with year, so rich, packed with information about northern ireland, rural life. like a good novel but donein rural life. like a good novel but done in three hours. we know ticket sales are up, box office takings are up, are sales are up, box office takings are up, are we sales are up, box office takings are up, are we talking about a golden age of british theatre? a good age for london theatre, these awards celebrate london theatre. nationwide, it is in difficulty because of local authority grant cuts. i am because of local authority grant cuts. iam not because of local authority grant cuts. i am not as optimistic about british theatre. thank you very much indeed. we will find out who wins in a couple of hours. ospreys were almost extinct in england and wales, but are now making a comeback in some parts of the country. last week, a pair of the nesting birds arrived back in cumbria, after spending the winter in a warmer climate. judy hobson has the details. this is foulshaw moss, one of the few places in england and wales where you might catch a glimpse of a very rare pair of breeding birds. the ospreys are nesting safely in the distance in the first set of trees.

you can't actually see them from here unless you have a telescope. we can show you some webcam footage. this is of the male arriving a couple of days ago, because these birds have spent the winter in west africa. there are just 30 pairs of meeting ospreys in england and wales. six are in cumbria. they mate for life, and this pair have been coming back here for five years and have raised ii chicks. people love to follow them. they build on these huge nests right in the top of trees, they are quite bold, if you like. and they have got this fantastic highway man's mask and fantastic black and white markings, and people just find them fascinating. it is already busy here today, but over the next few weeks, around 7000 visitors are expected to come here to foulshawjust to see if they can get a glimpse of the ospreys. i thought i would nip across the border from north yorkshire and have a look at them.

it was cool. it looked really nice. 0sprey numbers declined due to years of persecution, but this is a conservation success story. they are thriving now in scotland and are slowly starting to spread south of the border. those parts that have the sunniest conditioned yesterday were cloudy and web today. this soon across much of central and eastern england in which there are outbreaks of rain. elsewhere you saw some sunny spells. some fog patches developing overnight in parts of northern ireland, north—west england and south—west scotland. patchy rain in the south—east. it will be a mild night. maybe a touch of frost in the northern parts of scotland. tomorrow morning, those patches of mist and fog will clear in northern ireland, south—east scotland and north—west

england. hybrids have been putting more into the midlands and eastern parts of wales. there is the chance of heavy showers moving into south—east england. it will be cold on the north sea colds, but mild elsewhere. rain at some times, but not all the times. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the un security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss reports of a chemical attack in syria. medical sources say dozens of people died in the rebel—held town of douma. donald trump describes president assad as an "animal" and condemns syria's allies. the syrian government denies responsibility. ministers deny any link between falling police numbers and the rise in violence in london. labour accuse them of having their heads in the sand. voting in the hungarian election is drawing to a close — right—wing prime minister viktor 0rban is expected to win a third term. now on bbc news, sportsday.

hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm tanya arnold. 0ur headlines this evening: northern ireland get theirfirst gold of the commonwealth games as teenager gymnast rhys mcclenaghan stuns on the pommell horse. sebastian vettel makes it two out of two with victory at the bahrain grand prix. in just a few minutes' time, rory mcillroy will tee off with masters leader patrick read in the race for the famous green jacket. hello and welcome to sportsday.

it was a good day for the home nations at the commonwealth games with all of them picking up gold. the big shock of the day came from 18—year—old gymnast rhys mcclenaghan, of northern ireland, who beat the olympic champion max whitlock on the pommell horse. mike bushell is on the gold coast for us. as the gold coast stayed the night there will be sweet dreams for athletes from northern ireland, wales, scotland and england. it was the best day of the game so far but those themes. some life changing performances from happy to be in the past might have been in the shadow of others. past might have been in the shadow of others. no way! i can't believe it. it takes a special touch to raise a teenage champion. this is northern ireland's first gold of these games. rhys mcclenaghan called it his proudest day, and at 18 he'll hope it's just the start. his poise on the pommel was enough to beat his idol, max whitlock settling for silver. i honestly have no words.

i know that is very cliched to say that i have got no words, but now, the sensational of feeling i have at the minute is unbelievable. though whitlock missed out, his england team—mates made up for it. there was gold on the rings for courtney tulloch, while georgia—mae fenton won the uneven bars. they will hope it lifts them to olympic glory. while in the pool, the scots are up and running. the scot could win this! this is going to be very close indeed! duncan scott on the last stroke, i think he's got it. yes, he has got it! duncan scott sealed their first swimming gold this week. he had to beat chad le clos to do it. the south african‘s father feels the painjust as hard, while england's siobhan—marie 0'connor dominated the medley. a new champion on the 200 metres individual medley, it's siobhan—marie o'connor of england. a very good swim indeed. mark stewart has turned his skills to the points race night. it was worth all the pain.

0n the first day of athletics, wales won their third gold in the long jump, 0livia breen leaping to glory. while in the hammer, england's nick miller heaved his way to gold. a new british record took every emotion. it is more sedate on the bowling green, but it means just as much to scotland. a win over australia gave the triples team gold. no basketball medals are decided yet, but england have been giving out gold. at full—time, jamell anderson proposed on court. the way to make a winning match even sweeter. joe lynskey, bbc news. in the premier league there was plenty of drama at the emirates, where arsenal beat relegation—threatened southampton 3—2. along with the five goals, both sides also had a player sent off. rounding it allup, here's azi farni. with an important europa league

match coming up midweek, are wegner wenger made seven changes to his side sitting 13 points off the top four, winning the competition looks like arsenal's best way back into champions league football next season. champions league football next season. southampton looked like taking advantage of the weakened side after controlling the game early on, across find shane long in the box. arsenal's defence caught sleeping. but their forwards the box. arsenal's defence caught sleeping. but theirforwards had the box. arsenal's defence caught sleeping. but their forwards had the perfect response. catholic from danny welbeck and six golds and ford pierre—emerick aubameyang. danny welbeck‘s shot from outside the box was on target but helped on its way bya was on target but helped on its way by a deflection. southampton desperately need points for premier league survival and it looked like they might have rescued one when charlie austin made it 2— to within two minutes of coming on. but danny welbeck ensured the wind for the gunners skipping the second goal of the match with a header. both sides

finished with ten men. jack stephens shown a straight red for his reaction to jack wilshere within his shirt. temp three was sent off for a shop on soirees. the result keeps arsenal six and southampton in the bottom three. even when we were questioned we find the resources and they must give credit to the team. some players had heavy legs today but they still find the resources to wind the game. when we were questioned at 1—0, wind the game. when we were questioned at1—0, 2— wind the game. when we were questioned at 1—0, 2— do we always find the resource this —— resources and togetherness. i like the spirit in the team and that is why we won the game today. we have been hurt by bad goals and every goal at some point is the fault of somebody, but i think that has been the story of the season. at times defensively we have not got the details right and stop things developing, albeit the

second goal was fortunate for arsenal in terms of the deflection, so arsenal in terms of the deflection, so in terms of our performance i am more than happy with that. chelsea's bid to close the gap on the top four took another set back as they were held by struggling west ham. before the game, the blues paid tribute to former captain and assistant manager ray wilkins, who passed away earlier this week. they were the better side during the first half and deservedly led at the interval — cesar azpilicueta prodding home from close range. they thought they'd doubled their lead in the second half, but alvaro morta was ruled offiside. within minutes of entering the action, javier hernandez earned west ham a priceless point in their bid for survival. chelsea remain ten points off fourth—placed tottenham. with this game you can see our season. with this game you can see our season. this season is this. in every game you are able to create a lot of chances but not able to take

them. we are not clinical. then you can see two shots and you concede a goal. i think this is our... with this game we can explain our season. they got the first goal which was diabolical for us. the corner was terrible. chelsea can score goals in other ways but to do it without wilbur ross was really bad, then there was a period ten minutes before half—time we can't afford to lose a goal here and chelsea were very good at times. but we stuck at it, honey and then got something out of it. celtic are just one win away from the scottish premiership title. they beat hamilton 2—1 at new douglas park and are 13 points clear of rangers in the table. celtic made a bright start and took the lead with less than three minutes played through callum mcgregor. but hamilton equalised against the run of play when rakish bingham was played through on goal. with hamilton reduced to ten men in the second half, leigh griffiths came off the bench

and scored the winner for the champions elect. they'll clinch their seventh title in a row with one more win from their remaining five matches. sebastian vettel held off the challenge of valtteri bottas to make it back to back grand prix wins with victory in bahrain. lewis hamilton, who started down in ninth made it onto the podium in third. here's nick parrott. to bea to be a world champion and you need to keep your cool. stranded dining ninth on the grid thanks to a penalty for changing his gearbox, it was going to be a day for damage limitation per lewis hamilton. an action packed start saw some lose their way. hamilton took a more careful approach and even when he was challenged at the start of the second lap it was max verstappen he came off worst, a puncture ending his day. the race was briefly neutralised them when it resumed hamilton was quick to capitalise,

jumping three places in one go. he briefly led until sebastien fettle, he had started from pole, got back in front. a problem with his pit stop saw kimi right and retire, handing third place. the briton could not catch valtteri bottas or the ferrari of sebastien fettle. the germans extended his championship lead to 17 points. hamilton will be relieved it was not more. hamilton will be relieved it was not more. the leaders in the masters have just teed off at augusta. patrick reed leads the way by three shots from northern ireland's rory mcillroy who shot a fantastic 65 yesterday. you can watch it all unfold over on bbc two. rugby union now and, in the aviva premiership, defending champions exeter chiefs comprehensively beat gloucester 46—10 to clinch a spot in the play—offs. gloucester took an early lead at sandy park, but exeter responded through alec hepburn, who scored the first of six tries for the leaders.

wingerjack nowell then came off the bench and scored a brace on his return from injury, sealing a comfortable win. exeter need one point from their three remaining games to secure a home tie in the semi—final. in super league the champions leeds came from behind at wakefield to win 28—26. a young huddersfield giants side gave castleford a run for their money in the second half, but lost out to the tigers 28—40. triple world champion peter sagan has won the prestigious one—day paris roubaix cycling race for the first time. the slovak held off swiss rider silvan dillier in a sprint finish in the north of france. it was a bad race for team sky's british riders with geraint thomas retiring after getting caught up in this crash on the first cobbled section. luke rowe's hopes were ended after he was catapulted off his bike. both escaped serious injury. mark selby has defended

his china open title, comfortably beating fellow englishman barry hawkins in the final in beijing. the tournament is the last event before the season ending world championships in sheffield later this month, and the world number one looked in great form, finishing with a break of 132 to claim the title. that is all from us. we will have more throughout the evening. the american border with mexico has become, in the trump era, a political line in the sand. a new book called the line becomes a river, by francisco cantu, takes you there, into dangerous and unforgiving territory,