hello and welcome. the headlines this evening. in extra time winner for they izfi g“ cm; semifinals. to reach the fa cup semifinals. southampton will be chelsea's poland at wembley. saints beat league i wigan. in britain's first gold medal at the winter paralympics comes on the final day of the games. good evening. chelsea are through to the fa cup semifinals after pedro scored in extra time to give them a 2-1 scored in extra time to give them a 2—1 win against leicester. chelsea took the lead just before half—time. willian broke free, finding alvaro morata, who scored his first goal of

the year. the best equaliser came a quarter of an hour before the end of normal time, jamie vardy bundling the ball home, which took it to extra time, but chelsea ended up celebrating, pedro scoring the winner at the end of that first period of extra time. it will be chelsea's tenth fa cup semifinal appearance in 18 years. we must be pleased because i saw a good performance from my team. they put their heart into it, especially after the game in the champions league, where we spent a lot of energy. southampton will be in tonight's draw for the semifinals. in mark hughes' first game as manager, southampton beat league one side wigan 2—0. in freezing conditions not an easy

one for saints fans, but would you wa nt one for saints fans, but would you want wembley proved more difficult. the first test for mark hughes, historically a giant in this competition, adding 184 times, but with victories over three top—flight clu bs with victories over three top—flight clubs so far, wigan are gaining a reputation for giant—killing. the leaguei reputation for giant—killing. the league 1 side piled on the pressure early, nathan burns's deflected shot floating agonisingly close. wigan at times showing moments of brilliance. but, for all of their chances, they couldn't find the net. after the break, southampton came out fighting, as a wigan mistake let it all therefore gabbiadini, christian warden to the rescue. that reprieve came quickly for the visitors. southampton into the lead, nothing warden could do. a southampton corner, fired in by hojbjerg, i—o

up, nearly two after gabbiadini got the wrong side of dan burn. the striker took the penalty. outstanding save by walton. another wharton saved, and another exhale. the clock ticking, surely it would be the saints marching on to wembley, as cedric made sure, doubling their lead in the final minutes. brilliantly taken by cedric, and wigan‘s wonderful cup run ends here. for mark hughes, another fa cup semifinal, as he looks to add some silverware to the beginning of his reign. i questioned this group before i arrived and maybe questioned my appointment as well, so it's only a start but it's a statement of intent. we've got a lot of work to do in the premier league, but we'll enjoy this moment. it's a wembley semifinal, which is a great experience for the fans to look forward to. here's the draw for the semi—finals. manchester united against spurs

and chelsea will play southampton. two great semifinals. luke shaw looks set to leave manchester united in the summer after more public criticism from managerjose mourinho. after substituting him at half—time during the weekend fa cup win against brighton, mourinho said he had failed to follow instructions. the 22—year—old, who is under contract until next summer, is understood to have been upset by the manager's comments. mourinho has criticised shaw repeatedly in the past. this is what he said after yesterday's match. my my reason behind them is that we work on the pitch, certain kind of movements, and for me it was really important, the two fullbacks to be aggressive and to always be in front and to create space and play in front of the two central defenders, andi front of the two central defenders, and i didn't have that. we have luke and valencia. in the first half,

every time he went, the cross was coming, the situation was coming, so i wasn't happy with the performance. great britain have won theirfirst gold medal at the winter paralympics on the final day of the games. menna fitzpatrick and her guide, jen kehoe, topped the podium in the visually—impaired slalom, and millie knight and brett wild took the bronze for paralympics gb in the same event. it was a success that took the british team to their medal target for the games, just in time before the closing ceremony. kate grey reports from pyeongchang. it was the golden moment they'd been waiting for. menna fitzpatrick and her guide, jen kehoe, saved their best till last to win gold in the slalom on the final day of these games. the pair were in silver medal position going into their second run and displayed a perfect performance. the time was unbeatable. watch the clock! she's in front! their fourth medal here in pyeongchang, to become britain's most successful winter pa ralympians. it's astonishing the way this week has gone, from quite low to extremely high.

to finish that race and to win a medal, and to finish on a gold medal and put in one of our strongest performances this week is beyond words. it hasn't sunk in and i think it probably won't until we get back to the uk and we are back in our own beds for a lie—in. there was further success as millie knight and her guide brett wild managed to sneak the bronze in the same race, meaning that paralympics gb have reached their target of seven medals, but all dependent on one sport, one classification and a small number of athletes. i am proud of every single one of the 17 athletes who came to pyeongchang to represent paralympics gb. yes, the medals came from snow, but every one of those athletes did give it their all. the games came to a fitting close, britain's golden girls carrying the union flag, and more nations than ever taking part, and a record number of tickets sold. they now call these games the greatest winter paralympics to date.

scotland have finished their women's six nations campaign in fifth place, after being well—beaten by italy in padova. on a terrible, muddy pitch, italy won by 26—12, with beatrice rigoni crossing to secure their bonus point. scotland end the tournament with just one win from five, whilst the italians finish in fourth, having claimed two victories. france clinched their fifth grand slam with friday's thumping of wales. that's all from sportsday. there'll be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. back now to the story of the russian election, where early results suggest that

vladimir putin has won the election with just above 70% of the vote — higher than the results at the last election six years ago. turnout however looks like it is slightly down, at around 64%. that is less than the kremlin hoped for. that is less than the kremlin hoped for. mr putin's closest challenger, the communist candidate pavel grudinin, got around i6%. i'm joined now by webcam byjames nixey, head of the russia and eurasia programme at chatham house, an international affairs think tank. how accurately did you predict the margin of mr putin's victory? me personally, not relevant, but i would say that the russians, the kremlin that is, were hoping for 75 and 30, 70% turnout, and 70 of that

voting for putin, and they have gone a bit higher on the voting and a bit lower on the turnout. what that means is we are looking at and ebbing away of support and enthusiasm for vladimir putin. he has coasted for the last six years on the back of the glory of crimea, the appealing to the flag. the annexation of crimea was very popular but what is less popular is the fact that the russian economy is stagnating for that is not disastrous, it is not off the edge ofa disastrous, it is not off the edge of a cliff, but it is stagnating, and people think they could have a better life, so we begin to see this reflected in the lack of turnout. most politicians around the world would give their eye teeth for a result like this. how valid is the result? we have had reports of alleged violations in places. this was rigged from the start by the inputting of systemic opposition

and the russian state controlling the entire televisual media. but you are right about politicians giving bareback teeth for a turnout of this sort. it's not levels of north korean elections, where you get 99.99%. but in the west we tend to get 45%. it shows that russia is actually 75% what you might call a semi—authoritarian regime. actually 75% what you might call a semi-authoritarian regime. had the most high—profile opponent, alexei navalny, been able to stand, and he says it was a fraud conviction designed to keep him out, how well might he have done? difficult to say. as you noted in your report, the next largest party, the communist party, received i6% of the vote, so we are told navalny appeals to the younger generation, and the communists appeal to the older

generation, and those forces are battling each other at the moment, so battling each other at the moment, soi battling each other at the moment, so i suspect had he been allowed to stand, he may have polled about the same but if you project that into the future, navalny‘s figures will be on the up, and that is why he wasn't allowed to. the were genuinely scared of him. that said, i think we should be aware of the idea that navalny is truly a systemic opposition figure, it's thought that somebody is promoting him out there in the russian elite. we don't know who, but the point is that frankenstein's creature can ta ke that frankenstein's creature can take ona that frankenstein's creature can take on a life of its own good vladimir putin for another six yea rs. vladimir putin for another six years. how much longer might he tried to go on for? that's the $64,000 question. by 2024, the end of this day facto fifth term, he will be 72 years old. that isn't particularly old, the same age as donald trump is now, so he could in

theory go on a lock longer. he is teetotal, healthier than the average russian man. he's not most russians. we don't know if he will spend at this looking for a successor or if he has other plans. we only get to see his physical shape quite often when he rips off his shirt, don't we! in the west, many commentators are quite fixated about the idea of are quite fixated about the idea of a western—style democracy being spread out to other parts of the world. how much appetite for that style of democracy if they're really in russia? the russians have never really had true democracy. they had a little taste of it in the early pa rt a little taste of it in the early part of the 20th century, before bolshevism arrived, and it had a little taste of it in the 1990s, but the truth is that it's never really been what you'd call a democracy, because democracy isn'tjust about elections. it's about having a free

and their media, a separation of powers between cork and state, and russia has never had those. there is an inkling of it, that they wanted, especially at the younger age, and they certainly don't want the corruption, which explains navalny, but those who do want it, they often go abroad. russia is experiencing a massive and painful brain drain. thank you for sharing your observations with us from chatham house. a man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after at least 13 people were injured when a car was driven into a busy nightclub in gravesend. it's thought the car drove into a covered smoking area at bla ke's nightclub. simonjones reports. police say it is a miracle nobody was killed. the packed, tented area of the club for smokers ploughed into by a 4x4just before midnight. bbc one xtra dj, rhys parkinson was there. my god, i nearly died. i am in this club and this car come to the gate.

look... police say at least 13 people were hurt, though it was likely others were injured but had left the club before the ambulances arrived. everybody was panicking, screaming, you know, trying and stuff like that. i remember this girl actually, she was right next to me. she was only little, but she was crying so much because her friends were outside. obviously, we don't know if they got hit or not, but the amount she was crying, i think she might have. chloe germaney, who was on a night out with friends, says her first thought was to text her parents. i was shaking so much, i've never shaken so much in my life. ijust thought in my head, i've got to make sure that my parents know where i am and what happened, if i don't get out of here. obviously, if something bad does happen, they need to know i love them. the evening, following an altercation. the owners of the club say they are deeply saddened that people were injured here last night and relieved that no one was killed. they said their thoughts and prayers go out to the guests and staff

members who have been affected by what happened. police are not treating the incident as terror related. simonjones, bbc news, gravesend. ten homes on the norfolk coast are believed to be uninhabitable, following 40 mile an hour winds and three metre high waves over the weekend. the coastguard says in some parts of hemsby the cliffs have been eroded by 15 feet. robby west reports. on saturday evening as the tide was drawing in, lifeboat crews helped move people's furniture out. stephen chadwick knew he had to go after seeing his garden disappear overnight. yes, i bought it for sea views, beautiful sea views, and now the sea has taken it away. i woke up at 7.30 this morning and had a cup of coffee at the back door and i felt like an earthquake and the cliffjust went. it's a total shock — and watching people taking my house apart.