art in that era. it's a satire on the art world. art that can be dated, what's the point of art, is it ridiculous? this is about modern art. it's about the curator of this gallery that we're seeing here. he loses his mobile phone, and his life completely falls apart and unravels. it really is a sort of film predicated on that. is that in the category of ‘first—world problems?'! it is very much about white male privilege and what it is to be a man in the privileged world. like, here they are in their black ties, and he is an artist. this scene goes on for 11 minutes, and you can't stop watching. it's extraordinary, but you don't go how to react to it.

it's all about, what would you do in that situation? it keeps throwing moral quandaries at you. it's very funny, but also very thought—provoking, perhaps a bit too thought—provoking, like the monkey poking dominic west in the ear. you have been to see mary magdalene as well. it's easter coming up, time for a passion story. this is reported to tell for the first time the story of mary magdalene, who has been cast as a prostitute since pope gregory in 591 declared that she was a prostitute, which is apparently wrong, she wasn't. this film aims to correct that and show the jesus story through the eyes of the only female disciple, mary magdalen, played by rooney mara, who leaves her fishing village and follows the son of god. mary.

each of you stand at the threshold. do you fear that you will never reach the kingdom? whose kingdom? you know as well as i do, there's only one true kingdom. and that is god. and god's kingdom has taken root. so we must prepare. we must wash away the stains of your corruption. and be born anew. like children. i have been hidden for too long. i'm not sure what to say about that!

you can see why her father would be upset if she went to follow him, this kind of hairy bloke who's really boring! whatever you think about the bible, there's no denying it's got some great lines in it. why this film hasn't got any of them is a mystery to me. it is extraordinarily dull. is it a long couple of hours? absolutely so dull you would not believe it! it even looks dull, it has got this tablecloth fashion with the stones everywhere in the desert. at one stage, it was the greatest story ever told, when it was in hollywood, now it's just the most boring story ever told. it's extraordinary what it does, trying to rectify it and make it a story for a new age, kind of a story for everyone — it won't offend catholics, christians, jews, muslims or even atheists. is it trying to be too careful, is that part of the problem? it is trying to tiptoe

over any heresy. people boycotted martin scorcese's film. any film that makes you cry for mel gibson has got it wrong! it also makes you think of monty python all the time! there are scenes when people are going, ‘messiah, messiah‘! you know what, he's not the messiah! i do wish you'd say what you really think, jason! so that's a long two hours, and we'll leave it at that. i don't think this will make a lot of money at the box office, either. i think faith—based audiences will go and be completely mystified as to what this was about. it is a passion of the christ without any passion. what should we be going to see? you've got to see black panther. and you've got to see it now at the cinema. it is becoming a cultural event — people are seeing it four or five times, it has broken records at the box office, it is changing the way that audiences are going, black audiences are flocking to it, families are enjoying the representation.

it is a great superhero movie, it's sexy, it's exciting, it's funny. people are hollering at it in the cinema. if you haven't been to a marvel movie in the cinema, this is the one to go and see. and dvd of the week is also so lovely. i will admit, i cried at paddington 2. but it's a delight, it's an absolute sweet, delightful, charming, sometimes silly, butjust lovely, lovely, lovely. beautifully done... he is in his little outfits, wondering around. paddington didn't win best british film at the baftas, that went to three billboards. this is one of the best british films we've ever made. and how good is hugh grant?! he's fantastic! he is. and sally hawkins is great in it, the whole brown family, the whole look of it is perfect. it's a work of genius, paddington two. and when did you cry?

i cried at the end! i'm not going to give anything away for anyone who hasn't been to see it. if you want a marmalade sandwich, you can't have one! it's very sweet, wonderful. a mixed week, but an interesting one. jason, good to see you, thank you. that's it for this week. enjoy your cinema—going and your dvd watching. it's terrific, honestly! thanks for being with us. goodbye. we've all seen a significant drop in temperature now and we've had snow showers quite widely across the uk already. all due to the beast from the east. this bitterly cold easterly wind from here originating in siberia. significant wind—chill and blowing snow. for many parts of the country, it's been a dusting of this now but here in essex we are in one

of the met office amber warning areas, with things set to get worse through the night and into tomorrow morning. those two areas, more frequent snow showers feeding in the one after the other after another, of the north sea. but we have another amber warning being issued from the south—west and parts of wales, with some heavy snowfall, especially on high ground overnight, continuing tomorrow as well. there are snow showers elsewhere, feeding off the north sea. here is our main area of snow for the south. it moves away from the south—east, heads towards the midlands but also to the south—west. heavy falls over the high ground. some greasy conditions as well. —— some icy conditions as well.

moving into sunday morning, a more detailed look at the forecast for earlier in the day. when we have that snow in the west country into devon and cornwall, generally dry and cloudy conditions in the south—east, before we are back into these claims of showers coming in on the strong wind off the north sea. much of northern ireland missing the snow showers and we're probably going to be dry for most of the day, in the cities. the snow is still the south west corner of england, even into afternoon. it should have moved away from wales, but not before it has caused some disruption. it's a mini beast from the east. we are going to find high—pressure building across the uk and that will wash away the easterly wind and attracting more of a northerly wind briefly, so it won't feel as cold as we get into early next week. with high—pressure building in, we'll lose a lot of the snow. this is bbc news.

i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at six. russia is expelling 23 british diplomats — in the row over the nerve agent attack on a former spy. the prime minister insists the kremlin must account for its actions. we will never tolerate a threat to the life of british citizens and others on british soil from the russian government. applause police investigating the murder of a russian businessman in london contact other exiles in britain to discuss their personal safety. us authorities investigate reports that information from millions of facebook users was access by a data company. also in the next hour — beware the snow and ice of march. many areas of britain are hit by another wave of winter weather — with amber warnings in place.